Zenas Matthews' 1846 U.S.-Mexico War Diary and Service Papers

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