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From Ia hsalag Of my letter, yoa WI PR.
cSive ;hsi- S.rta Fc, aa1Vfh lf-ii Pray.pce Of.
NsW. Msz.So, Is taisl..sEEoa nov, ,ile siaf, /
spanqsa baaasr wav > oyer. .tla. fsnFsr.piac2 .
Gan. Arniio; Aaer.can ssAl1e.S g3iT-5 n
town, American soldiers paEa5J on i9o puS4s
plas4.-0a th, hjgh!sa3i solh OF Ia 'oYn'
tspt upon tent may Sc seen, slI Their inmates on'
sily engaged in cleaning then agmori crllIng
and ailsadiaC 10 iha.r va..ous military duties; the
cannon Of Major Clarl'5 battalion pointing sIgnl.
ficantIy with thsir muEzles towards the town all
deaot.ag that, unless synPioms belio me, the
war easI OF tho Ro d. No.ic Is ended
In oas word the expedition Of Genera. 5. W.
Kearasy, with the army Of ths west has re-
suited IL 1h3 mos, successful triumph which even
the most saagiina cohd have imagined.
Il I remember y.cA;, my last communication
TO YOU was addressed from Fort Bent. Al that
place our army ronsiasd blt thrso days, camp
ing nine miles essr Of hs Fort, near the mouth
OF picket way. S3n5 prisoners whom we mad
thsc5, ald wlo, !; Wa supposed, were spies OF
Gea. Arno, spread various contradictory rl'
naors anon-si as. bat Gen, Kearney, without
paying the east rcspacI 10 th2ir hostile ri5ahoAl
treated III en- remarkably iflsadyT-5snt u IN a.
bout lhs canp-lhoysl them our entir3 ior,ss,
ami esl.c.a.ly our cauuon--aad then ssnt them
homs, with The request TO tell Gen. Armlo what
thsv ha! 5a3n, ana lhat in less than ~ -nty days
we shou. msssa,n-notb by by-la,h}-1oI siaa.,
thly--bI. boldly, opsnly, Oh the hgl%ly, OF
New Mexico, r-aIylo rsm)vo any obstacle wacH
might present Itself in our way, but ready, also,
70 IrsGt all .aoi, who made I'D hostile. demon
STATIONS towards US, az fellow cidz3ns Of our re-.
public. On II. 2ll Of August our forces left
the camp, and az he For crossed th5 Arkansas,
The !imaia5 Of the ou salluug u3by hosting The
American ltr oll unless Appearances deceived
me much, thought | had Recognised singular
res.mo.auc, by.Ycan the large ald beautiful lIg
thai waved over lh5 fort, and tho flag which in
the day Of "uud .ang 5yne," waved oalho Polk
stalk ia St. Louis, over lhs devoted heads Of th3
immscu.a,e hard disciples Of th3 Dsm9ctaric
church Nhl, struck mo a. a singular co.aci-
deace, whilst stood watching the folds Of the
b1auti.ul banner opsnug themselves 10 the watt.
lnu winds, wl3 luu Afterwards learned Mr. t.
P.Bsir, OF your city, haibeeu chiefly lnstrumen'
tal in doing olr corps th2 honor OF this salute;
though u5d. from al, iayidaoIj thoughts and al
lus.ons created by The spur Of lh3 moment, the
display Of 0lr ug.0l'3 bana.r in this western
dgsar,, call Il forth q sincere and snlhu5a5ic re-
sloase 'ral gs 90 W passed ch3cruIly toy, r3a'
div II die in ..4a3 ol the flag HAT seemed TO lg.
Us glory must au.uI m exp dillon Of 90 many
gallant hearts, who fought for the triumph oi
those alar5.
