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Orleans. Left ten to 12 men at l<'ort Casas, be!-.ides ljOtne others who were cutting timber for bu·ilding houses. Left fort Casas with 3 boats, left one of them in a bny, two or three leagues from Pas:; Caballo, and the two others, at "El Snbino. "-20 or 30 men remainc,l with the 1st boat, on board of which he had rnnrn proYisions, am- munition and one piece of artillery-the two other hoats were als«) loaded with provisions-they were small crafts-had, besides, with him, two vessels, the one he l1ad when he sailed off the coast, the other he compelled to keep up with him, as he was under the im- pression that she was loaded with contraband goods, and wished to oblige her to pay duties.-hc did not fire on those vessels, the crew of the Second opposed no resistance and had no artillery.-Removed nothing from them, excepting 25 pounds of lead taken from the mas· ter of the second vessel. Had no understanding or correspondence with any persons in the country; had an interview with the Commanding Officer and the Ayuntamiento of the towns, but did not say that he would not treat with the Governor or Captain Castaiil'da, nor that he would have nothing to do with Don Ignacio Perez. On the contrary, the members of the corporation told him that the latter was a man of a violent and brutal temper, and he had better treat with the first; to which he answered he had no acquaintance with Colonel Perez, and consequently, had no reason to entertain a bad <lpinion of him- He is not acquainted with the persons who spoke in that circum- stance. and cannot point them out personally; they all said so-he can describe the Commanding officer and the chaplain who .were oi' the same opinion. The "Little Alcalde" {prohably the 2nd Al- calde) seemed to be of a different opinion, ancl spoke very little. They have 7 vess.els at sea under the orders of Trespalacios, the. keep cruizing, Galveston being their central point;-the vessels are well manned; the one on board of which 'J'respalacios sails, has 2-10 hands. Declared that the foregoing is a faithfnl reproduction of his dec- laration, which he confirmed and signed.-Says lie is 28 years of age.
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f1821 c. Oct. 10], C. WI~STON. DEC'L.,\RATIO~" BXA:\IINATIO:'\ OF I,O~G'S AID DE CA:\[!>, LORD WTSTO.\' Declared his name to be "Cimbor"-born in Englancl, was an officer in the army of Lord \\'intou-bclongs to tltc Anglicnn reli- gious denomination-came with Long, aud under the instructions received by the latter from Trcspalacios. Was told by Lon~ that in case T,a Bahia did declare itself in fnvor of the lndcpell(lenc<', they would enter ·it as friends, othcrwi~c, thcy would attack it- They were to proccl'cl to Ill'xar, to join thl' Governor-Sailed from Fort Ca$ai,, or Ilolivar, two lra~nes thii- si<ll' of Gah•cson with !i~ men, more or Jes!-!, and three Yesi,cls-1s only Lo11gs aid dl' camp and i!-1 not acquainted wilh the mean!l at the di!lposal of his gcncr11l.- "Engll11b translation by Xavier de Dray; original In Dcxar Archives.
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