lrulh in all lhal he should know and be asked, and having been so, as lo his name and occupation, answered that he is called as is above staled, and lhal h~ is employed as a laborer in the fields. Being asked whal was the result of the commission which general Urrea gave him, relating Lo the person of the president general, expressing minutely every thing that had occurred of importance in il, said: that on the 15th day of the present month, his companion Manuel Escalera, received the commission from general Urrea to conduct secretly some papers to his Excellency the president, and lhal on the 18th he marched for that purpose in company of the man he speaks of; but at Navidad they mel a party of Americans, in number thirty, who impeded their passage, notwithstanding their having presented the respective passport signed by general Urrea, and pretended to them lhal lhe object was lo ask the president if his baggage should be senl lo his or not; so that, seeing the impossibility of advancing, he who is speaking resolved, with his companion, to countcrmarch lo Guadalupe, because, ahhough they could cxecule their commission by other roads, they refused to do il, as in the instruction which were given lo them, il was expressly ordered Lhal they should Lake no other than Lhe high-road: thal in fact, on the 20th, they arrived at Lhe said town of Guadalupe, and on the 22nd, he who is speaking went to see Don Jose Maria Carbajal, inhabitant of that place, who was informed of the secrecy of Lhe commission, which was advised him by the person who is speaking; answering, that in consequence of the impossibility that there was, he should carry lo Mr. Urrea a leller, which he delivered in this place to Don Vicente Filisola, commander-in-chief, as general Urrea had marched forward; and after that, the dcponenl returned lo Guadalupe, by order of said commander-in-chief, with the object of observing the movements and strength of the enemy, giving due information of every thing: the result being, that he who is speaking could not pass lo the settlement of Guadalupe, but remained on this side of the river, being informed by the wife of a brother of his companion, Manuel Escalera, who speaks English, that an American had communicated, that on the night of the day of this dale, the Americans were lo come lo allack the troops who were at Goliad, with which news Lhe deponent relluned with his companion Escalera, whom he met there, and gave information of everything lo his Excellency, the commander-in-chief, making known to him
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