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Show JUUHN AL OF .. \. \ '0 \'.\Ut: If. 'n the rwm. n.e .I ll W h1'c ll our work was situate. J.. This I se 1 d' 1 with my swo' rd on n1e onI Y· When I was m. troduced toI< . D' on Ignati• a S a1 t e 1o and Don Bartholemcw ll crln andez, t\VO II. eUtcnan t S, t11e forn1Cr the commandant bo f t w partyd. I gave them an m. vl· t·t ltl.O n to enter the works, 1 .u t rcqueste the troops might remam. wl l ere they were ·' t .1 1s was dc olm· - 1' cl 'th but when they came round and chsco~crc t1at Pto I ee ntWerI t'h ey we1.e o blI' g ed to crawl on their bellies over a small d;aw-bridge, they appeared astonished but cntei'Cl 1 without further hesitation\ d \V e first breakfasted on som~ d~er' Ineal, goose an some bl.S CLl'l t (whi'ch the civilized tndmn who came ou\t' as . had brou ht n1e, After breakfast the commanung oai lbifC>Y'·r) addressedg n1e as Jr. O 11 ow s .. " Sir' the governor of ,, N C-\V M CX. .lC O, bel· ng informed you had missed your1 r ousctes , " ordei"'•d n1e to oflcr you, in his name, mulesf, wr , " mone'y" ' or whatever you may stand I· n need S o to Fco nlo· " duct )rou to the head o f R cd n·v er '· a(. s fro1n ant.a .c . "where it is someti· mes navi· gab le , I.S ei.g h t days JOUlfiC} "an·' we have gm.d es and t 11 e I.o utes o f the trader.s to ( u . . · 1 · " conduct us." "What, said I, (Interruptmg m1 1) IS" n oIt " this the Red. n·v er', " N o s·u. .t the Rio del Norte.. !led · d1'at"ly orderecl my fl ag to l) e t(a l"~" CI1 clown and 10 1n1me ( .._ . If · enter· r , l'ng how sensibly I had con1mttted mysc ' Ill up, 1ee 1 . 1 1 must have ing their territory, and was. conscwus t lat t ley positive orders to take me lll. . nc hun· " lie now" added " that he had provHled o . " dred mules and horses, to tak em· my p·ct rty and bagSga ngt~a " and how anxi.O us hi.s exec1 1 ency wa. s to sec me at at hr " Fe." I stated to hi.m , the absence o f my sergeant, l ·dcr~ situation of the balance of the party and that 111~ ~1 ll~ would not J·ustify my enterm. g m· to t 1l C S~ p~uu·s ·.h tcr. ntol1Y ·. ted urn-cd still further until I began to 1r CC 1 1nysc> If a lzltlc . lCa 1 , J iu 1.t"> he argUinent and told hu• n •I• n a p<.•reJ nptorv· st' c, TO THE SOUHC.ES OF THE AJU\.ANSA \V, &.c. 2<'>J would not go until the arrival of my sergeant with the ba. lance of the party. lie r eplied that there was not the least rc. su·aint to be used, only that it was necessary his e:hcellt'ncy should receive an explanation of my business on his fron. tier, but that I could go now, or on the arrival of zny party; but that if none went in at present he shoulJ be obliged to send in for provisions, but that if I would no·w march, he would leave ~ln Indian interpreter and an escort of dragoons to conduct the sergeant into Santa Fe. His mildness induced n1e to tell him that I would march, but must leave two men, in order to meet the sergeant and party, to instruct him as to cOining in, as he never would come whhout a fight, if not ordered. I was induced to consent to the Incas ure, by conviction, that the officer had positive orders to bring Inc in and as I had no orders to commit hostilities, aud indeed had committed myself, although innocently, uy violating their territory, I conceived it would appear better to shew a will to come to an explanation than to be any way coustraincd; yet my situation was so eligible, and I could so easily have put then1 at defiance, that it was with great r eluctance I suffered all our labor to be lost without once trying the efficacy of it. . My compliance see1neJ to spread general joy through thetr party as soon as it was communicated, but it appeared to be difFerent with my men, who wished to have a little dust (as they e. ·pressed themselves) and were likewise fearful of treachery. . My determination being once taken, I gave permis .. s~on for the Spanish lieutenant's 1nen to come to the out~ ~de of the works, and some of mine to go out and sec them; when the hospitality and goodness of the Creoles and Mctifs began to manifest itself by their producing .. |