We found the old man had a good span of…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

they were selling at about five hundred per cent profit. We found the old man had a good span of states mules, a covered wagon and in fact every- thing necessary for the trip we contemplated making and we purchased the whole outfit for two hundred and seventy-five dollars. It was about night when we had completed our arrangements, and Pachie advised us not to try to leave the city that night, but to pull out about two hundred yards and camp, which advice we followed. There were four of us as I have said before, and we divided the night into watches of two hours, two keeping guard while the others slept. At least, that was the ( 11 ) arrangements we agreed upon, but there was not much sleep for any of us after about 11 o’clock. Pandemonium reigned in the embroyo city that night. At least five hundred shots must have been fired and screams for help, and demoniac yells were incessant. How I welcomed the light of day after that horrible night. Investigation showed that none of us had been hit by stray bullets, although the “ping” of several had been heard, but although none of us were wounded one of our party was suffering with a bad attack of ague.