Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-15

ricd water in the canteens. but of course
that was nothing. Fortunately some Igor
rotes had come up and they took the ,
empty canteens and went away to some
spring and brought us water, so we got .
along pretty well They run over the
mountains like children in park We
were among the clouds, in fact. were in |
or above them a good part of the time
so ii was very wet, especially as the grass
was long. We started quite early and It
was now worse than ever for the cain had
made it slippery and muddy. We got back I
to Trinidad in the afternoon. We all stood
the march wcll.
! forgot to tell you that this Is a cof-
fee growing district. The Jefe Provincial
gave Lieut. paltson and me a sack of COT
fec. We left Trinidad at $50 a. m. | rode
ahead with Miller. We had more or less
trouble as the bridges had been either
broken down by the Insurrcctos or had
become worn out. Just as got on top of
the mountain out of the Trinidad valley
| looked back and coming up ano hcC trail
| saw a long procession of palanguins and
foot people ana tCorrotcS with packs. |
knew II was Mr.. Schcerer leaving tho
country with his family, for ] could see
him marching at the head of the process
sion. Miller and | kept along until we
came to a place where tho inside OF the
trail was solid rock and the outside
raVine filed with timber from the broken
bridge. a remnant of the bridge not over
two feet wide was lett ] dismountCd and
tried to lead Solitaire across, when the
thing taVo way and Solitaire and | rolled
over into the chas with myself UNDER
meath. So for short time the beams,
horse ana myself were pretty well mixed
up You know | have had many narrow
escapes fron death, but never had ! ono
so narrow that, not even the Cheyenne
wound. Finally we stopped rolling just
41,ap doc of Oh ir,in a
not see it but Miller did, 20 feet high. ]
felt very weak but managed TO pull my
self on to a beam. Then the advance
guard came along and formed two and
two and passed me up to the road. In
putting down my right foot I thought my
leg was broken. They put me down along
side the trail and by that time Lieut. Pat
tiscn came along, and after examining NY
leg said he thought the head of the hhula
was broken. So there | was in the noun
tains on a narrow trail, i'll some places
so narrow that you could not diSmount
from your horse on the inside ana many
places with only six inches to spare. The
nearest road was IL miles away and be-
tween me and 1t were many stiff hill.
| made up my mind, however, to ride
Millers horse as the only practicable
thing. just then Mir. Schcerer came up
and offered me the use of one of his
palanguins aud two of his stouteSt Igor
rotc heacers. l tell YOU l was grateful
they fixed it up SO | could stretch my legs
out ana the lgorrotcs started They get
between the handles, which they sometimes
rest on their shoulders. but usually they
use a strap from one handle to the other,
which goes over their head. so the weight
really comes on the neck. 1t was vesy
slippery and now most of the way down
hill once one slipped and fell, giving me
a jar but it was wonder that they did
not fall every 70 yards, for the trail was
washed out, filled with large stones, steep
and slippery Night came on before we
reached Naguilan, and we had to cross
the Baoang river 10 times after we struck
it. 1t was starlight but not very bright
and we had to go over uneven ground and
rocks as big az, ones head. At last We
reached Naguiian. a native doctor told
me after examining my leg that he cid
not believe IL was broken but Pattison
had sent for De- Ewing and | would not
let the native touch me. About . a. M.
Or. Ewing came and said my leg was not
broken. Last night l paid the Igorrotes
81 each. their own price Remember when
I speak of money it is Filipino or MeXi-
can dollars. equal TO about half of our
own. They had carried me 10 miles for a
dollar, which was double the price usually
paid. When afternoon came | expected
Mr.. SCheerer and his two IgOrroteS but
as they did not come / had the President
furnish carriers. These were Filipinos and
it took seven of them to do the job and
| felt every minute as though they were
going to upset me. They finally got me
about two miles away. when TO my great
satisfaction my two Igorrotes came run
ming up. | let the seven Filipnos go and
there was all the difference in tho world,
They could almost keep up with NJ troop.
They had nothing but breech cloths on.
They only rested about four times and got
50 on arriving here. CaptS. Ripley and
or
sturdy and muscular and only a lit c
above Heard's shoulder. My right leg is
very sore and much swollen and | cannot
stand on 1t. but Pattison or Miller pick
will be 10 days before | can do any walk
ing. Poor Solitaire had to be shot as h,
could not he got to the trail. Steamers
had arrived while | was away and n good
supply of officers stores were landed. We
now have -four and butter and buy Span
ish mackerel right out of the water. A
hand and some children came in to-day
and gave us a serenade ard dance. The
children however. went through the dance
as though 1t were a funeral Our bag
gage that we left in Manila and San Fer
nando de Pampanca is ordered shipped tc
US, which locks though We are to bt
left in the northern part Of the island Il
is such a fine climate and so helpful that
| am glad OF it. You need not worry about
me for ! have not heard hostile sho
and do not expect to as the trouble In thi:
part of the island is about over. | only
have one troop here now. We expected
that Gen. Young would take Gen. Law
tons place, but they have made him gov
ernor of the upper provinces.