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WAR-TRAIL!

CHAPTER XXX.

GUERRILLEROS.

THE

Tar maneuvre had occupied only a and the horsemen They had thrown formation, and were

few seconds of time, distant.

into a

were themsely es by two's !

vet

riding

‘This The tactics were vot Indian: er march in dcuble file. The horse- rot be Indians. Who, then? hope crossed my miud, tha,

took us by surprise Comanches

movement

ney me: could

A sudden it mig tht be out in search of

a party of mv own

}

me twos” was

our tavorite and habitual order of march. i

streaming the hope: American

But no: the lovg lances and

peuveus at once dissipated there army. Comanches been armed with the they were not Comanc!

was vot a lance im the

They could vot be ** rangers.”

lance, but clearly

ies.

* Wagh exclaimed Rube, after} eviung them intertly, * Ef chur Tujuns. | Im aviggur! Ef thur Injuns they’ve

got beards and sombrayras. an thet ain't | Tajun sigo vohow. No [” raising his voice, ** thur a gang o' bellied Mexikins! thet’s what they ur.” All three of us had arrived simultane- ously at the conviction. horsemen were Mexicans.

he added,

Ffutie

It was no great source of rejoicing to;

and the kuowledge produced

We

know this; no change iv our defeusive attitude. well knew that a band of armed as they were, could not be other

than a hostile party, avd bitter too in| their hostility. For several weeks past, the pet te querre had been waged with dire vengeance. The

peutral grouod had been the scene of re- prisals, and retaliatious On oue sirfle, wagon-trains had been attacked |

terrible

and captured, harmless teamsters mur-

dered. or mutilated whilst still alive I hix arms cut off by the his heart taker thrust between his teeth! He waa dead: but another whom I saw still lived, with the cross deeply gashed upon his breast, upou his brow, his feet, and the palms of his haods—a horrid spectacle to look upon!

On the other sacked and ruined, flames, and down pou peurest tree ! war stances, we knew that the approaching

saw one with

elbow-joints, out, and

ov the soles of

side

villages given to the

Such and

a characier had the

assumed ;

horsemev were our deadly foes

Beyoud a doubt, it was either a scout- | ing ps arty of Mexican lancers, a gueri/la, | robbers. During the war. | nearly

or a band of the last were synonymous, and the first not unfr: queutly partook the character of beth. One thing that cculd any of the three in that quarter? The neutral ground—the scene of guerilla operatious—lay between the t“o tar

two

puzzled be doing

armies; aud we were from it; in fact, altogether away from the setilements. What could brought lancers, guerilleros, or out upon game in that

have robbers the plains? There was quarter for any of these | geuiry—neither an American force to be |

no

attacked, wor atyaveller to be plundered ! |

My own t:oop was the out picket iu this | direction, and it was full ten miles off. | The only thing likely to be met with! bear the mesa was a wa -party of Com- anches, aud we knew the Mexicans weil e: ough to that, whether

be convinced

soldiers or freebooters, they were not in search of that. Such reflections, made in doubie

quick time, oceurred to us as we scan- ved the advancing troop.

Up to this moment, they had ridden directly towards us, aud were pow uearly in a_ line be- tween us and the mesa. On getting

within about balf a mile of our position they turned sharply toward the west, aud

rode as if to make round to our rear! This manoeuvre of course placed us| upon their flank; and now, ouilined

against the sky. we could distinetly trace their aud note their habiliments and Nearly all wore broad

forms armour.

brimmed sombreros, wit. jacket, sash, |

They carried lances,

earbines

and calzoneros. luzoes, avd wou d distinguish sabres and machetes — the universal rauchero. They be troops. ‘Their well as a certain irregularity io their manoeuvring forbade this supposition, Their lances

or escopettes.

not costumes. as

could

moreover, were borue in all sorts of expepee, but HO one can expect me to Wait; 4 r jong:rtban the s1 montis, just expir-

ways— some couched, some resting in | *") seneng vi Oe ee ee

} - irr i held ly ee ing, for pyyment of cmounts Gue Me on my

the stirrup ane held correctly, while | tgte pusiaess,

others were carried over the shoulder | JOHN DORSEY,

like atirelock! No, they could not be a} Jan 12.’82—34w, wkly till ist feb, pat

troop of regulars. They were either

guerrille ros or true sa/teadores.

Alter riding nearly a half-circle round —astill keeping at the same distance— the troop suddenly made front towards u-, aod halted.

We had been

round; wecould not divine their object

people,

ou the war-trail would have |

yellur- |

The |

Mexicans, |

ranches were ran-

men on mere suspicion shot | the spot or hanged upen the}

uuder these circum-| |

rf 4 OMME

us— what |

remote |

We!

weapon of the Mexican | drilled |

+| Whateve r,

puzzled by their going |

TEE DAILY HxXA MINER, TA NU A Ry

i its summit—and its rocky wall ap- | pareut ly offered no advantage to Us, aby | more than the open plain The enemy ascemed to be aware ol this, else they ,

| would pot have ridden round, and thus | i left the w TO BE CONTINUED.

way c lear.

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HORACE HASZARD. Dec. 21, ’81—Im eod

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| PAYMGST RaQ Jas Tad,

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Books I then

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AT DESAPLE,

in so doing. It could not be to cut off our retreat. The timber in the back | direction was miles off. Had it been)

hear evough, we should cértainly have retreated to i It Was

long before; but we knew dant. Rube and his old mare would have overtaken by our long ere we the woods; we knew did net thiuk of On the other side

{oo been Well-moun el enemies, could have gained this, aud therefore making the attempt. was the which, by their late move ment had been lett open tous. It was but a half mile off, and perhaps, by mak- ing a dash, we might have reached it ;

but uot tree grew uear it—except those

mesa,

lately Boats

of that place.

the property of Joseph and |

Dovald K. Currie, This Factory was erected last spring and is in good condition, If not disposed of before the 1st March | aext, it will then be scold at Public Auction, Fortber particulars may be had on applica. | tion to the undersigned, FRED W. HYNDMAN, | Trustees of the Estate of Joseph Boats and D. K Currie. Ol’ town, Oct, s, 8l—eaw tf

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| 230 boxes SOAP,

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&e.,

( ‘ 1882—pat Gi eod —

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Hae

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TRADE.

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WHOLESALE.

20%

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For Scotch and English

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For copics of the Land Regulations a

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REGHIVED AT TEX PER

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Special arrangements made with Emigration and Land Companies.

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Land Commissioner, JOHN McTAVISH, Winnipeg; or to the undersigned,

DRINKWATER, Secretary.

28%

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EVE BRICK dence of Mr. Anxcap Street; also the premises adjoining,

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