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Show 2.H JOUHNAL OF A VOYA<.I: h.e utcnanl g.o vct. nor, the Vicar and Allencaster ct brokth er of the governor. 1l\n./fa l gares ' myself and. the docht or too I up our quarters at the house of cap t . __ ' w . o was t .1 en t Chihuahua. but his lady and sister cntertamcd us J~ a :er; elegant a;ld hospitable manner. They began p\ay•~g cards and continued until late the third day. Malgarcs \~ o won considerably, would send frequently 15 or 2_<> dol ars from the table to the lady of the house, her sister ;nd others ; and beg their acceptance, in ~~der t?at t~c god cs~ Of. fortune tnight still continue propltiOus, m this manncJ he distribu' ted 500 dollars ; around th 'I S t ort ~er c ''l grea' t number of Appaches, w h o were o n a treaty w1.t h the Spda n-iards These people appeared to be perfectly mdcpc~ e~t in th~ir manners, and were the only savages I saw mht c Spanish dominions, whose spirit was not humbled, wW~slc nec( ks were not bowed to the yoke of t h e·t r I· nva dc rls·. b I' Il,l, those p ople Malgares was extreme1 y Po pu lca r and c Ielc he sought popularity with them, and all the common pdco· humble un cr Ple for there was no nlan so poor or so ' lk I who' se roof he would not enter ; anci w h e~ ~. ~ k~ t out, I have seen him put a handful of Jolla.rs m his fa~~ ;c give them all to the old men, women and dulJren bel d returned to his quarters ; but to equals h e was 11 auhg 1 ty Ia nl c overbearing. This comluct he pursue d th rougr h t e.W lO r Province of N cw Mexi.c o an d n·I s cay' w hen at a distan·c from the scat of government, but I could p la ·m 1y pher dcC tJhVCe that he was cautious of his conduct, as he approac c capital. I here left a letter for my sergeant. 24tb Marcb. Tuesday.-Very bad weather. 1 . 1 but 25/b Marcb, J;Vednes da y.-rl'} 1e t r.o ops marc 1Cu, Lt. Malgares and n1y men remained. . . cr· 26tb Marcb, ,T.. bursday.-n·1 v.m e ser· vice. was II pth e .cormcd in the morn·m g, m· t he garn·s on, ·3 t wh1ch . a as~ II f thcu· 111• ., troops attended under arms; ;lt one pal't 0 THROUGH THE INTERIOR l'R0\.11\CJ·:s, &.c. 235 they present arms, at another, sink on one knee and rest the muzzle of the gun on the ground, in ignification of their submission to their divine master. At one o'clock we IJid adieu to our friendly hostess, who was one of the' finest women I had seen in New Spain. At dusk arrived at a small pond made by a spring, which arose in the centre, called the Ogo mall a Ukap, and seemed formed by providence to enable the human race, to pa s that route as it was the only water within GO miles, on the route ; here we overtook sergeant Belardie with the party of dragoons from Senora and Bi cay, who had left us at fort Elisiaira, where we had received a new escort. Distance 20 miles. 27th March, Friday.-Arrivcd at Carracal, at twelve o'clock. Distance 28 miles; the road well watered and the situation pleasant. The father-in-law of our friend, commanded six or seven years here; when we arrived at rhe fort, the commandant, Don Pedro Rues Sara1nende received Robinson and n1ysclf, with a cold bow and informed Malgares, that we could repair to the public quarters. To this Malgares indignantly replied, that he should accompany us and turned to go \vhen the commandant took him by the arm, n1ade many apologies to him and us, and we at length reluctantly entered his quarters ; here for the first time, I saw the Gazettes of Mexico, which gave rumors of colonel Burr's conspiracies, the movements of our troops, &c. &c. but which wer stated in so vague a~d undefined a manner, as only to create our anxiety ll'lthout throwing any light on the subjoct. 28th March, Saturday.-Marched at half past three o'cl k d . oc an arrived at the Warm Springs at sun down · CI'Qs se d one 1I' ttlc fosse on the route. ' . 29tb Marcb, Sunday.--Marched at ten o'clock and contmucd our route, with but a short halt until sun down· when we en d . I . ' . , campe wit lout water. D1stance BO nules. |