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est bravery, and the most unrestrainable de- 

 sire to overhaul the dastards," and by -w-hat 

 extraordinary combinations of adverse cir- 

 cumstances they were " compelled to relin 

 quish the pursuit." Indeed it would be diffi- 

 cult to find a braver race of people than the 

 Chilmahiieiios* contrive to make themselves 

 appear upon paper. When intelligence was 

 received in Chihuahua of the famous skirmish 

 with the French, at Vera Cruz, in which Santa 

 Anna acquired the glory of losing a leg, the 

 event was celebrated with uproarious demon- 

 strations of joy ; and the next number of the 

 Noticiosof contained a vahant fanfaronade, 

 proclaiming to the world the astounding fact, 

 that one Mexican was worth four French sol- 

 diers in battle : winding up with a " Cancion 

 JPatribtkar of which the following exquisite 

 Verse was the refrain : 



Chihuahuenses^ la Patria gloriosa 

 Oiro timbre a su lustre ha anadido; 

 Pues la tuATo^Bj p D^IP ;upoui^qp 



Al valor mexicano ha cedido 



Literally translated : 



Chihuahuenses ! our glorious country 

 Another ray has added to her lustre ; 

 For the invincible^ indomitable Gallia 

 Has succumbed to Mexican valon 



By the inverted letters of " invicta^ la Gal 

 domahk;' in the third hne, the poet givt 



• ^ ChihuaJiuenses, citizens of Chihuahua. 



r Aottaoso de Chihitahua of December 28. 1838. 



