The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume VI

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not for battle, but to avoid one. W'hen Jordan moved, they moved, and also stopped when he stopped. In this way they pursued him to Candala, where Jordan met with old Gonzales, who was everjoyed to meet him- Larri and Cameron in crossing the mountain after the fight, lead the way, and becoming separated from the command, never rejoined it. Larri's fate is not known. Cameron got home; and embarking in the Mier expedition, was captured and shot after having once made his escape. Canalis came within 30 miles of Victoria and was intercepted by Urea, who forced him to retreat; which he did, as far as Comargo, Ariste following so close upon his heels, that Ariste sent his buglers every morning to wake up Canalis camp. When they got to Comargo they made peace. 'l'here is but little doubt that they had come to some understanding before the retreat commenced, and .that Malino was privy to it. The facts are insurmountable- when the :Mexicans found themselves sur- rounded and encompassed by dangers, compromised with the foe, for their own safety, by agreeing to deliver up the Americans; but to carry it out was a difficult task; for the Americans could not be sold with- out some hard fighting. Placed in any situation, when betrayed, their resistance would necessarily be a bloody one. This the Centralist dreaded; and hence the effort of 'Malino to get them to San Louis where they could fall a more easy pray. Failing in this, he takes them to Saltillio, and uses every art and falsehood, first to delay their arrival there until the foe was strengthened-then refusing them powder-then urging them, he & Lopez, repeatedly to charge when the enemy was so situated as to cut them up-then in the negociations for money until reinforcemts came, and finally in the open desertion of Lopez- Every thing confirms their guilt- It is proven also by the friendly retreat of the two armies under Canalis and Ariste, from about Victoria to Comargo where they both entered and made friends- A more deliberately wicked and diabolical act is not recorded in history. Fisher did not accompany Canalis in his march towards Victoria. He was left behind sick, and the command was lead by Joe Wells.- as it is believed- End Cardenas was political Chief of this frontier when Taylor advanced upon Monterey; and it was he who ordered Taylor not to cross the Nueces. Dr. Booker, from South Carolina, and Surgeon in the Texas, army at Sanjacinto was killed, accidentally by a drunken Mexican soldier, whilst he, Booker, was prisoner at Perota- The Soldier was attempt- ing to shoot another person and Dr. Booker. Hagler was killed in a street fight at Goliad in 1846 by a man named Pool; and Pool was subsequently killed on the Agua dulce, between Corpus Christi 1 & the Riogrande

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