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Show THE WAR WITH MEXICO 209 been compelled to turn it by taking the road by way of Ojo de Vaca and Galisteo. On the way to Santa Fé Kearny was met by the acting secretary who brought a letter from Vigil, the lieutenant governor, which informed the general officially of the flight of Armijo and of his readiness to receive him in Santa Fé with the hospitalities of the city. The advance of the American column arrived in sight of the city of Santa Fé at three o’clock in the afternoon of the 18th of August, 1846; by six o’clock the entire army was at THE AMERICAN ARMY the confines of the capital. The general and ENTERS SANTA FE his staff, and some other officers of the army, : were received at the old palace by Lieutenantgovernor Vigil, assisted by about thirty representative citizens of the city. Refreshments were served by Governor Vigil and as the sun sank behind the far-distant Jemez and Valles mountains, painting the clouds which overhung the lofty ranges with a glorious combination of saffron, opal, purple, and golden color, the American flag was hoisted over the ancient palace and a salute of thirteen guns from cannon planted on the eminence, afterwards known as Fort Marcy, declared the conquest of New Mexico complete. On the morning following General Kearny addressed nearly the entire population of Santa Fé, assembled in the plaza for the purpose of hearing him.**® work by Captain Philip St. George Cooke, Conquest of New Mexico and California, p. 34 et seq., gives the march of the Army of the West. In this Cooke Says: ‘‘TI commanded the advance guard and held to the main road, not receiving orders to take the obscure route, known to the general, which turned the position at the canyon. As I passed it, I concluded that important information had been received in the night. So it proved, and I found at the rocky gorge only a rude breastwork of large trees felled across it. It had evidently opponents proved who impossible were now to give for the coherence first time to the wretched assembled together. mass of They became our panic stricken at once on the approach of such an imposing array of horsemen of a superior race, and it appeared, over estimated our numbers, which the reports of ignorance and fear had vastly magnified.’’ Doniphan’s Expedition, by Colonel John T. Hughes, Cincinnati, 1847, is the standard authority as to the events occurring during the conquest of New Mexico. There is a reprint of this work contained in Connelley’s War with Mexico, 1846-1847 — Doniphan’s Expedition 4co and California, Bryant and Douglas, The Military Occupation of New Mesxico, 1909, which contains many valuable and the Conquest Kansas City, 1846-1851, R. biographies that period. 146 General Kearny’s address was as follows: ‘New Mexicans: We have come amongst you of persons to of New Mez- Mo., 1907. See also E. Twitchell, Denver, take prominent possession during of New |