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Show !2 t 1 JOUHNAL OF A VOYAGE cJ n1y papers ; I tolJ him, I und. rstood my trunk was taken posses~ion of by his guard : he expressed surprise, and itnmediatdy ordered it in, and also sent fur onr Solo.. mon Colly, formerly a serjeant in our army, and one of the unfortunate company of Nolan. We were seated, when he ordered Colly to dctnand 1ny name, to which I replied; he then de1nandcd in what province I was born; I answered in English, and then addressed his excellency in French, and told hin1 that I did not think it necessary to enter into such a catechising ; that if he would brat the pain of reading n1y commission from the Unircd Statl's, and 1ny orders fro1n my general, it would be all that l prcsmncd would be n Pcess~ry tn convince hi s excellency that I came with no hostile intentions towards the t;panish go· vermnent, on the contrary, that I had express instructions to guard against giving then1 offence or alarm, and that his excellency would be convinced that myself and party were rather to be considered objects, on which the so· much-c 'lebratC'd g nerosit y of the Spanish nation might be cxcrcis d, than proper subjects to occasion the opposite sentiments. lie then requested to see n1y commission and orders, which I read to hin1 in French ; on which he got up and gave tne his hand, for the first time, and said he was hap· py to be acquainted with me as a man of honor and a gentleman; that I could retire this evening, and take my trunk with me ; that on the morrow he would make fur· ther arrangements. IJ..t/; Marcb, UTednesday.- Was desired by the go· vcrnor to bring up my trunk, in order that he might make some obs~rvations on n1y route, &c. When he ordered me to take my trunk over night, I had conceived the ex· amination of papers was over, and as many of my docu· mcnts were entrusted to the care of my men, and I found THROUGH TilE INTEIUOR PROVINCES, &:c. that ~he ~habitants were treating the men with liquor ; I w~b rt>arfuJ they would become intoxicated, (and through inadvertancy) betray or discover the papers ; I haJ th.:refore obtained several of them and had put tht•Jn in the trunk, when an officer arrived for mys ·lf and it, anJ 1 had no opportunity of taking then1 out again befor I was taken up to the palace. I discovered instantly that I w ~ d . as ece1ved, but it was too late to remedy the evil. After examining the cont<:nts of my trunk, he in .. form.e d mef, I .m ust (with my troops) g·o to ( '.h 1'h ua. 1 1 ua, provmce o BI cay' to appear before the commandant-general ; he ad de~, you have the key of your trunk in your own possessiOn ; the trunk will be put under charge of the offi.c er who cominands your escort· 'Th 'wr llo w.m g conversatiOn then took place. .Pike. If we go to Chihuahua we Inust be considered as pnwners of war ? Governor. By no n1eans. Pike. You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not? G~vcrnor. 'They can receive thrm any rnoment. ~ Ptke. But sir' I cannot consent to b leu three or bou~ hundred leagues out of zny route, without its bc:inf{ Y JOrce of arms. ~ . 11 ~overnor. I know you do not go voluntarily but 1 iWn I giv.e yo u a cert1' fic ate f ro1n under my hand of m' y ha\'- g obliged you to n1arch. * Pike I ·u dd • WI a rcss you a letter on the subicct. t Governor y ·11 _,. · h J afi • ou Wl ume wlt m . to day and march terwards to a ·u b . . . ' ca . VI age a out SIX 1111les distant, escorted by ptam Anthony D'Al mansa, wn· 1 l a detachment of · 'J"'l- goons 1 ·u u ( ' w lo WI accompany you to where the rcmaind<'r • s cc Appendix t p II [ t "· o art r. No. 9·] Jl:tfTe ~ a. ''CC •\ ppt:nd. <: I • 11 to Part llf. [No. 8.1 }>ii)?'C 6,) |