26 TAMING HORSES. 



a confirmation of which I will first put down Mr. 



Poinsett's : 



Legation of the United States of America, ] 

 Mexico y No<Tje?nber 15///, 1835. j 



The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and 

 Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of 

 America in Mexico, hereby certifies: that every 

 faith and credit are to be placed in the documents 

 and certificates which have been given in this coun- 

 try to Willis J. Powell, while a resident in these 

 countries. They are signed by gentlemen of the 

 highest respectability; and there is no reason to 

 doubt that he possesses, in an uncommon degree, 

 the art of taming, in an incredible short time, the 

 wildest and most unruly horses. 



J. R. Poinsett. 



[A true Copy.] 



[translation.] 



Captain General" s Office of the South, \ 

 Mexico, July 27th, 1825. j 



Don Vincente Guerrero to all Gentlemen Gover- 

 nors, Military Commanders, Civil Authorities, 

 and Inhabitants in general of the United Mexi- 

 can States — Greeting : 



Gentlemen : The astonishing faculty of Willis 

 J. Powell, in taming wild horses in a few hours, 

 was recommended to me by persons of the highest 

 respectability, and in whom I place entire confi- 



