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Show i d o • merican establishments; I lett hi n h~ directed his t Antoni . I Ie then killed ::: _ m_ clothe~ . lie proceeded on a · is ":1 m u : ion thre~ day before he rlv. at the R:o Grande. lie · .. c<n·ered two min~ , one of · · .e o· · .er o:- g-o . he situation of "hich he \..; . c:-:b~ ; b' ~: t ar the g nLTal had taken That ht.: woulJ not att 'mpt to .or a p . _-_ician, and hoped as hL only .. ~-e~ ~:r-1c t:- tL.~ ' ~a: care ul r-> d no harm we \\Ould ,. . : · ~·ra· · h:m. H f ·rther auJ J that ince hi being • · :n · .. co; ... ·ry. he had maue ( frmn inform<tlion) maps t • e a i~c ... country, but ·hat they had been taken ·~ from hun.·· I .. :: .... arl· conc.u lh .. t he \\as an agent of Burr's, a1 vas- r l : 1~ in my nun , h ther I should denounce him :.. :: 1ch :o ilie co .. 1n an .t.T}t but t~lt r luctant from an ..... p..t,..'. ,.,.. . l.. .... on ·h . he nli-~t b~ innoc nt ''hen one of my t. .. . ........... • -- b ' . h n:n a1n~1 • ar. , ~..-.. I.-urr1 d me th t it was 1 ramer, w o h";\d ·n nnjor B~hitr in the \\ ilderne. s, . between ~ h an T. nT'., wl" n he was his htrclmg. lie 1 ., .. C PZ ;:J. ··~--~ • d) . h:t him "h_..- .;0~ a nap at noon through the h~he . h . . . . • 1 h ('!"on~rnor of the state and "" t .fl] 0 "TI OJ ' • • • • I . . - .. T ry con iJnrablc reward fot us li1:l.jC'r·. ~n r:~ ue 't. 3 't · . .... · h . · and . . h"' . h' ~h obl: -Ld hnn to qmt t e st,ltc ' a; l tn n " 1 . • ·h handled arms and "i:h an A:n zorn an ' omw, " o l ·ce of the . .. l'k ·acr"' he nrrcated to the som . L ... n l ~ C' - 3' .. t b captam "trh· R' . t b in(T rout .. d from that rctrea y n 1· t n 1?'1 • u ~ f Chcro· 1\1-r,'1 v o .. rb ... lJrjtLd .._'tate, army, and a parry o d she .n .:u. • • b vest an 1 h .,nd hi t· m lc compamon ore ' ' , J ktl ~- .t •• ~ ~ " 1..; • the de~t'rt. an 1 ft by wlll 111 · i r 'in~ h hr 1 re;:nant, \\a L fRed river, (1 ... ~ 1.1 1 01'1"1-. ' , rri' td on the scttkmen s o THROUGH THE INTERIOR PROVINCES, &c. 2G3 but by what means is to n1e unknown. The articles and money taken fron1 him by the Osage's were the property of the deceased major. I then reported the circumstance to captain Barclo, who had hirn im1ncdialcly confined, until the will of governor Cordero was known , who informed me (when at Saint Antonio) he woulJ have him sent to some place of perpetual confinement in th<.: ·~ tcrior. Thus vengeance has overtaken the ing rate and rn urdercr when he least expected it. In the evening we went to see some performer.:> on the slack rope, who were no wise extraordinary in their performances, except in language which would almost bring a blush on the check of the most .abandoned of the female sex in the United States. 2d June, Tuesday.-Tn the day time were endeavoring to regulate our watches by my compass, and in an instant that my back was ~urned smne person stole it; I could by no means recover It, and I had strong suspicions that the theft was approved, as the instrmnent had occasioned great dissatisfaction . This day the captain went out to dine with some monks, who would have thought it profanation to have ~ad us their guests, notwithstanding the priest of the place ad escorted us round the town and to all the missions ; an~ we found him a very comznunicativc, liberal and intelh~ ent man. W c saw no r esource for a dinner but in the Inventive genius of a little Frenchman who 'had ac- ~n . d . . pame us from Chihuahua, where he had been offici-atmg one year as cook to the g eneral of whon1 he gave us many int · d · ' . ercstmg ancc otes, and 111 fact he was of in-finite scrv · · Icc to us ; we s upported h1m and he served us as cook, interpret"r, &c. It was astonishinrr with what zeal h . · l'1 c stt ove to acqmrc news and information for us; and as he had been four timc:s through the provinces, |