508 HISTORY OP CALIFORNIA. 



republic of Mexico, and leave these Californians ex- 

 posed to the loss of life and confiscation of property, 

 for having sided with us, under the assurances thus 

 held out to them, would not only be in itself a breach 

 of national faith, but would make us appear in the 

 eyes of the world guilty of the most deliberate and 

 cruel deception. 



H. WAGER HALLECK. 

 Lieutenant of Engineers* 

 Colonel R. B. Mason, 



Commanding Tenth Military Department, 



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