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Show [ 7] 32 of the city. H e was quit a youth, atH1 clr s. ell in the fa shion of the' A meri ·ans. H ere, all persons from th U nitcd Stat'S are called Am c r i e an s cUH l the n a m e is ext e n <1 e < l to n o o t h e r race on t h e continent. T'o -day' ·march wa very tedious and vexatious; wi. hi11g to enter Santa F ', in an impo ·ing form, fr 'qucnt halt · were made to all ow th arti ll cry to com · up. Their ho r ·cs a l.most ga Ye out, an cl duri ·: g- th day mule after mule was placed bciore the guns, until scarce! y one of them was . parctl. The head of the column arriv <lin sight of the t own about three o't1o ·k· it was six before tho rear came up. Vigil an<L twenty or i hi rt y ~ r t h ' p (i' 0 p l c 0 f t h c t 0 w n r e c c i v c d ll ~ a t t h e p ~ 1 a c e a n d ask e <l us to partake of some \vine an<l brandy of domcs.tlc mant~fadure. J t w a s fro m the Pass o d c 1 No r t e ; w e w ere too t h u· sty t o J u d g e of it merits any thing liquid and cool was pa]a.tablc. During the repast, add as the sun wa. sitting, the U~1ited ,'tales flag w:1s hoi teet over the palace, and a salute of thuteen guns fired irom the artillery planteu on the eminence overlooking the town. The ceremony en ded, we v\'ere invit<:tlto supper at Captain--'s, a Mexican cYentleman, formerly in the army. The supper was served very much after t.he manner ·of a t~~rench dinner, one <.lish ucc ctling another in endless variety. A bottle of gootl w1ne from the Pa ·so del Norte, ancl a loaf of urcad was placed at each plate. \Ve ha.cl been since five in the morning without ea ting, and ine:x:hau tible as were the di lies was our apprtitc. .llugust }.9.-I received· an onlcr to make a reconnoissance of the town and select the site for a fort, in co-operation with Lieutenant Gilmer, of the engineer~. This occupied me diligently on the 19th ancl 20th, and on the 21st the general wa · furni shed with the map, a copy of which is sent to the Adjutant General and another to the Bureau of Topographical En gineer . Th~ site sdectcd and marked on the map is within 600 yanls of th heart of the town, and is from GO to 100 feet above it. The contour of th e g round is unfavoraule for the trace of- a. rcg~tlar work, but being the only point whi ·h commantls the en I ire town, and whi ·his itself cotnmandctl by no other, we did not hesitate torecommend it. The recommend at ion was a pprovecl. On the 22d we submitl ' <l a complete plan of th ·work, which was al ·o approvecl. It is eomi')utecl for a garri son of 2 0 men. On the 23d, the work was commenced with a mall force; on the 27th, 100 labo rers were set to work on it, detailed from the army; and, on the :31st, 20 :Mexican ma."ons were added. As it was determined to enu an express to the States on the 25th, I commenced to project and plot my map of the route of the Army of th West, that the government might have at on ce the "benefit of my labors. lt was rather a bold undertaking to compress, in a f w day~, th•c work of months. l'vfy astronomical ouservation were brought up from day to day as we a.dvancccl on the march, without whieh the und rstanding would have been impraeti ·able. We all worked day and night, ancl, with the a. i tance of several gcnllemen of the vo] unteers, I succeeded in accomplishing the work; not, however, in a very satisfactory manner. Ex. Doc. No. 41. 