Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-05-29
YOUNG M'DOUGAL
SEEING MEXICO
A FORMER SHOSHONE BOY IN
MARINE SERVICE WRITES OF
THE SAVAGE METHODS OF
WARFARE.


Lindin at the Shoshone laundry.
When Charlie left this town he enlist
ed in the United States marine service
His relatives here have heard from
him from aboard the battleship Mary
land at Manzinillo, Colima, Mexico.
under date of May 3. To his grand
mother, Mrs. Isabelle McDougall, whom
he calls mother, he writes:
L. S. S. Maryland. ManzinIlo, Coli
ma, Mexico, May 3, 1918.
Ny dear Mother:
Wen, here we are about 100 miles
South Of san Francisco, and are get
ting along fine. 1t is very warm. In
fact, is SO warm that we can scarcely
sleep at night; but we are all happy
and anxious to start things going.
We came to this place about two
days ago ana 1ound the Raleigh her
holding a passenger steamer to carry
eff the Refugees. \ British Steamer
has about 100 Refugees aboard ana are
expecting more in the next few days
This country is all held 10y the
Federals and they are the most un-
civilized people d person can find
About 50 Of the refugees came
saw the Raleigh coming in and they
of their suffering. 1t is hard 70 be-
lieve that people will do what the
1Iexicans have done to the Americans
that are down here. They have taken
their arms away from them so that
they COULD not protect themselves and
then allowed them to be mobbed by
bunch of savage Indians. These In
dians viii not harm a man if he has a
gun or any way of protecting himself
but Will jump on him and kill him in
the most dastardly way if he has n
arms Of any kind.
All along the road out of town they
say that you can see the dead lying by
trees and streams and hanging to
poles. They never bury their dead but
allow them TO lay on the ground and
then turn their hogs loose and let them
be eaten up. They are committing all
kinds of crimes with American Women
and other foreign women and after
they have finished with them they
kill them or torture them till they die.
1t is a very strange thing to me that
they have not been wiped off the earth
long before this. The whole country
is in a state of anarchy and will con
tinue this way till some other nation
steps in and cleans them out. Mexico
has population of about fifteen mil
lion. Fourteen million of these are un-
civilized Indians who call themselves
Mexicans. They will not stand up.
and fight or do anything on the square
A week ago there were about 5000
of them attacked eleven American who
were working in the mines; the Mex!-
cans killed six Americans: and the
other five were shot so bad that ttey
are not expected to live. Small bands
of fifty or sixty roam around the coun-
try to see if they can find somebody
to kill. The whole bunch Will jump
on one man. That is the way things
have become in this country. You can
easily see that war is now inevitable
How is everything getting along in
Idaho? I hope you are well. am
awaiting the time VIXEN we
get mail so I viii hear from you
Give my regards to Ina ana her
family I sure wish that l coulG be
there to celebrate my 2lst birthday
with them.
The other day there were about 2eO
tloops of FederJ .; in Manzinillo. They
saw the Raleight coming in and they
set fire to the pier. and blew up the
breakwater with dynamite The
British ship was tied up to the pier
with these Refugees on ana they tried
10 set fire to that Then they blew up
he cut that the railroad comes through
and now there is no communication /
With the interior of this country. We 4
ire expecting orders from Washington
very day to let us know that we can
20 ahead and do business. They are
Waiting for the refugees to get out SO
here viii be no more massacres of
American people.
As ever. your loving boy,
CHARLIE McDOUGAI4L.
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round IS day. The grower re-
elves his check immediately on
the turkeys at the company &
Tarehouse.