The Arizona sentinel., 1885-02-14
MEXICAN DESERTERS.
A Squad Crossing the Boundary Line Captured by United States Cayalry---Gen- POpe's Infor-
 matIOn ofthe Affair.

"San Francisco Bulletin" of a re- cent date. It will doubtless be interesting reading to many who are somewhat acquainted with the facts(?) related therein. AS the annals of American warfare do not furnish a parallel equal to the brave and well>planned charge of troops B and M un-
 der the command of Lieutenant David N. Mcdonald upon six
 teen Mexican desperadoes(?) who were about to murder and rob
 everybody and pillage every
 town and city in Arizona Terri
 tory, it is well that we, of this
 Territory, should always hold
 them (the grand, brave soldiers) in
 grateful remembrance, for they
 truly saved us from being un-
 mercifully murdered and robbed
 by sixteen Mexican desperadoes
 @ who are a class of outlaws
 who know no pity and whose
 only desire is for blood. How
 grateful do we feelI And with
 what ease and comfort do we now
 enjoy life! And how thankful
 do we feel to the Giver of all Good
 for his timely interference in
 causing troops B and M of Fort
 Mcdowell, to be sent to this place
 for our protection. Now we can
 retire at night without having to put an arsenal under our pillows and barricading the doors of our respective dwellings with extra bolts. Peace and quite reign supreme in Yuma and it is all owing to the fact that we have a guardian angel in the shape of a garrison of U. s. troops at the Fort. But read the following article.
 "The following details of recent occurrences on the Mexican from tier has been furnished by Maj.- Gen. Pope in an interview: Gen. Pope learned, recently, that a company of Mexican soldiers had mutinied and murdered their Captain and an other officer. The dispatch stated that these men, to the number of about thirty, were moving toward the boundary lire. Knowing that they would ravage in their march, the Gene ral immediately ordered a con- pany of cavalry, under Lieut.. Nc Donald, to arrest them upon cros- sing the line. Tie two parties met on the 20th inst, short and decisive engagement being the natural consequence, and resulted in the killing of four of the Mex jeans and the capturing of twelve more, the remainder being scat tered in all directions. The cav- airy were in ambuscade when the mutineers first appeared, and one of the latter immediately fired his revolver at the troops, which caused a general volley in return to be poured in upon them, after which Lieut.. Jenks charged, with the result stated, the action lasting only fifteen minutes. The
 Mexican Governor of Lower Cali fornia came along shortly after
 the skirmish, gathered together as many of the fugitives as he could and crossed into American
 territory, as the dispatch says,
 greatly to Lieut.. McDonald's in-
 dignation: Gen. Pope states that
 the boundary line between the , two countries is rather hard to
 determine within less than sev- l eral hundred yards. He thought
 it likely Mcdonald and the Gov. ernor might have had words, as
 the former is a dashing and ex. citable young fellow, who would not take much from anybody. He
 thinks the dispute, however, fl there really was such, will not be of sufficient importance to call for Government action, the only ques-
 tion being what shall be done
 with the prisoners taken, who are now held by the United States forces, pending the decision of the War and State Departments in the matter. The Mexican Governor demanded them, but Lieut.. Mcdonald strongly protes- ted against giving them up to