The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-13
A Five ThOuSand-Miie March By
General kearney'S
Army.
Interesting Notes From Private
Sheridan'S Dairy of
Col. DOniphan's
Regiment.
COn,inusd from last Sundays BAzoo.

Pueblo, a small Indian village on the
Rio del Norte. 1t contained Cath
Ollie church and 800 inhabitants. We
rested in the delightful shade of some
noble cottonwoods. Two miles further
UP the river we went into camp In the
most beautiful spot to be found this
side of Leavenworth. The Indians
sold us melons. peaches and grapes.
The latter was the largest | ever saw.
fully three times the size of our Mis-.
souri, grapes. The punches were
enormous and Of delicious fIYor.
Game is abundant. We saw thous.
ands of wild geese, ducks, cranes, and
ike birds to day.
Sunday, September about l
o'clock we reached Albuquerque. the
residence of Gen. Armigo, the Next
can governor of the province of New
Mexico. We were saluted by firing
of guns from the lot of the church,
and as We marched into town were
welcomed with songs by the citizens.
Amigos residence is very large, but
has nothing to distinguish it but a
long porticO and two tin doors.
Amigo has gone to Chihuahua
Monday, Sept. I'VE travelled
seven miles and went into camp.
Tomorrow is to be great day with
Spaniards and they are coming to
Saul Town, d mile distant from our
camp, in great numbers, some walk
ing, in carriages, on asses and by
boats. Tonight they are burning
bonGres and throwing sky rockets.
At 8 o'clock the fires were increased
and the rockets flew upward in in
creasing numbers and the shouts of
the multitude grows louder as the
night advances. Our camp is almost
deserted. Col. Ruff sent a guard out
after the boys a while ago and | ex-
pect the guard house will be full to-
uight. Some of the boys eluded the
guards and reached camp in safety.
Some of them assisted in the ceremo.
MES in town and / learn that a cou-
pie of our Saline boys, both handsome
young men struck up an acquaintance
with the daughters of one of the chief
men of the town and when the guards
were searching for the runaway sol
diers the young ladies assisted them
to escape. The boys can't talk Span.
ish and the girls can't speak English,
but some how they managed to enter
tain each other in an interesting msD-
ner. Some of the Spanish girls are
quite pretty.
Tuesday, September 81 was not
able to attend the festivities to-day.
They took place at the church and
we're of a religious character, The
hon-fires and rockets last night were
to scare the devil away. We changed
our marching hours to-day on &C
count of the heat and at 4 O'clock, p.
m, struck our tents aud marched
until after midnight. Col. DOni-
phan noticing that great
many of the boys had
no buttons on their coats. He in
quired the reason, and was told that
they had cut them off to trade to the
natives for bread. The colonel was
mad, but be could not say anything.
as we had been on half rations since
the ninth of last month. The boys
traded their buttons to the natives,
but not always for bread. They fire.
quently got fruit and other things in
exchange.
Thursday, Sept. 10.-To-day com
pleted three months in the service.
Most of the men are weary of the SER
vice on account of the fare. We now
get two pounds of -four, three-fourths
of a pound of pork and little salt
that is all. On the march, We cannot
have dinner, and when in camp We
have trouble on account of no wood
and water. The mornings are cool,
and We have no coffee to brace
up on. Treatment like this
but few of the men are accustomed to
and it raises great complaint that the
great government weare serving don't
supply us better. Our wagon con-
tanning the most of our provisions is
ten miles back. The mules are ex-
hausted and We are likely to have
trouble and be hungry before We get
food with us again. The quarter master
Kessack, furnishes good ground for
complaint for Encouragement. Gen.
Kearney ought to have come up with
us by this time but | reckon he stop
ped i'm town to take a "horn." The
general can get on the outside of as
much gin rs any man L know of.
The boys say he has some with him
all the time to use in case of snake
bite. Our wagon has just arrived but