The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-03
WITH THE MEXICAN INSURGENTS.
A st. Paul Lady Writes of the Terrible
Experience Had Among Them.

st. Paul Globe, Nov. %.
Mrs. w. H.. Hart. of this city. has been
for several weeks Sojourning in the midst OF
the turbulent scenes now being enacted on
the Mexican border. Her life there has been
full of excitement of a decidedly unpleas-
ant nature, as neither the inSurgent bands
nor the Mexican troops engaged in the at
tempt to suppress the insurrection are at
all punctilious in their conduct or regard
full of the safety of either the per-
sons or property of the settlers in the re-
gion. Mrs. Hart has written frequently to
her husband in this city since the begin
ming of the trouble, but since the 18th inst.
nothing has been heard from her, and it
is feared that the rebels nave cut off all
communication between that region and
the States. In q letter dated on the 18th
inst. Mrs. Hart writes:
Before this you have seen by the papers
the doingS of our Indians. They are Mex
lean Indians-some three hundred of them.
All they want is money and firearms. They
took the custom house, killed one man and
one horse, and wounded three other horses
and took eleven from people there-two of
father's-and took all they wanted from the
company's grocery store. We are there;
we all fear that when the soldiers get here
they will have a big fight. for that is what
came from Deming yesterday. and was
held up by twelve of them, who took all
the money of the passengers as we'll as
our windmill and filled their canteens with
water. They will not hurt white people,
but ut tel tell , y9u , l want Rrt TO E get out Wri Gt mere
Vi III ACN@A A-1.' ~
"Palomas is taken by the Temaches. 1t
is much worse than 1 can describe on
paper. No one can move away on horse
back or in wagons, so We have to stay here.
They have taken the town and our place,
too, have taken papa's horses and they
hold up everybody. We can see them from
the house. There are over three hundred
OF them. They are waiting here for the
Mexican soldiers that are on their way
ones who have been doing so much fighting.
They are called Cara revolutionists. You
have heard OF them. The soldiers are ex-
pected here tomorrow from Fort Buar-
doUr-American soldiers, and if there isn't
a grand old fight L shall be mistaken"
'Later-All the guards in Palomas have
thirty have gone into Palomas. The adj
ministrator is to be spirited away, and war
is expected by morning. We cannot get up
to Deming. 1t is not safe here. We are
thirty-tive miles from a white family. The
fighters have two cartridge belts around
their waists and one over their shoulders,
two revolv ers, one knife and one Winches-
ter. How is that for being armed? This
is likely to last for a month or more. You
with his family started down into Mexico
yesterday. They went out with a white
flag and were told to stop. The rebels took
all their flour, groceries and money, and
ted them they would not be killed if they
kept quiet. The way we heard of it was
through some OF papas cowboys. They
took two of papa's horses that the cowboys
TO walk home"
on Tuesday Mrs. Hart writes:
1T is dreadful. The administrator was
brought to our house last night between
two mattresses and hidden in our attic,
and twenty-three secreted themselves in
the yard. y boy is going to DeminG to tel
egraph for more help. They expect more
troops to-day"
On the 18th, the last letter received. Mrs.
Hart writes:
THE Temoches are still on the war path.
and how / do wish to get out of here. [
Will leave as SOoIi as it is safe to drive to
Deming. Nine of the insurgents came across
the line, and are in one of papa'S houses,
about a half mile from us. We can see
their campfire and see them around the
camp. What keeps them around Palomas
is more than anyone can guess. DO you
remember reading about the soldiers going
into their towns and killing all their wives
and babies? 1t began over some religious
faith of the TemOcheS, and President Diaz
ordered them all removed from their homes.
Garza took hold of their troubles anG they
arc at war with all the government peO-
pie and soldiers who are employed by
nave seen accounts of il in the papers.
Most all the MeXicans i'm Palomas are get
ting out on the American side. / shall
move just as soon, as / can go to I'll Paso,
as | will not stay down here. / haven't
had any mail since last Thursday-a week
to--mOrrow-not one line-and no prospects
of getting ii, as no one is going to come
down here as long as the TemOcheS are
here. We haven't seen a neighbor for a
week. Our condition is dangerous"
AS yesterdays dispatches report fighting
in the vicinity Mr.. Hart is extremely anx-
iOuS for the safety of his wife and child.