33 Events n?w begin to crowd on each other in quick sncccs:::.ion, but ~~y dull es keep me so con~ta ntly occ.t~pied in my oflicc and in the h<'ld, that I .cannot <'hro nt cle th<·m 111 rrglllar order or enter lUUl'b upon detatls. Or: tlrr mon1ing of th<' 19th, tlrl' geucral a..setu blcd all the people Ill the pL1za and addrc:~cd the-m at some len gth . Then ~t d.ay, th.e chiefs. ancl head men of th<' Pueblo f11dians came t? gtve L~', t~tCir adbcston. and. exprc .. s .their great sati.-faetion at our arrrnll. Jill~ J ar~e n.nd [orm.ulnblc tnb' are amongst th' b<'sl a,nd 1:10"t peaceab le ci tizens of New M.rxico. They, ea~'ly after the ~p cllll s h conqu~st, c.tnhra('cd the fo~·~s.of re ligion, and t],, manners ~ !H l . c u.s to m s. o f t h e 1 r t h <' n 1n ? r e c tr ~ lt z c c 1 rn a !:-t e r s, t b c H p an i a r d s . I hc~r.lllter~' lCW wac;; long <lJHI mte:esttng. Thry narrcdt·d, what is a tradttton wtth them, that the \rl11te man would come from the far c.ast .and rclca~e tbcm from the bonds and shackles whieh the Span·ards had 1mpose(l, not in the name, but in a wor ·c form than s lavery. They ancl the num erous half-breeds arc our fast Jricnds now ancl ~o.rever. 'l'hr.ce.. l.lllnd.r d :year of opprcs ion <lncl injustiee have laded to exttngur."h 1n. thts ra.cc the rec- ollect ion that they were once the peaceable ant.! tnoffcnstve m~stcrs of llH' country. A message was rc· ·etved the ~;ame ntght from Armijo ;.1sking on what. terms he wc~u1cl. ue t:e cci.vcd_; bul this proved to be 'only a ~u. ·e on lus part ~o f?<llll t11ne tn l11s fltght to the south . Accounts go to show that llls force at the Uaiion was ·1,000 men tol<'rably .. nrme<l an: I S.I X pt. eccs o f art1. 1l cry. llad he hecnpos~css'e d of th e licrhtest' quali.ftcn.tion~<> for a gcn. ral, he might have given us infinite tr~uLle. A.pnest arr~ved last _Jlrg~lt, .. tJ;c 2~Lh, and br~Llght the in ~el li g nee tlttt1 at th~ moment of A11ntjO s fli ght , Ugarte', a colonclm theregular scrvtc.:e, was on his march, al this, id e of Ute Pa.-so dc1 Norte, with 500 men to upport him. That, ha.d he continued, l1e \v oultl l ~a.ve been cna.blcd lo rouse the whole sou th <' rll distrid, whic.:h is by Jar th ' \vealLlnesl .and most popu.lous of the ~hole country. ln the co urse of the W<.: ('lc, vanou' deputatLOns have come in from 'l'ao.s, giYi,n,g in the~r all~gianc · and askin<r prole ·tion from the lndtans . Il:a~ port ton of the <'Onn try seems the best dispo."ed towa. rds the L nltcd Stales. A Tao~ lll<Hl may be distino·uishcd at once by the cordial ity of his salutation. 0 A hand of Navajoes, naked, thin, and savacre lool<inrr fellow~ 1 L . l . . r n ' ~ ropp e< 1ll n.n< took '.'P thctr quarters rwtth 1\<fr. ltobidcaux, our Interpr ~ tcr, J U S~ ?PPO 'lte.my (jllart.c rs .. rhry n.te, drank, and slept a 11 t he tun e , n o t L c 1 n g n o t h 1 n g b u t a J L ttl c c L n n a Ill o n- · o 1 o r e d n a k c d b r a t that wa plnying in th(' courl, which they gazed at with the eyes o.f ga.stronotu.c's,; and ,.1\lr: li'itY.palrick .told .'me l.hc. c pPop lc sometimes ~'at thea own oitspnng, and con tdcr 1t a great delicacy . Vanou." rumors bave reached us from the south that troops arc moving on anta Fe, and that the people arc ri ·ing, &c. To qui t • ~ince this Wit writtPn , tho rnll~S:LC'r of the excellent Go\'cmor B 'lit htts taken phlce in Tao ·. It proYc::; the profouud tluplitity of thi~ rncc. 3 |