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ceeded to the United States, from whence he expected to derive some assist- 

 ance : in which he was not disappointed, being furnished with five armed 

 vessels, in which he embarked seventy English and French officers (not in- 

 cluding the naval officers who came employed in the vessels) ; arms, ammuni- 

 tion, and clothing, accoutrements, &c. for 12,000 foot ; sabres, pistols, &c. 

 for 2000 cavalry ; with a great number of artizans of different denominations, 

 their necessary implements, &c. &c. 



He concluded a treaty of commerce with the Congress, in which it was 

 agreed that the duty on American imports in Chile (when liberated) should 

 pay the debt incurred in fitting out the expedition alluded to j and when paid, 

 the duties were to continue at a certain rate per cent, as stipulated in the 

 treaty. Whether this money was advanced to Carrera by the government 

 of the United States, or by a certain number of the members of Congress, I 

 know not. Having thus formed a connection which he considered respect- 

 able, he departed for the Pacific ocean, where his operations were to have 

 commenced. 



In the meantime the conquest of Chile had been meditated by Pueyrredon, 

 governor of Buenos Ayres : nothing less than the universal extension of his 

 influence over the United Provinces, and Chile, would gratify the ambition 

 of this monopolist of power. He well knew Carrera's character, though 

 gentle, was not passive ; and therefore he resolved to appoint O'Higgins as 

 President of Chile, being, as he considered, a more apt instrument to facilitate 

 his private views. San Martin was the general appointed to lead the expe- 

 dition into Chile which was then raising in the province of Cuyo. The 

 brothers of Carrera, who had remained in Buenos Ayres, were denied the 

 gratification of accompanying this expedition to their native country, and 

 had strict injunctions not to leave Buenos Ayres, where they were confined 

 on parole. 



Carrera, unconscious of the treachery which was designed against him, put 

 into Buenos Ayres to take in fresh provisions, some troops and officers which 

 he had left there, and to inform himself of whatever might have transpired 

 relative to his country in his absence, previous to his passing the Cape to 

 commence hostilities in Chile. No sooner did he arrive, than his vessel was 

 seized by the government, himself and his officers made prisoners on shore ; 

 but they afterwards put Carrera on board a gun-brig in the river, as a 

 place of greater security. His brothers saw the imminent danger which 

 surrounded them : they escaped from Buenos Ayres ; and, disguised in the 



