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Show APPENDIX TO PART TII. of1lcer ancl fifty men of hi~ catholic majesty's troops hncl marched from Santa Fe, in order to protect me from tl1c Utahs, (who had C':hibitc<l u di~pnsition to attack mr) and would probably be at my r::mp in two or thrrc clars. In the COlll'SC of two or tl.lrcc homs, I was in!ormrd by a !irntincl whom T alway!> kept on a hlil, of the appro~ d or a party or 5trangcrs, :.llld in a s.hort period there arrircd 1" 0 pf1icrrs ancl I 00 men, at a small ell stance fron1 the can1p; the lieutenant com m:nHI:Int ha\'illl~ entered my works by my in\ itation, in!orme(t me, th.lt the ~~OH!I'I101' or New l\Iexiro hacl been in fo rr\'ed ur 111r situation, and understanding I was bound fo1· Heel ri\'cr, oll'cred mr an) assistance which lay in his power to accomo( btc me. I replicd that I stood in no need of assistance; th.at I ('Oulc! descend the ri\'CI' with craft, which I proposed constructm!~· lie then informed me I was on the Hio del Norte, (which astonishc<l m e extremely) and that the source of the Red river was eight days marr.h below Santa Fe; and that the gnremoe being informed that 1 had n•is~rcl my route, olfcretl me mules, horses, Sec. to condur:l 111c to the Heel ri,·cr, ~nd ·wished to sec me at hi~ scat of govemrnent. T told him that if the whole of my party were here, I would not hesitate to pay my respects to his excellency with one Ol' two men. I I e then assured me that there was not the least con· straint; that I could ~o in before or after the arrival of r:1y party, as my indication dictated; th~\t if l went in now, he would leru c an Utah interpreter and one man, with the men of my party I chose to leave, in order to conduct on the serjeant and pr~rty when they arrived. I finally concluded it would be more consistent with the good undct·stancling- which existed between the govcrnmcnt_or the United States :111cl his catholic majc':ity, to proceed to Santa l·c, and give to govcrnorAllcncastcl' an cx.planation of my being_on hi~ frontiers. We then marched for his camp, about 12 mtles chstant, le~lYing the btcrprcte r, one Spanish soldict·, a corporal ant! one_ private of my detachmc11t, with orcl rs for the conduct of my sct'JCant when he should arri\'c. The next day I was much snrpriscd to find the lieutenant and n11 the regulat· troops, except 10, were about to remain, and thut the militia oflicet· was to conduct me to Santa Fe; the lieutenant gi\'ing as a tTaaon, the particula1· o1·dcrs to sec all my party in sarety at the capit,d. \Ve a1Tivcd at the soicltown in four ot· five days, where I w;,.., l'<.:celvccl at fit·st in amanne1· VCI'}' diO'crcnt from what I had been t·u1~~1\, tn expect from the profl'ers of the lieutenant in the name of :!w govrrnrn. The at·ms of my men being taken possession of by ~ht· r:;u:u clthe fin.it night of my an·i\'al, without my knowledge, ancl APPENDIX TO PART III. 71 being likewise infut·mecl that Dl'. Rohin~;rm wa5 n prisoner nt some leagues distance ; they induced me to b<.:lievc th,lt a l'Up tut·e had taken place bet\\ecn Spain and the Lniccd S tates, awl to address a letter to tl~c govern~r, demandi11g- if I wa'> to con!;idcr myself and party as pl'lsoncn; of Wt:\1'; ~llHI jf the <'XlH'll!ic ari~inr~ frotn 1 he detention ofmy~clf and party was to be clcl't·.Jyed by the United States or his catholic m:1jesry.. To this his exccilcncy ga,•c me a very polite verbal ans,:cr, assurmg me tl1at I w:-ts by no mean~ to comidcr myself as a pr1souer; that the arms of my men were taken unknown tiJ him, and should_ he itnt~ccliatcly t·estorcd, but that it was necessnry I should mar~l-1 unmecltatc ly to j oin lieutenant Malgares ancl p~rty, who were WaLtlllg fOI' lllC at the village or St. Fel'llandez, in order to conduct_ me to Chihuahua, to be presented to tl1e commandant gcJ~ cral Wllh my papet·s fur an explanation. On my ani\'ing at said VJI!a~c, I addressed a lettct' to the governor, informing him that Dr. Robmson had accompan ied my party as a volunteer, wJlich I had uot acknowledged at Santa Fe, .as I was apprel1eusive that l1is coming; on to the fl'ontict·s of the p1·ovince with a n1ilitary party, in case_ ~fa r_uptu_re bet ween the two governments, might place him in a Cl'lllcal sttuatwn. The lieutenant only furtbet· observes, that I1e bas not entered in~o the pat·ticulars of the h:u·dships underg-one, as that, cnduringth11 ·st and famine for three or four days, at difl'c1·ent periods; marching_ over ruggid mountains, tht·ongh snows three and four feet deep; theu· bodies rxposed to every inclemency of the weather, for want of clothes, caiTyin;.; at the same time, packs of 60 ot· 70 pounds burthen; in short, cvrry hard ship which a ~avag-c Ii!c in its greatest state of bat·barity i<; exposed to, arc cir·cumstances only calculated to excite humr~nity, and not give explanation as to the grnet·al chain of crcnts connected with the voyage. lie therefore refct·s his excellency to the commander in chief of the United States army for an explanation of the r;cnrr·al intent and natme of the expedition, nne! to his notes, astmnomical observations and chal'ts fot· the courses, situation, &c. of the different points and ri,·ers al11rclcd to in the fot·egoing sketch. |