| OCR Text |
Show 84. LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY A omap Upon meeting Chavez, the party of McDaniel at once determined to rob him, even though he was then within the limits of the United States. The unfortunate Mexican was therefore taken a few miles south of the road and his baggage rifled. Seven of the desperadoes then left for the settlements on the border, carrying with them their share of the booty, amounting to some four or five hundred dollars each. The journey was made on foot, as their horses had taken a stampede and escaped. The remaining eight, soon after the departure of their comrades, determined to put Chavez to death, for what cause does not appear as he had been their unresisting prisoner for two days. Lots were cast to determine which four of the party should be the cruel executioners; and their wretched victim was taken off a few rods and shot down in cold blood. After his murder a considerable amount of gold was found about his person and in his trunk. The body of the unfortunate man, together with his wagon and baggage, was thrown into a neighboring ravine; and was packed upon them and borne away to the 4340) ment of United hundred miles. party covered eighteen M oe 7 sa David were both hanged. The to a fine and imprisonment.*® | Jacob Snively and his ‘‘gallant’’ band of Texan ‘‘aveng- : © the number, not of eight hundred, but about one hundred aie a rap to be the particular of Cea savages. hatch leet Snively occupation organized n the north of Texas, and in May, 58 Niles’ Poet. er - of a wh _ May a Guise acca his fore ue , S° Register, lxiv, pp. 195, 280, gives names of the other participator vu ‘ in +t}tne Man tn ~ “12P 1a a numb ) €r as cal] ewe ram remnc. ove3 d andg [ ceCase f under ote this 7book. het Lid] # 3 : eer ~ LL Mexicans, who succeeded in regaining not marched down the Santa Fé Trail beyond the sandArkansas, oe a party when of Mexicans was dis- é Texans soon came upon them, and in a skirmish, were killed and a number wounded, the Texans being an advance party from General Armijo’s com- 8 Me five hundred men, had left Santa Fé on the 1st of fs id e caravans Pee the exee tic : at the Arkansas. consisted of one hundred rhein Ventura Lobato. The troops militiamen thus de- under the The entire command, with Snively P a3 or one oF TWO who escaped to Armijo, surrendered to was encamped at Cold Springs, one huna li dred a dt As soon as Armijo received notice reg beyond. of the de A treated t¢ : 0 Lobato, he broke camp most precipitately and reeee ae anta Fé. A gentleman of the caravan which passed camp 1843, set out found bee ’€e€nn: the Mexicans pn, Wis fight occurred on the 19th of June, 1843, mand, acy: pide of ae seth pi, too much on the alert to permit them to return to the interior with impunity. However, five of the whole number, including three of the party that killed Chavez, made their escape, but the other ten and his brother ay ea beter States dragoons that had followed them for over 4 The honest citizens of the border, however, were John McDaniel same Nas has only their own live stock but all that belon ged to the Texans as well. In consequence, the Texans burned their saddles and walked to es Ss Fort on the Arkansas, where the party was disbanded, Wara and a few faithful followers passing over to Snivel y and his frontier of were arrested and sent to St. Louis where they were tried, some for the murder of Chavez and others for robbery. In due course the Sentence of the court which found them guilty was carried out and be the . Missouri. Great exertions had been made to intercept this lawless band at the very beginning; but they escaped the vigilance of a detach-auren may St ; -Ha lt cha rt lage of Mora, on the frontier, at that time killing five men and driving off a number of horses. They were afterward followed by a strong a few of the lost animals of the marauders having been found, their booty or — <i =? “tt ee os testifies that spurs, lariats, found scattered in every and direction other kinds about of Armijo’s by his troops in the hurly-burly of the retreat.®° pancroft, H. H., History of Arizona and New Mexico, in a note on page 308. » 8a acne’ euchillay pues Bustamante’s Statement de rendidas las armas’’ that Snively ‘‘4 todos is probably unfounded. los pas6 a Some other Ry |
