The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-08


valle's men set out to sack the town. Even
Vale lost his head when he 81 couple
OF his bitter enemies, who were high in the
Legitimist councils, walking spout under
the safeguard of the phalanx.
The result OF the taking Of Granada was
a treaty between the Legitir1ists and DEM
ocrats. All of the Legitimist forces marched
to Granada and grounded arms in the pres
ence of the Americans. A new governments
was formed under President Rivas, Leon
csc, with Walker as commander in chief.
The star of the Americans went up to zen
It'll: Thanksgiving and iubilees were cele-
brated; the conservative church party
hailed the new order of things, and the
Americans were everywhere treated as the
liberators Of the people.
Every steamer from San Francisco car
ried out Adventures to swell the phalanx,
and the end of 1855 found 1000 of the hest
fighting men in the world 0.der arms in
Nicaragua And they were soon put to the
test. The Legitimist commander, Gen.
Corral, broke the solemn oath he had made
with Walker in the old cathedral of Gran
ada when the treaty was signed and In
vited foreign soldiers into the country to
Gust the Americans. He was promptly
tried and put to death. The charter of the
Nicaraguan Canal company. which was
owned in New York city, was annulled by
the Rivas- Walker government, and the
United States refused to recognize the new
regime. Costa Rica plucked up courage to
follow suit, snubbed the Nicaraguan en-
bassador and put 1900 men under arms ito
drive the foreign invader from the soil of
Nicaragua.
The Costa Ricans entered the department
so recently subiugated by American arms,
sacked the towns of San Juan and Virgin
Bay, robbed and murdered many helpless
aliens and seized the town Of Rivas- Walk
err was at Granada with 400 Americans
and 100 natives. Under pretext OF invad-
ing Costa Rica he sailed to the port off
Rivas in the night, surrounded the town,
and at daylight the phalanx with a whoop
and yell rushed into grand plaza. Four
hours of desperate street fighting resulted
In a draw, and Walker called Off his men.
The Costa Iticans lost nearly GOO killed and
wounded and Walkers force ITO.
Although boasting of victory, the Costa
Ricans left the country ard the lutte.
States recognized the Ee e..s:s repahIic The
step was a revelation nv natives
against the Americans. Walkts wuH elected
president of the government party md the
seceders, combining with the soldiers Of
Guatemala, Costa RIGA and San Salvador,
made war upon the dominant aliens The
Americans mustered l 900 men at Granada.
After four desperate battles In October and
November, 1856, Walker gave orders to de-
stroy the place and retreat. In the midst
of the confusion the allies sprung an attack
and rushed into the burning streets from
three directions.
At one point n body of 800 burst into
view of the Americans at the head Of a
street occupied by Maj. Calvin O'Neal's
rifles O'Neal called around him thirty
two of his best men, leaped on his horse
sans coat, sans shoes, and rode at the host
in front of him. His followers, as mad as
himself, closed in and in few minutes lit
orally blocked the street with the dead,
who fell by scores in front of the American
rifles. The next day and the next, equally
daring feats were many times repeated but
the odds were enormous, and the Americans,
who mt the start numbered only 4l9, were
hemmed in.
A siege of twenty days followed Cholera
broke out and carried off LEO of the aliens,
ITO fell in battle and ~ were captured So
fierce were the Americans in pushing an
attack that the allies gave up position after
position without a blow. and finally Walk
er's men carried the fort, cut b road through
the lake shore and reached Rivas. Skir-
mishes, actions and battles then took place
almost weekly on sea and land. The Amer
leans were virtually surrounded and fight
ing for dear life. The slaughter of the allies
was appalling. Their soldiers were made
drunk and urged upon the American BARR.
cades with the lash.
One dead American meant co or 20 dead
enemies. 1t soon became only a question
OF determination for both parties, and
about the middle of April, 1857, the seventh
and British naval officers prevailed upon
the Americans to leave Nicaragua under a
safe conduct TO Panama. The garrison Of
Rivas then mustered 337 Americans, Of
whom one-half were wounded, and 40 ma
tives GEORGE L. KIIMER.