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Show To Colonel J. J. AnERT, Chief of t!te corps of topographical engineers: W c left Ji'ort Leavtlnworth on the 27th June, 1846, under the eommantl of Gen >ral Kearny; a the v n t" of the march of the army were recorded by Major Emory, I shall not touch upon them. On the 22d of July I was taken iII, to such a d egrce that it was neces ary to carry me in a wagon from that time until the 30th of July, on which day we arrived at Bent's fort. At this time my diseas hat! obtained uch an influcnre over my senses, that days and nights were passed in delirium, and a mental struggle to ascertain whether the impressions my mind received were true or false. I~ven my sight was affect<·d, aud when I gazed on Dent's fort, th >buildings seemed cornpl <ely metamorphosed; new towers had been erected, the walls heightened, and, a I then thought, everything put in reaclin s" to 1 rsist an attack of the New Mexicans. The army under General K carny ma1 dle<l on to ant a Fe, while T was left, harrasscd with thr thoughts of having come thus far, ancl having been Rlopped ju'{t a. f WUS Clll<~ ring upon a fie}cf full of interest to the soldi r, th ar l'heologist, the historian, and the naturali 't. On the 26th of August, 1 ha1l rt'COYCr d sufficiently to resume my diary; this, with a copy of IT oracc, a Greek tc. lament, and my sk tch book, scrvt•d to make t}u hours of L'Onfincment pass pleasantly. It wa on the 2Gth of Augu t that we first heard oJ the capitulation of anta :F'6; General K carny had rntcrcd the city without meeting any opposition, excrpt pompous th reat· frorn hi. excellency Don Manuel 1\rmijo. Me ican o{Ti eer" mrt our a~my at" El Rio Moro, ' oth ' r .~ at "La. Vegas, ' but our bold soldtcrs hct'd~cl n?l lhtl me 'sa~es r ]etters whieh thc'y brought, and our gcnt'ral ts satd to havt> repl iL·d in thPse words: "Tell your romman.dcr thn~ I ·hall meet him in "'a llt a Fe on the 18th day of 1\ugu t; tf he w1shrs to be friendly, I • •n ready to m<•et him as his fri('ntl ; if he wi~he~-o ot h erwt.s t·, I a•11 ready to m t• d 1u .r n a h.t s I' O(' . " T h c coo 1 d et t' nn in at ion of o u r b r a v < army s <' •• nH· d t o lw \'£' ·omplelt'ly O\erawed the enemy; he first yielded his posi_tion at the ~<canon " n<·ar "V eCTas" and fell back to a more fonntJable pass, which 1ic8 fifte.,n mJ(.s' cast of Sant-1 IN·. At this place the road |