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that of forcing the ne"roes to return with Me to their ::'ifasters-should he do thi , he would purge himself-In taking the oath of alle..,iance he swore not to upport any act of· lavery, but said if the negroe should choose to return with me, he would thro\v no impediment in the way- but tho't the better plan would be, to let them remain, untill I might return to the Texian camp-- I could then inform their ma tcrs of their ituation, and he pre urned no difficulty would originate, a he would deliver the slaves to their proper owners. He al o had in hi po e . ion fifteen hundred head of cattle belonging to the citizens of Texas. which he could not deliver, as it became requisite that the Army retain them He had no other ource of supplying the army with provision - Ho,v- ever tated to me that be would pay me ten dollars per Head, for the cattle-which he then held in hi po e ion, but in obedience to my instructions, I was po itively restricted from o doing- in this re- striction, considered $15000-unnecessary subtracted from that which wa Ju tly due, our uffering army, but ever obsequious to the dictates of my suprs. I declined the reception of any compensation for auy losses u tained by the Mexican invasion-~Iost of the prisoners had embarked for :Matamoras-He shewed to me, that he had already written the passports, for Col. l\liller & his men, which was sent im- mediately by express, with an order for their release. 'fhi I believe to hav [e] been all prior preparation which might ecure, ome advan- tage In the event of their being captured by our army- this production wculd be quite favorable,-! believe it all to have been sham policy, I was to ha,·c remained with the army, untill the Carrier returned, v ith de patche , jn answer h• the one ordering tilt relea e of Ameri..:an prisoners-The1·e was but a few americans, now in the Camp--! aw one fellow, who told me his name was Green, bnt I was told by a ick man, (al o a prisoner), that his name was ::'ifark. He (:\Iark, alia Green,) stated his satisfaction with His present situation & believed that he would remain or continue with the)fexican 's nntill they should arrive at ::\fetamoras-I expostulated with him. pressed the impru- dence of such a course, in isted on the ill effects produced in the feelings of ethers, in relation to such a choice- He-continnecl to re- ject all propo itions, made by :\Iy elf My patience became wearied, and I then felt no ~crnpk in publidy denouncinir him a traitor to the au. e of Liberty. Whil. tin conversation, with thi treacherou Youth, apparently 21 or 22, Light hair, fair sl~in standing about 5 feet, 7% or inche., I was accosted by Genl. Filisola\ thro' his interpreter. \Ve immediately dire tc<l c11r teps in a southern direction-lie re umed the conversation pertaining to the imprisonment of Genl. \ oil. I sat- isfactorily repre. ented the Cause of his detention.-The conYe1 a.+ion was. 11dcle1'il,v interrupted a my Wandering e.vc., fell upon the hnlk)· remnants of that ever to he lamented Georgia Battalion.-. fny dire remor. c and anguish e,·er haunt ever the browe of their executioners, an] ~ender in their bo. om fell de. pair In due re. pect to the fallen, and in part to draw from the Genl. an introdtwtion of that trngie scene, whicl1 I tho't impolitic to intro<luce my. elf-To do thi , I drew my hat o,·cr my face ns we pa.-sC'd the remaining fragment: of n dclapidatC'd once fr<'c people. \Ve had but reached the upper extreme -of the J,.usE, mo slain. \ hen Genl. Filisoln . topt . 11clclC'11h·.. aring: that he intended on the fir. t pre. entme11t of an opportunity, to sny to the
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