APPENDIX. 



A brief Relation of Facts and Circumstances connected with the Family 

 of the Carreras in Chile ; with some Account of the last Expedition 

 of Brigadier-General Don Jose Miguel Carrera, his Death, fyc. 



By Mr. YATES. 



Don Juan Jose, Don Jose Miguel, and Don Luis Carrera, were the sons 

 of Don Ignacio Carrera, who was the descendant of an ancient and honour- 

 able line of ancestors. His sons were destined for the service of their 

 country ; and were at an early age entered as cadets in the Spanish service. 

 Don Jose Miguel was sent to Europe, as the war in the Peninsula was con- 

 sidered to be the most promising school for the acquirement of those quali- 

 fications which are most necessary to complete the character of an officer 

 and statesman. 



Having arrived in Spain, his merit soon recommended him to the consi- 

 deration of his superiors ; and in reward for his zeal, assiduity, and attention 

 to the service, he was promoted by the regular gradations of rank to be 

 lieutenant-colonel and commandant of a regiment of hussars. 



At this time the revolution in America had begun to wear a favour- 

 able aspect. Buenos Ayres had solemnly declared her independence ; and 

 Chile (though apparently without a person capable of conducting her in so 

 arduous an undertaking,) seemed willing to throw off the long-worn and 

 galling yoke of the mother country. Carrera, anxious for the success of 

 Chile in particular, and desirous of lending his arm in the cause of Ame- 

 rican emancipation in general, took the earliest opportunity to transport 

 himself across the Atlantic ; which he effected with some difficulty, owing to 

 the distrust which was then generally entertained in Spain with regard to the 

 loyalty of the American officers in her service. 



