Thus ended the colonization scheme of Ellis and the Mexican land company. It had cost the United States Government more than twenty thousand dollars. It had cost the Tlahualilo Company about seven thousand. But the Negroes themselves had borne the greatest losses. Seventy or more of their number had found graves on the hacienda near Mapimi, 10 had died at Torreon, 8 while _en route_ from that station to Eagle Pass, and 60 in the encampment there, making a total of about 148. Besides these, there were 250 not accounted for and half as many more scattered and possibly separated for years from their friends and relatives. Only 334 left Eagle Pass by train for their homes in Alabama, while the Louisville and Nashville records show that only 326 were taken aboard at New Orleans. What fate overtook the small number who chose to remain with their crops has not been ascertained.[20] J. FRED RIPPY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FOOTNOTES: [1] For a brief discussion of these disorders see the present writer's "Border Troubles Along the Rio Grande, 1848-1860," in _The Southwestern Historical Quarterly_, XXIII, October, 1919, pp. 91-111. [2] _Sen. Jour._, 38 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 66, _passim_. [3] _Cong. Globe_, 38 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 673. [4] _Sen. Report_ No. 8, 38 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 2. [5] This seems to have been only one of some three or four such undertakings attempted at the time. See _House Doc._ No. 169, 54 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 44-45. [6] Elsewhere written W. H. Ellis. [7] Ellis's contract promised more than this in case of larger families. [8] For the contract between Ellis and the company see _House Doc._ No. 169, 54 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 46-48; for that between Ellis and the colonists see _ibid._, pp. 4-5. There are only a few minor differences in the two. [9] _Ibid._, p. 59. [10] Dwyer's Report, and enclosures, _ibid._, pp. 42 ff. [11] _Ibid._, pp. 23, 36, 42. [12] Burke to Uhl, May 28, 1895, and enclosure, _ibid._, pp. 2-3. [13] Olney to Butler, June 17, 1895, _ibid._, p. 5. [14] It appears that only one band had tried to escape prior to July 18 or 19. [15] Sparks to Uhl, June 24, 1895, and enclosure, _ibid._, pp. 6-11. [16] _Ibid._, pp. 12, 16. [17] _Ibid._, pp. 17-20. [18] Sparks to Uhl, June 4, 1895, and enclosure, pp. 13-14. [19] _Ibid._, p. 65. [20] Sparks to Uhl, June 24, 1895, and enclosure, pp. 42, 65-66. President Cleveland, in his message of December 2, 1895, urged an appropriation for the reimbursements of the railroads, and on January 27, 1896, he sent a special message to Congress with reference to the matter. Richardson, _Messages and Papers_, IX, 634, 664.