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Show APPENDIX TO PART Ill. oflicer and fii'ly m n of his catholic majesty':; troops had marched from Santa Fe, in ordct· lo protect m from the Utahs, (who had exhibited a disposi tion to attack me) and would probuLiy Lc at 111y camp in two ot· three dars. fu the course of two or three hours, I was informed by a SI'!Hinel whom I always kept on a hill, of the approach of a party of stranp;ers, and in a short period there arrived two oiTicet·s and 100 men, at a small cli~tance from the camp; the lieutenant commandant having entered my works by n1y invitation, informed me, that the govcrnot· of New Mexico had been infon11ed of my situation, and understanding I was bound for Heel river, offered me any assistance which lay in his power to accomodate me. I replied that I stood in no need of assistance ; that I coukl descend the river with craft, which I proposed constructing. He then informed me I was on the Hio del Norte, (which astoni heel me extremely) and that the source of tl1e Red river w:.~s eig-ht dHys march below Santa Fe; and that the g-overnor being informed that 1 hr1d missed my route, oll'crcd me mules, horses, lh:. to conduct me to the Heel ri\'cr, aud wished to sec me at his scat of govcmrnent. I tolu him tltat if the wl10le of my party were here, I would not hesitate to pay my r spccts to his excellency with one or two me11. lie thcu assured me that thrre was not the least con straint; that I could go in before or afler the arrival of rr.y party, us my indication dictateu; that if { went in now, he would leave an Utah interpreter and one man, with the men of my party I chose to leave, in order to conduct on the set·jeant and party when they arrived. I finally concluded it '"ould be more con~istent \\'ith the good understanding which exi ~t~.:d between the government of lhe United States and his catholic nwjesty, to proceed to Santa Fe, and give to governor Allcncastcr an explanation of my being on his frontiers. vVe then marched for his camp, about 12 miles distant, lem·ing the iutcrpreter, one Spanish soldier, a coq>o1·al ant.! one pri\' ate of my clct:lchment, with orders for the conduct of my serjeant when he should arrive. The next day 1 was much surprised to find the lieutenant and all the rc~ula1· troops, except 10, were auout to remain, and that the militia o!licer was to conduct me to Santa Fe; the lieutenant giving as a reason, the particular orders to sec all my party in safety at the capital. \Ve arrived at the ~midtown in four o1· five day s, where I was received at first in a m<mnet· Yet-y different from what I had been tau~;ht to expect from the proffers of the lieutenant in the name of the governor. The at·ms of my men being· taken posse~sion of by the guard the first night of my •wriv,d, without my knowledge, and APPENDIX TO PART HI. ., . ., being- likewise infonr1ecl that Dr. Robinson was a prisone1· at some Jeng-ul's di stance; they induced me to believe that a rupture l1ad taken place between Spain and the United States, and to address a lette1· to the go\'crnor, dcman(hng if 1 was to consider myself ancl p arty as p1 isoners of war ; atHI if the expense arising from the detention of myself <~nd party wu~ to be dcf1·ayed by the United States o1· his catholic majesty. To this l1is cxcellcucy gave me a very polite verbal answer, assuring rnc that I was by no means to consider myself as a pri ~oner; that the arms of my men were taken unknown to him, aud should be immediately restot·ccl, Lut tl1at it was necessary 1 should march immecl i,ncly to join liculenant l\Ialgares and party~ who were waitiu l; fo1· me at the village of St. Fernandez, in order to conduct me to t' hihuahua, to be presented to the commandant gc~ JJCr~d will. my p~ pc rs fr)r an exrl..mation. On my <ll'l'i\ ing at said village, I addressed a letter to the g·ovcmot·, informing him that Dr. Hobinson had accOJllpanied my party a:; a volunteer, which I had llOt ackllowlcd~;cd at Santa Fe, as I was ttpprchemivc tbat his coming on to the frontiers uf the province with a militat·y party, in c:asc of a rupture between the two go,·crnmcnts, might placG him in a critical ~iLttation. The lietttenant only further observes, that he has not enterecl into the parti culars of the hardships undct'Q·one, as that, endurirw· *J , , thirst and famine for three or four days, at clill'erent periods; march~ ing over rugg id n1ountains, thmugh ~>nows three and four feet deep; theit· bodies exposed to every inclerncncy or the weather, fot· want of clothes, carrying at the same time, packs of GO or 70 pounds burthen; in short, every hardship which a sava~e life in its ~rcatcst state of hat·harity is exposed to, arc cir·cmnstanccs only calculated to excite humanity, and not give explanation as to the general chain 0 [ events connected with the voyag-e. lie therefore refers his excellency to the comm;m<IC'I' in chief of the Unitecl States army for an explanation or the ~encral intent and nature of the expedition, and to his not s, astronomical observations and chans for the courses~ situation, &c. of the di{ferent points and rivers alluded to in the fore· going sketch. |