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Title: Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886
Subjects: Joint Boundary Commission (United States and Mexico) Indians of North America
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton & Company
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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g at full speed with their lancespoised, screaming and yelling,, endeavoring to breakthe line and stampede the mules, as they crossed fromone side to the other. Others followed, dischargingtheir arrows at the teamsters as they passed ; but theteamsters remained each by his team, keeping the mulesin their places, and closing up the line. At the sametime they kept the enemy at bay by levelling theirpistols at them. These men had the presence of mindto keep their seats in the saddle and to hold their fire,which the savages wanted to draw. Had they firedand missed their mark (and the chances were ten toone against their hitting), they would have beenpierced by a lance or an arrow the next moment. The men who were riding by the side of thewagons sprang to the aid of the teamsters, and heldthe leading mules, which kept them in their places. Failing in their attempt to frighten the mules andthrow the train into disorder, the Indians dashed ontowards the rear, and made a furious charge on the
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TO CHIHUAHUA. • 413 party there wlio were driving the spare mules andhorses. Two Mexicans, herdsmen, were unhorsed bythe charge ; and a third, being wounded, fell fromhis animal. He, however, held on to his bridle, whenan Indian rushed at him and pierced him to the heartwith his lance. The momentary pause of this manmade him a good mark for the rifle, and sealed his fate.Several were discharged at once, which brought thefellow to the ground. His companions seeing him fall,ran to his rescue, raised him up, and threw his bleed-ing body across a mule ridden by another Indian, whenthey rode off at full speed. The firing now became general; but the constantmotion of the enemy, enabled them to escape. Thefive Mexican soldiers, who were on foot, stood up tothe fight manfully, and were in the thickest of it. Theydid much, too, towards saving the last wagon, whichhad got separated, and was one hundred and fiftyyards in the rear. The driver of this team, when hesaw the Indians between him and

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