The daily union., 1846-10-02


This he said was false. He told them that their
persons, property, and religion would not be inter-
Tered with Now, said he, under these cireumstan-
ces, are you, "Mr. Alcalde, and you, two captains
OF militia, willing to take the oath OF allegiance TO
the United States" Two of them readily consent
cd, but one OF the captains eyaded the question
| The general demanded categorical answer. The
captain said 'yes, but il evident 1t WAS with
bad grace. They then raised their hands and made
the sign of the with the thumb and finger, all
present uncovering their heads, and the general IN
solemn manner administered the following OATH
"You do swear TO hold faithful allegiance to the
| United States, and TO defend its government and
laws against all its enemies, in the name Of the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" or words to that
effect. The general then said; 81 will shake hands
with them as good friends" When he came to the
captain, who did not seem to enter fully into the
matter, he took him by the hand, and told the In
erpreter, "tel the man TO look me IN the eye" The
general gave him one Of his significant smiles and
with his keen eyes fixed firmly on him, seemed TO
say, vi know you are u rascan (such he no doubt
was,) but the others, | think, were honest. He
then told the people (about two hundred) shake
hands with you all, through your aleslde, and hail
you as good citizens of the United States; upon
which they raised general shout At this town
extensive fields Of wheat and corn, cultivated by
| irrigation, from beautiful creek. The water Is
| taken out on each side in canals, and spread over
their fields It was beautiful sight TO the clear
hiouHNni1 CdHdlst anu
producing luxurant fields Of corn and wheat, where
| rain seldom falls.
| Our camp was these fields, and although SEN
unels were placed very together, with strict
ders 10 keep every animal out of them, yet some
| did get In, and some damage was done. The gen.
era told the acslde that he had used every preeau-
ton TO prevent "any interference with their crops"
| yet they had sustained some loss" He told him
| TO examine the fields and ascertain what the damage
was TO each man, TO send him a statement Of it to
Santa Fe, and that full compensation should be paid
them. They seemed delighted with this exempl-
hcation Of equal iustce-a thing not dreamed Of in
| New Mexico, under the rule Of Amijo.
News reached the general last night that we would
| have tight to-day IN one of the mountain gOrges,
and our movement has been in strict military
ner. When passing through these narrow dehles,
| (where an enemy would be most fomidable,) the
word, draw SABRE" was given, and we passed
| through at a fast trot But no enemy has been
| seem The infantry passed the mountain TO
take them in We passed through several other
villages, where the general assembled the inhabitants
and proceeded with the FIRST. The two last ap-
peared happy to be recognised as citizens Of the
United States, and to embrace each other
| IN token Of their JOY at the change Of government.
At the lst one, they brought forward their wives to
i receive the congratulations of the general, (whose
manner on such occasions is most hsppy,) and il
was evident that his words had gaddened their
hearts for they smiled upon him in a manner which
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4 p. m. IN poor grass, having marched II miles
| Capt. Cook met to-day, from Santa Fe and says
Gov. AImljo will meet us with an army. He had
been kindly treated while in Santa Fe, and smoked
many "segaro" from the fair lips Of the ladies'.
| The villages we have passed to-day are built OF
sun-burnt bricks. The houses have fat roofs COW
cred with earth, and are dry and comfortable, from
| the absence of rain or moisture. Each one has q
church, and grave yard with high walls OF sun
burnt brick. There is more intelligence among
/ Al. -. 4 E-l K
ernment and protection fIom the Indians, they will
become happy people.
| The Eutaws have recently stolen their stock and
carried off several children. We'll may they hal
this revolution as blessing. One Of the al caldes
to-day said, that God ruled the destinies Of men
and that we had come with strong army among
them to change their form Of government, it mus
be right, and he submitted cheerully. Major
Swords and Lieut.. Gilman brought the mail tC
the 18th July, and many a heart was made glad by
tifings from wives, mothers, children, and deary
beloved ones. There plenty of cattle, sheep
and goats in the country, and We shall fare vel
enough.
Sunday, August l6.-Smrtcd at the usual hour
and at seven miles came TO the village Of ST. Mi.
gue, built like the others, Of sun-burned BRICK and
with fiat roofs. After much delay, the alcalde and
padre were found, and presented to Gen. Kearney
They received him politely, but it was evident they
did not relish an interview with him. This village
contains a respectable church, and about two oI
three hundred houses. The general expressed a
wish to ascend one of the houses, with the priest
and alcalde, and to address the people of the town
informing them OF the object Of his mission. AneI
many evasons, delays, and useless speeches, the
padre made a speech, stating that "he was Mexi-
con, but should obey the laws that placed over
him for the Time but if the general should point all
his cannon at his breast he could not consent to 60
up there and address the people,"
The general very mildly told him, through the
interpreter, Mr.. Robideau, that he had not come to
injure him. nor did he wish him to address the peo-
| pie. he only wished him to go up there and hear
him (the general) address them. The padre still
| fought shy, and commenced long speech, which
the general interrupted, and told him he had no
time to listen to "useess remarks" and repeated
that he only wanted him TO go up and listen to his
/ speech. He consented. The general made pretty
much the same remarks to the alcalde and people
that he had made TO the people of the other villages
He assured them that he had an ample force, and
| would have possession Of the country against all
opposition but gave them assurances of the friend
ship and protection of the United States. He
stated to them that this had been given them
by the government of Mexico, but that the United
States were able, and would certainly protect them
| not only in their persons -property, and religion,
but against the cruel invasion of the Indians That
they saw but small part Of the force that was at
his disposal. Many more troops were near him on
another road, (some of which he showed them a
| mile or two dstant,) and that another army would
pTooaoiy, pc through tner village III tnTee weeks.
After this, he said, "Mr Alcalde are you willing to
take the oath of allegiance to the United Statesi'
He replied that she would prefer waiting till the
general had taken possession of the capital" The
general told him. "it was sufficient for him to know
that he had possession of his village" He then
consented, and with the usual formalities, he said
"You swear that you will bear true allegiance to
the government of the United States of America ~
The alcalde said: provided can be protected in my
religion" The general said, 81 swear you shall
be-" He then continued, "and that you will de-
| fend her against all her enemies and opposers, in
the name of the Father the Son, and Holy Ghost
| Amen"
The general then said 81 continue you as the
alcalde Of this village; and require you the nhab-
itants Of this village, to obey him as such. Your
laws will be continued for the present. but as soon
as have time to examine them, if any change can
be made that will be for your benefit, it shall be
| done" After shaking hands with them he left The
padre then invited him to his house, and gave him
and his staff refreshments and after sundry hugs,
jokes, and professions of friendship, with an ex-
preston from the general that "the better they be-
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