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meant halt,-\"\ e were scarcely halted before, an officer pa ed the Sentry, and approached u with a tudied brow, and mode tly a ked me my business.- I told him I wished a private interview with Genl. Fili- sola, whom I pre urned is now commanding this po t- He bowed, re- ponding, Genl. Filisola is the commandant, and excused him elf, ay- ing he would report us to the Genl-which I knew to be all form. It is impo ible for any one to approach this place, in open day without the Gaze of all who choose to look- this place is quite elevated and entirely Sourrounded by prairies-the officer was ab ent I suppo ed 15 minutes. for Times Motion was then utterly unknown to me, dur- ing the time, we were exposed their view or damnable squints-The Genl. commanding soon approached, with his staff and body Guard, which was quite numerous---the Genl. presented himself, aying; I am Filisola, who ha the honor of commanding this Army, and simultan- eously bowing, and gracefully ge turing with his hand, I returned a alute with my sword, in usual form,-he advanced & said (thro' his interpreter :\fanuel Tolsa:) 1 sir presume, you are the Gentleman wi hing to see me 1 I am said I- and am the Representative of your enemy- He reque ted an interview, aside from my companions-I pre- ented to him the communication from Genl. Rusk, which rejected any thinn like form of courtesy- It was a imple, abrupt & imperative order, demanding all property, pri oners & moneys whi~h hi men had previously captured-Never did I before think this letter un- couth, it now wore more the aspect of insolence, than any thing else- This letter appeared entirely repugnant to the feeling of Genl. Filisola, but no expression, save his antic gesticulations be poke hi disapprobation of his obedience or complyance with the requisition which he now holds in his hand he, bit his lips, troaked his, hoary locks- which he wore turned, back, he alternately, angled, arched, and notted his dark brow, then suddenly errecting himself as if Eleetrifyed with in pired with the correctness of imagination (and with the pre- ci ion c1nd emphasis that a magistrate pronounce the entance of death before a condemned culprit) \Vhere Sir, ay he i General Adrian Wool Y thi did not at all disappoint my anticipations or in any way astound me, I coldly and frankly told him, Genl. W. wa in our camp a prisenor, I eontinued aying-that, that, wa , a sub- ject, which, I would sub eqnently, develop, satisfactorily to him elf then remarked he presumed it necc. ary for him to observe thl' trict- ne. of military, generally practi ed usually on ucb occasion , he flattered him elf of an immediate uspen ion of arm , he also pre urned, my, knowledge of his .N [ )7 8 and the con trnction of the fort, no farther questions were, then a ked, but with hi ,-invitc1tion, we fol- lowed, his steps, directed towards hi quarte[r) , with eonformity with an arrangement, with old deaf mith, I saluted n I pas ed, the line bl'lieving my introduction one of safety, old deaf mith. showed. him- s If on the Eastern horizon three mile from town, having driYen ju tin sight- a thou. and of fifteen hundred Cattle, in thi•. implc net he howed himself a military reward, for nothing can bare the amc r semblanee to that of armed infantry, ns n lnrg herd, of cattle, on the horrizon their horns strikingly exemplifying, them nt a boulder
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