Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-05-09
PHILIPPINE LETTER.
JAGUE, HETHoL, Is, P. l.,
March 10Th. 1901.

I viii give Won a little description
Of p scrnn that 6ftv men of Com
pany Q. 44th U. $. ", had at a
town bv the name Of Lunoy, which
is about three OF four miles north
of Jagua. These men left Jagua
on March Sth, about 5 a, M, for
that town, and arrived there about
GAO a. M inst as they reached
the edge of town, the captain
sent the LIST sergeant with fifteen
or twenty men off to the left
ahont q fourth Of n mile. When
they got there they were to go
north again, but just as they were
turning the corner three niggers
started To run away, and
some of the soldiers that hadn't
tnrned .he corner, opened fire on
them. Thirty or forty niggers
then got out of their hiding places
and made charge on the soldiers
hut we're soon stopped by the fire
.of the soldiers. when the niggers
jumped mp from their hiding
places the soldiers saw they
we're hid in holes dug in the ground
two or three feet and covered with
banana leaves or a kind of shield
made out of caraboo hides. 40
the soldiers just followed these
rows of trenches and killed the
niegers as they jumped out
at them. 4 while this was going on,
the captain with his men went
straight into town and marched
into a little clear space in front
of the church, which is called a
! plaza, and here they stopped to
rest. The niggers made a rush at
them but were stopped as before,
and while resting, one of the
soldiers saw a Niger lift mp the
cover of the hole to see what was
gong on, then they commenced
following these holes and killed al
the niegers found in them. Soor
both parties joined and the thing
opened up right. These niggert
had these holes or trenches as yor
may call them. all over town and
row around the outside of town
All had from one TO three nigger
in them, 80 the captain got tn
men IN line and wen.
through the town in every dir
|. Nction and killed evArv nivuor The
saw. The men that happened t.
get ore Of these rows OF trenche
to follow got plenty of shooting t.
do, for the niVgers were very
thick and wouhl Jump out at
fellow when he came close enough
These holes wore three or four fee
square or that distance ACROSS i
they we're ronnd, about the sam,
depth and from four to eight fee
apart. Some of the niggers wer,
hid around on the grOnnd unde
the shields made of cRrAboo hide
Many of those shields had from
four to six niggers under then
and it looked pretty nicn TO se,
one of those caraboo shields crawl
ing along over the ground toward
a man, because you couldn't Sc,
the nigger unless he would sticl
his head down underneath TO lool
where they we're going, As quicl
as n soldier caught sight Of ON
Of them, then there would he
rpgular hail Of bullets hit tina
Tough hide Int it wonld fall alright
Sometimes, after it would fall, !
wonld 90 crawling off with som.
wounded Niger or one that didn'
: get hit. bnt most always it lai,
+. still after it had been shot, a
there were enough shots fred +
kill everything behind If. Tn
/, niggers plan was if the soldier
, scattered out ont when they wen
into town and commenced search
> ing the hOnses, as they usually d.
hut this time they did not or
the soldiers tried to take a hi
! ahont one half or the three.fuurth
. of nmile from town, whore ther
were horns anil a drum all til
time makinga HI of a noise fC
those niggers that were hid arouu
town in holes to close in benin