sist 
62 AT WAR WITH THE GOVERNOR, 
performed the trip without any important ac- 
cident—without encountering any very diffi- 
cult peeves HE suffering for food or for 
wat 
We had hoped that at least a few days of 
rest and quiet recreation might have been al- 
lowed us after our arrival ; for relaxation was 
sorely needed at the end of so long a journey 
and its concomitant privations: but it was 
ordered otherwise. We had scarcely quarter- 
ed ourselves within the town before a grand 
‘flare-up’ took place between Gov. Armijo and 
the foreigners* in Santa Fé, which, for a little 
while, bid fair to result in open hostilities. It 
originated in the following circumstances. 
In the winter of 1837-8, a worthy young 
American, named Daley, was murdered at the 
Gold Mines, by a couple of villains, solely for 
plunder. The assassins were arrested, when 
they confessed their guilt; but, in a short time, 
they were permitted to run at large again, in 
violation of every principle of justice or hu- 
manity. About this time they were once 
more apprehended, however, by the interposi- 
tion of foreigners: and, at the solicitation of 
the friends of the deceased, a memorial from 
the Americans in Santa Fé was presented to 
Armijo, representing the injustice of permitting 
the murderers of their countrymen to go un- 
punished; and praying that the culprits might 
* Among the New Mexicans, the terms foreigner and American 
are synonymous: indeed, the few citizens of other nations to be. 
found there identify themselves with fepee States. 
All fe are known there ericanos ; but south of Chi- 
huahua they are indiscriminately called Los fine the English.” 
