508 HISTORY OF 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 HXLLECK. 

 Lieutenant of Engineers, 

 Colonel R. B. Mason, 



Commanding Tenth Military/ Department, 



