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Show ee Ly hg ’ , 4 ) = eres ee ae 3 ae ee eed et ee ~ e Pe de hat rd be ll hee ete tee ed ape ~~ = a ee ee we. ed y "> . be cl 6 Boe i | ie = epee fre poe pee ee wrt o 2 oe Ok ok ek 64 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY were instructed to present this statement to the supreme government General Armijo recognized the provisional governof Mexico, ment established by Gonzales and the report of the committee signed and authenticated by Gonzales, the acting governor, the command. PODS ie eee ae ed ee te Fob 6-6 Pe ea ta rt et ee ee a Oe ee 7 ee Le ee ed a el ing general, the inspector, José Maria Ronquillo , and ‘the ute secretary, Sergeant Donaciano Vigil, was duly promulgated. Having thus far contributed to the success of the rebellion, Armijo now changed his plans and with the view of securing for Himesls the Supreme power of the country, which he had aimed at from the first, he therefore retired, Santa Ana-like, to his residence at Alburquerque, ‘to plot, in imitation of hig great prototype, some measures for counteracting the operation of his own base nttignel this he succeeded so well that towards September he was ih In1 collect a considerable force in the Rio Abajo, where he proclaimed a Nee ae in favor of the supreme government of Mexico. tain — disbanded troops of the capital under Capson thea similar Daal en pronunciamento, gone so far ag - 2 “it Services gratis. om a. aes fh i. ee e eT waa * a s aA . S - ; the eee ~ “9 ee ee ee) . * r) an he [ ey ’ sg allegiance to the supreme government and ain ns Protection, although there had not Proposed as any aati been + Epa ali us understanding with that republic. The valiant 2 ipl - : to Santa Fé with all his force. Before Armijo soe : Gai en of his approach and leaving the capital, * led a ae > ~ 4}. 2. ee ee ae §-2-2-6- eT or ee oe a ty er ae es ee ot et oe ast dt tte teaa S * i tt ee Pa 2 ee ee ek o demanding their Gonzales’s government had Insurrectionists y cs where there was still a considerable body of adjacent pueblo : it arms in the vicinity of Santa Cruz and the fe Soon as Armijo reached Santa Fé he took Possession of = oe proclaimed ment. He tole . in Mexico ica his own Santaa Ana Ana. For ace, assumed control of the government, and : iituss comandante-general of the departY Cespatched a courier to th e supreme government of affairs, not forgetting to mention ae ae : the partStoration of the power of the government of he played and tod to his co-conspirators he Was § yed and the treachery he exhibite had Seized u pon, which | country with a rod of on Meanwhile, the supreme ubsequently confirmed in the office he inta maintained for eight years, ruling the gover ectively to cru nment of Mexico took steps ¢sh the rebellion , TT hu2dred were Sen t fr om Chi roops to the number of four ihuahua, and Zacatecas, reaching Santa Fé eee ae oo 1g.-Gen. Philip St. George Cooke |