The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-22
NEARLY BUTCHERY,
BRAZILIAN REBELS REFUSED
RIGHT TO SURRENDER.
Viulictivc Retaliation by Pre,iden: PeiX-
oto-Da CANA and Officers Seek Refuge
on Foreign Vessels-Mello Plays the
Coward and Traitor.
The War at an End.

and in its stead there bids fair for q
time to be inaugurated q carnival OF
slaughter ana butclery. Seeing the
hopelessress OF continuing the strug-
gle, deserted by Admiral Me 10. who
with the warship 4Aquidiban vas in
pats unknown, Admiral Da Cana OF
the insurgent forces first sought the
services OF the Portuguese charge Iaf-
fairs in negotiating with the govern
ment for peace: but that official. acting
under orders from the home govern
ment, assumed a neutral attltud3. Da
Cana then, in direct communication
with President PeiXOtO, offered neon
dit.onal surrender of all the warships
and forts and garrisons with Flo har-
Dor, accepting for him elf ami officers
expatriatloA and sentence of exile to a
foreign land. on condition OF amnesty
to his soldiers INT sailors.
When this new became known the
government fleet entered the hartor
quietly. AS the vessels made their
way up the bay they were -aiuted by
the various government batteries.
The greatest excitement had pre-
vailed in the city. The streets were
crowded with people, and all the avail
alb. trucks and hand carts h d been
busy carrying household goods and
personal effects out OF the city. The
people had fully expected q shelling of
the city by the insurgent forces, and
it was generally believed that q ter
rife naval battle was ab ut 70 be
fought in the Rio harbor. Ia Cana s
offer OF surrender changed every
thing, and everywhere could be
heard shouts of Viva Peixoto." and
general acquiesence to the requests
Of thn i,c,,,rnpt .l,Niro TNrnnN hn1
been much suffering in the city. All
business houses had been closed a2d it
hal tcen very difficult t. get food.
TIE whole available police force was
on duty constantly. Probably l02.IOO
IersOns left the city. RailrOai rams
p rtation to the suburbs was free. and
he government was feeding the poor.
,uturally the pOpulace cheered the
news which they believed heralded the
close of the long and stubbOrn,y con-
tOsted insurrectiCn.
But Joy was changed to conservation
by the announcement that the goveln-
ment hal refused the terms OF Da
Cana, and would open fire upon the
inSurgent We ,sels and fCrts 81 rOGn
Tuesday. The exodus from Rio again
commenced. and at l. o'clock preci-ely
the bar fortress opened fire en- Fort
' licH d! llOl. III q SllOlG L.--4c tllc
Government forces at Fort Arlnacao
and Fort Gragoata ioire1 in the bonn
ban dment. The fire was not returned
by the in,urgents. The bombar0ment
wa continued until 3 O'Clock, when it
ceased. CASTILLO. San Beni.o, oaude,
Cur, clio and all the city batteries then
opened q furious fire upon FCrt NIle-
gaignOn and the |insur4ent Warship
Tamandre. The fire was also directed
upon the iEeurgent works at EObras
Island and 81 other places. TIE to.ces
at -nchadas lowered the hOsiital flag
and hOisted the insurgent er-iGn. The
garrison at G~OrernadOr 1-llnd also took
part in the attack on Fort Nl.leraig-
non, which was badly hammered by
the Government guns The works on
Cobras Island took fire. but the flames
wee on extingti'lei. The firing Of
the batteries lasted for n hour. No
great damage wssdone. The Insurgents
did not fire q shot.
At i o'clock the Government haet
steamed slowly to close action, the tor
pedo boat Aurora le adm :. The Cther
vessels in the feet wero the Nictheroy,
America, ltaipu, Bahian. Tiradentes
and Parahyba. and two steamers and
five torpedo boats. Immediately tho
rebels hauled down the white ensign
from n Of the ships which VS. wing
at Enchadai and hoisted a sigma. which
was answered from ashore. \ launch
containing an officer then went from
ore insurgcut ship to another, ana each
vessel lowered the white flag. Two
boats from tne Government feet cut
side then entered the bay. One of them
went to Fort NillegaignCn, and it was
shortly followed by the launch from
the rebel ship. A few ninut ; late.
the white ensign came down from the
fort, and at 3:4o the Government fleet
steame | up the bay.
The i%nsurgent IA ship Acu diban
was not in this harbor. Admira} de
Mello has proved false to the en-
poo" and to President E7orseca md
President Peixoto. His last &c: was
treachery to Admiral d. Cana.
Where he and his vesse, are now is
o known.
The officers Of the inslrqcnt il4et
took refuge en- board French and
POr uguese war ships. Oao trench
vessel put to sea with manv Of the
rebel office $ on board. 1t l. a:d that
Admiral da Cana is OF boarl Ito
British war ship Sirius.
PeiXotos action in not &c siding to
Da Cana S Offer Great d the greatest
surprise, abroad as well a. a. = q hing.
ton. Such conditi rs were freely ac.
corded in any honorable Wa.ia t in
civilized lands. yet to the surprise of
II administration they had been re
fused by PeiXo.o. IN spi-e OF It's best
G orts to be exactly fair ard neutral,
yet III the contest n Eraz;l o II govern
ment, in its desire to protect American
interests, has given color to She tclief
thai its moral sympathy la with the
Peitoto government. so lhe Kew that
civilized warfare had been d~i,-ega. cd
and that brave but defeated iasu cent,
hemmed in on ali side. We G t, b,