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no one to aid him except one faithful servant Francisco Alvarado who drew his gun and stood by his master.- The Doctor thus kept them at bay from 11 Oclk to sunset, when they despatched to town for rinforcemt to take him; 26 being unable to do it. The doctor and servant now retired to the mountains; where they maintained them- selves for 8 day, when a pardon to the prisoners by 1\Iinyon.- The 25 prisoners taken, were carried to 1\fonclover, having their hands and feet tied and not allowed to dismount or stop in a shade on their route.- Before their [arrival?] there, the news had gone a head that Rodrigus and his force had not been able to capture the Doctor; so that as they passed the streets, the little boys would hallow out in derision, of the Officers guarding them "why did you not bring the Doctor? where is Don Juan?"- In 8 days they were pardoned except two Boregos and another, who were still detained and were to have been sent to 1\Iexico; but made their escape. Bedowrie who had gone to Bexar, returned to Laredo, thence he joined Zapata below and was in the Parbone fight. He then came to Santa Rosa; and with Dr Long his son in Law, proclaimed the necesity of a convention, ancl an election for members were held in Santa Rosa and the neighboring towns; but this attempt to estab- lish a Govt was opposed by Canalis, and was not responded to from other quarters. A small Convention, however, held, convening first at Santa Rosa, and afterwards moving from town to town with the army, until they were pursued & forced by the enemy to retire Laredo, thence to Guerrero & Cft'So Blanco where they met Canalis and Zapata who had retreated there after his retreat from .i\Ionterrey.- Here a government was formed, and had Bedowrie been placed at the head, different results would have followed; bu [t J instead of this Car- denas was made Governor. (The other Cardenas at 1\fonclover was made prisoner, by 1\finyon & kept for some time-) After the organization of this Govt Canalis came up to Sanfernando, where he was defeated, went to Texas to get aid. Bedowrie retired a while to Bexar again; but soon returned to Santa Rosa, where he was forced by persecutions to fly, in his old age to the mountains, accompanied by Dr. Long who maintained him there by his rifle for two months, when coming at night to Santa Rosa to learn what was the state of things, they were gratified to find that they had been par- doned by a special proclamation of Ariste.- Ariste and Ortega, had been deceived in regard to Bedowrie & Long; regarded them as being unduly persecuted from personal feelings of bitterness of Rodrigus and his faction, revoked the order which he (Ariste) had been induced to issue against them, to kill them wherever caught, and in the place of the same, Sent the proclamation already mentioned to Santa Rosa, for their full pardon; and for several days parties were sent to the mountains to let them know of their pardon, but they could not be found; and only ascertained the fact by coming into town at night to learn the news.- [Endorsed :] Mexico after 1836 (Information derived from Dr. Long).
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