Our marches wgr5 ex'ram1ly atigaing after
We lsi the for; and th) sandy soil and III. bad
quality Of rh' grlf5 and tha want Of good wafer,
i0'n3l % an almost i.5upPona5Io heat aad IN,
A..wn l. slowing from the west, hal thj effect
orllnJsail. ,h ,p.r,a Vi tAs men con3lderAby'
To most Of lha ammunition wagons of oar oruI'
lgry w. hal air aly been forced 10 use oX3ni-
tI.y also gave OUt eoon, aal it wai wlth gtot
diti,u,ty- .uyA a. ID tot easily inaBia i-'ho
thy arti.lary proceeded onward. Mr.. Glasgow
Nc. L.iaaslDt.,r, and 9th r lral.r5, jolaed ou
army utjh3 font, aad Pgoc33lld along with rs il
ta. rsur. Clyl Cook with several mon, wa
6sntahsalol a ms ion oC p1ac1 to General Ar
m.oanl VI a.t l5sltn4d Ls.tS3alJrEor lo.iJwo.
him ogpor,at lhl a)Ia'ry.
Ollug On y3 cached the rato1n m1ulran
and on lha l0hwe cnsompal On tn Caualial
for, Of th3 C,orall, having in two days goull
uccs.5tuly THOUGH ih1 mJH dang .rouj pa5sj
which can b. mtIaol. After We hal pa33s,
these mouuana, rtyo up all hopes Of meeting
an enemy, uIamu,l a3 a band Of 1--WE huuIrg,
determined m'a might have At least delay
el Our passage through them lar months, pcrhap
destroyed our whole f)tg3s, without any otha
means and au nuOn than th5 rocks Oh these i'm
pa35be mouala U3.
Ga the Canadian Fork wa had a rest day, an,
without any interruption arrived, on tho 18Th, Il
the lower Moro agtiymant5, aud GncampGd tha
nighrot The SlrPill1, The people were liu
dslIr1 4 at our approach, AMI rather hailed it Il
thy delivery .rgu lh-r upPro33ori, and protection
from the dang gtthnai.uug them from the sur
rounding Iudaa tribes, W. learnt nothing her
from Captain Cook and the news reaching rs
that force Of twelve THOUSAND MaXiCan5 un,
PugbloI, with twJ thousand armed men amoagi
them, had el.lmp'l at and fortified the Cunol
passes, lrSl4la Fe, which made Gen. kear
nay ap2r'h.ul that danger had b3iu,ldn him
On lhs next evening We reached the town Of Lo
Ncgbs a snl!. place containing near hundra
bIu.uT3. \ ms5bNyr from Amlln met Cen
u,Il AuarIey IN mdcJ east OF the place, CIV
ing a5jlralcag to our commander, that CdptaI
Cook hal b1,u in Santa Fe, and that his mis-
sion had b1ln daily respected. Some other in
formauoa, though Of lltue importance, never bl
cane fully known 10 M, for which reason vii
no, trouble you w,,l The detail Of tho fragment.
which only learuL The Alcad, and some Q
lh3 weather. cuzaus waited on the General il
the evening, and Ieij him, it seemed, Tranquil an
assured Of lAa friendly intentions Of our couulr
towards Them. During the night mcssengl
l-atA-d inc ca H.h ana alllcu lhdl large Dol
OF the engmy hal arrived within Two miles orlh
p.a'e, oal were Terrifying in dangerous pass
None sesmo NOR. aB5ur d thata baule would en-
SUI in the morning han our General, and ever
preparation wa made, and every procauon IA
ken, to mcatthe enemy. Early IN the morning
N, troops marched ,uwarlJ the town, the llags {
each troop d!aPaT,ag he 5ar1 aud slnp9a, pat
riolic speeches were made 10 some Of the voIua
q Kft,n NN Nu, IA,
every heart beat with glowing anxIo,y for til
rsnconre. Previously, however, formal poll.a
eion was taken otth2 town; General Kcaraoy nc
minated the Acai. and two other civil officers
The place a. Captains, who ,hcrouppn took til
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