Arizona republican., 1906-11-18
Tht ONLY SURVIVOR
 OF WALKERS CAMP PAI6N
James Cakes Now Visiting in Phoenix Was a Follower of the Famous Fili- buster in Honduras.

The only survivor of the il!-fated expedition of General William Walker is now in Phoenix. He is James Oates of Cincinnati Ark. Accompanied by his wife. he is visiting the family of James F. Spence of Briils addition, broth er-in-law of Mrs. Oates and a niece who is stopping in the city.
 It is not generally known that Gen. eral Walker, natural born filibuster. had made several expeditions into the southern country, one into Sonora in 1853, a few years later one into Near agua which gave promise of success. and two into Honduras, the last in 1860. He effected a landing at Ruatan and afterward captured Truxillo but was compelled to flee. He gave him. self up to the commander of a British vessel. the Icarus, and was handed over to the authorities of Honduras. He was tried by court martial and shot on September 22, 1860.
 A few years ago there were men in Phoenix who had accompanied Walker into Sonora, but it is said that MT. Oates is the only man living who took part in the attempt upon Honduras.
 Interest in the character of Walker who was a remarkable man. has been revived by a series of articles in Col Hers by Richard Harding Davis under the title of Walker the Grey-eyed. Man of Destiny" These have been read with great interest by MT. Oates. who adds the following interesting matter to the literature on the subject
 I have read carefully the article en- titled Walker, the Grey-Eyed Man of Destiny" and was very much inter ested in it. but am somewhat surprised at the authors assertion that Walkers only object was to extend slave terri tory. l can speak for the ones who took a part in the last Hondurian cam paign and deny that part of the article in toto. While We were held as pris- Oners of war at Truxillo, surely the subject of the extension of slavery would have been brought up and dis cussed among us. yet I can truthfully say it was never mentioned by any one of us. Not only that,-a majority of us who took part in the last cam paign were foreign born-twelve from the northern states, which were op- posed to slavery. We had Polanders, Germans, French and several Irishmen. besides comrades from every state in the union. north and south. That part of the article I do not believe. Anoth- CT statement I know is not correct. and this is the first time I have ever seen it in print. In writing of the ex- ecution of of Gen. Walker the author puts language in the generals mouth that l know is not true. He never ut tered or spoke this speech to his exc cutioners: "In making war upon you at the invitation of the people of Rua- tan I was wrong. Of your people ask pardon" It was but very short distance from our prison to the place of execution. Gen. Walker fell by the fire of a platoon of soldiers. and not by three soldiers, as stated. l think I can tell when I hear only three muskets or a volley by a platoon or company. The authors tribute to Walker for his honesty and his kind ness to the enemy's wounded I know to be just. yet during the Hondurian campaign the Hondurians took no pris- oners. and our wounded who fell into their hands were first tortured and mutilated before being put to death. Those are facts that can not be dis puted. Thirty-five years ago publish ed those same facts when I wrote an article for the Cincinnati. Ohio. Com mercial and they published it. This article was also copied and published in the Chicago Inter-Ocean and papers in the south. December 26 1897. an ar ticle was published in the St. Louis Globe Democrat on Walkers campaign in Honduras. In that article I also gave the facts in regard to the torture and mutilation of the prisoners. When ever it is believed the last one of us is gone (mustered ou) they will deny all those charges. I look on Gen. William Walker today as a grand and great man, and I am not ashamed to own I was one of his followers. and the last down the musket.
 If the English had interfered at Truxillo. Walker would have succeed ed. and today the Central American states would be governed by the Anglo Saxon race. There would be a good state government. free from uprisings and revolutions. and the whole civilized world would have been benefited if the English had kept hands off.
 I forgot to state that while in prison
 I talked with those who took a part in Walkers execution and with some of the officers in command. Walker died
 claiming to be and was the lawful president of Nicaragua, and that was all he had to say. While in prison
 was also visited by Governor seymore,
 then governor of British Honduras.
 Seymore had a long talk with me, as
 was the only Englishman in Walkers
 command. and he talked on this very
 subject. He stated that Walker died
 asserting he was the lawful president
 of Nicaragua, nothing more, nothing less.
 find many errors in Golfers Week
 ly article When Walker evacuated
 Truxillo he took ninety-four men with
 him. On the retreat down the coast,
 we carried with us 110 rounds of ann
 munition each not thirty rounds) Six
 ty-One men were alive at the surrender
 large majority of them wounded. -O
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