The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-08-23

lively up to the time we left there on
May Both. We being the only COM
pany at this place it made our duty
very hard, especially was The guard
so. We maintained three steady
posts and one outpost at night in the
rear of our quarters. Siniloan had
population of about 5000, who
upon our arrival packed their clothes
and left, thinking. evidently, by act>
ing thus, that we would leave the
town, but in which Il ey found their
thinking apparatus was out Of fix for
we had come to stay while. They
came sneaking back in day or so N
sets of twos until all had got back.
At first they wouldn't sabe (under.
stand anything that would be said TO
them, but in this they soon learned
they wouldn't succeed in driving us
away, so they got quite conversant,
but couldn't help but show their utter
hatred for US, Notwithstanding they
vehe'nently professed to be muco
amigos (friends) to US. About three
miles in the rear of Siniloan squatting
at the foot of the mountain was town
built entirely of bamboo, even the
church, called by the natives Parmay.
On April 18th detachment under
the command of Lieut.. Henry F.
McFuley went into this little town
looking for instructors, which were
known to have been in that vicinity
in the last few days but we didn't see
anything and couldn't get a word of
information from the natives, so we
went back to our quarters empty
handed and disguised, believing that
the insurrectors had flown to other
paris more congenial fer their safety.
On Sunday morning, the Goth, Lieut..
Col. Bacon, who had come to stay
with us, took a detachment of eight
men an1 went to Mavertoc and had a
talk with the Priest, from thence he
carried US around the foot of the
mountain to Parmay, and just as we
turned down the street Frank Hogan.
who was on the point stopped sud-
denly, threw his life to his shoulder,
then slowly lowered it as if uncertain
whether to fire or not, when as quick
as flash he raised it again and fired
and then the fun began in earnest, it
seemed as if we had walked into
trap and they had us surrounded. but
in Il few moments we run them from
their places of hiding and the
trenches, when the command was
given for us to charge upon the in
surgents who had stopped and seemed
as if they were going to make a
stand Such yell as went up at
that command of charge. Yankee and
Rebel yells combined, did more that
day to dislodge the enemy and cause
hun to vamoose pronto (get away
qulck) than the firing of steel bullets
from our Krags.
The inhabitants of Siniloan began
to get more and more reconclled
towards us as the days went by and
among seemingly new made friends
was old Poliella whom We Dick-named
jawboDe, and from whom we bought
many glasses of lime juice and iloque
dow native wine) on a credit, most
of the latter though, also there
was Cientinns who had splendid
s'ock of iloque-dow and who were
much amigos to US and whom we
patronized much. The senoritas s
were pretty and would say buenos
dias (good morning) to US every
morning to which of course we
would reply as best We could to them
which they seemed TO appreciate
very much. About the first week in
May No. 3 post called the Sergeant
of the guard aid told him there were
men at the foot of the mountain facing
h,s post, and that they were either
carrying bamboo poles or rifles, he
couldn't tell which through the field
glasses. The Sergeant told him to
keep good watch and went back to
the ouard house. At night the sentry