The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-16
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Slaughter.


Slaughter.
Panama, :. A Chuian GORE
SpOndent writes the Star Gild Her
aid, that when the inhabitants of
Iarma learned that the Chiiian
forces were to leave, large major
lty OF Peruvian families were a.
lowed TO accompany them N order
TO escape the depredatioEs OF their
lawlesS c0untrymen. Only some
foreign families, believing The guer-
illas would respect them. decided to
remain. Fully 500 women followed
the army. Just five hours after
the troops left immense hOrdes
of guerlllas poured in. There
were 500 armed with rifles
and equipped like regulars
who entered, they formed in col
umn, followed by about 500 gueril-
las armed with sticks, clubs aud
lances and similar weapons, who
entered pell nell, shouting Yocifer-
ously. On it being known that ali
the well-to-dO and decent families
had left the town, the fury Of the
Indians knew no bounds. Resi-
! dences were stripped and those Of
many foreign residents shared the
Samesfate. Many asSassinationS fol-
lowed and amOngkthe victims were
eighteen foreigners. In the midst Of
the drunken orgie, Tarma was re-
| duced TO ruins with the object Of
burning the properties of foreigners
and ChllianS. TamariO and all the
town was burned. The cities of
JaDja and HaaanchO shared the fate
Of Tarma. The names Of some of
the Foreigners assassinated are
given: two itashAnS, named MettOs,
and two Germans named String and
Sahalk are among the slain.
Four soldiers and six fugitive
PeruVians were frozen to death in
the Cordilleras, at Conception. The
CHILEAN garrison made a noble de-
Tense against the Indians when the
ammunition Of the Chilians was
exhausted. The assailants secured
parafine and fired the barracks,
burning some Of the wounded sol
diers. Captain Pinto and few sur
YivOrs at the garrison made a sally,
cut down the enemy and cleared the
: front and sides of the barracks,
while the men inside extinguished
the flames and removed the wounded
, to a place of safety. In another
: sally Captain Pinto was shot dead.
The Indians again fred the build
ing, and sallies were organized.
T by Sub-Lieutenants MaUtt, Cruz and
E PeieZ. In one of the earliest sallies
e the first mentioned officer was nor
tally wounded. Subsequently Lieut..
PeieZ fell wounded. In another
sally young officer was immedi-
ately bounced upon by horde Of
Indians who lanced him TO death.
At this hour five friars from the
neighbOring convent of Ocapa ap-
peared on the scene, and with cruel
fix in hand melted the Indians to
: renew the attack on the building
At 10 o'clock, Of the II Chilians
; composing the garrison only four,
: and two Of them wounded, re-
= manned to offer resistance, the
others were either dead or dying.
: and the buildings were now ablazs
: in every direction. Four women,
e the wives Of soldiers, were eyewit-
! nesses to the death Of their hus-
: bands, one Of them, accom-
: panied by her son, years old,
y another by an infant who
= had come into the world at the
. commencement of the attack, and
= after the removal Of the wounded
. from the burning building went out
into the square, hoping that their
: lives would be spared. They had
2 barely stepped outside the building
= when they were set on by crowd
7 of drunken savages and horribly
= butchered. The 5-year-Old boy had
his throat cut from ear to ear, and
was barbarously mutilated, and the
body Of the newborn child was
found pierced with six lance wounds.
Il Sub-Lieutenant Cruz and the sur
# viVing soldiers were also surrounded
s and they fell one after another, but
!, not until they had sold their lives
n dearly. When other Gillian troops
}, arrived, few days afterwards, they
found in the square and adjacent
J. streets, 290 of the enemy's dead.
Y The wounded were doubtless twice
, that number, and were carried off
/ into the hills. The Gillian dead
q were collected and buried. The
J city was burned, and everybody i'm
= plicated in the massacre, who could
be fOund, was summarily executed