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Show Death from Exhaustion. The Santa Fe Nno Mexican brings inteli-gence inteli-gence of the death of Lieut. Drew, agent of the Appaehes in Southern New Mexico. It seems the Indians (Mescaleios) run off the herd belonging belong-ing to J. H. Whittenton's train, and Lieut. Drew, with Lieut. Hunter and fifteen men started after them and when in the mouutairis they could not find water. Lieut. Drew with five men started back for Paraje ; one of the men was left in the mountains and is supposed to have perished, all the others came in safe but Drew; he must have been within eight or ten miles of that place when he got lost. A party sent out to look lor him found him alive but very weak. They gave him water and stimulants but could not revive him; after carrying him about four miles he died in the men's arms. From the time he left the mountains until Sunday morning(near-ly- fuur days) he wa without water. His body was sent to Fort Craig. |