Smyrna times., 1891-09-09
A Fight with Guerlllas.

n. On Cne plaza of Jalapa, the hostile
r feeling against the Yankees had e.
H. H. nrst outbreak. A great crowd gath
ID ereu about the red-shirted horsemap
," ID we rode into the plaza on SUNDAY
), ana rush was made by the mob 70
e ulSmount us and drive us from our
h saddles. But vigorous charge
g maze against the mob with threaten.
: ing reVolvers, drove them back and
gave safe escape to the hard nressod
! norsemen. Through the village and
J. country parts we were received bv
Che SeaOrdS and SenOritas with Lid
ness, but by the males with frov,rs
ana threats and with the signi6o,,,.
gesture of finger drawn across the |
throat. In no place were we safe from
A''ack except in groups, which Gem.
} lnahded safety and respect To than
IN tneir Ignorance, we still were Yam.
NeeS or SotdadOs. One night. little
way beyond Jalapa, our entrance into
one OF their walled towns caused great
excitement; a general alarm moe
RING on the cathedral bells. messan.
gers ran out in haste to alarm tho
neighboring haciendas and natives
hooked into the town two or tbroo .
mounted on the back of each mule
ana armed with escOpettes. But we .
remained close inside the strong gates =
OF our hacienda, and, the excitement .
su0sldlng, we were allowed to Iooro n
without an attack, early the newt =
morning. r
In camping for the night sentries Il
were stationed and pickets stationed n
ana the animals were secured with m
larlats inside the picket line. but some n,
''nes' when guerillas abounded. in the te
centre of the camp. Once only did w
Vnese 'adrOnes make any open demon. is
s'raCon. We were in a section of If
country covered with low bushes in in
winch wild turkeys, jack rabbits and wi
other game abounded. No tou,n, 10
were near, and feeling secure. a large Ia,
part OF the company was scattered in No
pursuit of game, hoping to seoure On
enough to fill our camp kettles ON mr. mr.,
next halt' for we had been for some ev,
lays on short ratiOns. The Mexican plr
were always friendly, and lisl
PRESENTLY some were met on our trail GA,
alllng out to us 'Ladronee - DO,
roneS =" and pointing forward on our tee
atn' AT this the stragglers were pla
allied in. The robbers were a Iaroo and
ouy OF well-mOuteed and well.armed wit
ien' and had fled across the road in ter
10 oeu OF an arroyo or dry stream. mer
o hgnt as cavalry, with camp eoni. and
age and cooking utensils danoIino inst
ON our saddles, or to await tboir ohio
iarge' would have been sure defeat smo
l u'Smonnted a part of my troop. nau,
~ III platoons at dOublequick cbarc. The
toward the guerillas. Evidently a Uni,
'ht with the hated Yankees in I'd hall,
lrts was not desired, for as we CAM atio,
Itnln short range the leader gave the the
'ro' TamOs," and away thew scat tax
= u Gown the ravIne helter-skelter, all t.
= We Cd" 'nem no more. We were in eff
rtalnly not handsome crowd at this to wi
ne.
AT national Bridge we saw the the s.
eckage and unburied bones of that
'Ile'held, and looked with wonder Ecu
On the fortified height that guarded
entrance to the almost perpendic. REDU
Z heights up which Colonel Harvey
his ulsmounted dragons worked
ir way with the help of bushes and All
pS' and to which they chung in the count
OF sweeping fire from the Mexi- gates
batteries on its summit, which COME
captured with rush, turning at tn
II own guns upon the artillerists as third
ran down the opposite side of the The
we feared having to force our ObserN
across the bridge, but were not 1.
ested. tween
pom the heights of Cerro Gordo. we the 90
P0u ior our MONDAY meal. Upon fare il
central battlefield, where Santa from t
a maze MS most stubborn fight, d putGna
Iindled our camp fires, and dippinq 0'S'iOn
water from the Shiny pools COW ly pres
with green vegetation, we drank rotary
cohee under the shade of the same terence
where the desperately wounded W ior y
o die, glad of the luxury of that must +
lant pool to ouencb of the /,
thirst. 1t was tie best those at Was
ats afforded amid the deadly Turn ourn II,
gle' AllarOund us lay uncofined usual r. r,
s. and CHASTITY skulls looked down 8. {
us where they had been placed are not
ockery on the trees, and every 6. N
earth and trees and broken ar. o gu Aeeo
ehts gave silent witness to the ? re
struggles of our little army. Gates, a
10 way up the heights for miles ed TO Il
Inc trees from the forest vet OBJ s %nere q
ed the national road where thew M vas"
cen fe'led to obstruct the onward a. nv y
Of our soldiers, while from point C ~ 81 =
ut the Mexican troops and bat ~ S- -; - -
rallied for another stand. We ~ ~ '"V,'
roo g.. AZ - Triumph The
eads in bonor sc ~ ".'H uncoV- would b.
9lng herOes.-A. O. Ferris in the 49, -
der Century,. - suon
r.ar ai rate idea
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