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rscottpatrick at Dec 06, 2011 07:32 AM

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some beeves this morning on
the road and gave chace, killing
a very large and fat one. Cut out
the choice parts and halted and had
a fine feast of Roasted beef.
We seen an antelope to day the
first one I have seen. We have
came in to the [Muskeet?] today
again and our horses feed very heartily
on it. We have had a general clean
ing of guns to day as we have plenty
of tallow. At sundown we arri-
ved at the Rio Colorado A Stream
of about 50 yds in width. Forded
it the water coming over our
horses backs. We saw one of the Skela
tons of the men that were murdered
here by the Mexicans. There was
six in number with waggons going
to point Isabella to haul for the ar
my. They stoped to camp here and about
50 mexicans came upon them in
the evening and having but 2 guns
they surrendered on condition of being
treated as prisoners of war.
The Mexicans took them to the edge
of the water cut their throats
and threw them in the River
One man named Rogers was not
killed as they supposed and swam
across the River and escaped

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some beeves this morning on
the road and gave chace, killing
a very large and fat one. Cut out
the choice parts and halted and had
a fine feast of Roasted beef.
We seen an antelope to day the
first one I have seen. We have
came in to the [Muskeet?] today
again and our horses feed very heartily
on it. We have had a general clean
ing of guns to day as we have plenty
of tallow. At sundown we arri-
ved at the Rio Colorado A Stream
of about 50 yds in width. Forded
it the water coming over our
horses backs. We saw one of the Skela
tons of the men that were murdered
here by the Mexicans. There was
six in number with waggons going
to point Isabella to haul for the ar
my. They stoped to camp here and about
50 mexicans came upon them in
the evening and having but 2 guns
they surrendered on condition of being
treated as prisoners of war.
The Mexicans took them to the edge
of the water cut their throats
and threw them in the River
One man named Rogers was not
killed as they supposed and swam
across the River and escaped