KANSAS CITY, May 15.
The Santa Fe mail arrived with advices from Ft. Craig to the
23d. Gen. Canby was at that place with
his command. It was presumed he would
move to Messilla in a short time.
The Texans in their retreat down the river abandoned 35 of
their wagons, and buried some of their guns.
They then divided into small parties, and fled to the mountains,
abandoning their sick, and all who could not travel at the requisite
speed. It is thought the enemy will not
make another stand in the territory, but will endeavor to get home.
A hundred teams, with provisions that had been collected at
Santa Fe, were sent to Fort Union on the 23d.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, May 16, 1862, p. 1
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