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Show Ex. Doc. No. 41. 10!) persons either ] ill 'd or woutHlcd on our side tn th' fig·ht by firearms. Information was r cC'iv<'<lthat tlt <lC'acl, no matter wh<'re buried would be (lug up to rob th bodi<'s of tht•ir clothes, and orders Wl'f(~ giv n to pael· th n~ on mul.c. , with th ' int<'ntion of ('arrying . t~H·m to an Dtego, but tt was ioun<l that th<'re W(' r<' no t a sufTH·Jenlnumbcr of strong animals )d't to eonv<'y hoth the d<·;ul and the wound d, and dir •dions were giv n th r ·fore to inter thnn at n1ght as ,ccrctly as possible. When night c losed in, the bodies of the <lend were buried under a willow to the cat of our camp, with no other aecompaniml·nt than the howl ing of myriads of' wolve: attra el •d by the 1-~mcll. 'J'hu · w re put to r<'. t together, and fo • eYer, a band of braVl' ancl h roic men. The long march of 2,000 mil<·s had brough t our little command, both ofTiC'<'r. and men, to know each other well. C' ommunity of hardships, dang<'r, , <1ncl pri\ ati ons, had producrcl relations of m~tual regard which aused their Joss to siuk d<'eply in our memones. Th gen ral's wounds wcr so s<'rious, tlwt during th • day Captain Turner assumed command and din•<' t<'ll open1tions. Thnc was but on surgeon in our party, Dr. GriiTin, and notwithstanding his gn.•at skill and f\ssiduty, he did not finish dressing- the woundt'd till lat in the afternoon, nor were the amhnlan('es for their tran~p o rtation ompleted. This, with tb' dt'sire to bury our dead undt•r cover. of night, cau. c<l the forward movcmcn t to be po tponcd till morntng. Our provisions were exhau trd, our hor. <'S d('ad, our mules on their last legs, and our men, now r('dtJn•d to one th ird of tlu·ir nurnb r, wrr · r<lg~ecl, worn down by f•1tigur, and cmaci"a t •d. 'l'lt ' ofTiecrs of Captain Gill<'spie's party said thne wf'r wh<'('l C'arri ag<·s at "an Diego, :39 miles distant, and it was ddcrmin d to send tllt'r' for the means of <·onveying our wounded. Early in th day, God y, with a few pi ·ked m n, wa · on his way by a eir<"uitous route to that plarc. Our po.-ition was <1 •f·n ihlc, but the ground, <·overc<l with r orks and cacti, macl it difli('ult to get a. smooth place to rest, cv<'n for tl1e wounded. The night was ('Old and damp, and notwithstanding our exc ssive fatigue of the day and night previous, -I •cp was impossible. DecembeT 7.-Day clawned on the moRt tattered and ill-f('d dctachm n t of men that ever the United .. tat<·s m u. t creel u n d <' r her ~ol o r s. The nemy's piekeL and a portion of his force W<'rc S<'<'n 1n front. 'I'he sick, by the in<lcfatigahl <'X('I'lionR of Dr. OriFTin, were doing well, and the g neral enahled to mount his horse. The order to mar h was given, and wt• mon'<l off to ofT'•r thr nt>my batt} , accompani d by our wounded, and the whol of our park . • 1.' h e am b u 1a n c e · g rat <'Cl r n the g r o u n d , an d t h ' s u ff<' r i n g s of the wounded were v ry distres ing. We } ad mad forth ' Ill tl1c most comfortabl • conv<'y~lnc we coulrl, and Ruch as it was, we wcr<' indchtcrl principally to the inrrl'nuity of th • thrc' remaining nHHJll-t am. men of the party, Petersb on, Lovdcau, and !)errol. ,T h' f ourt J1 , |