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^1 October e.— Marched at 9, after having gf^at trouble in gefting 



.some ox carts from the, Mexicans; after marching about three miles, - 

 we rnet Kit Garson, direct on express from California, with a mail 

 of public letters for Washington; he informs us that Colohel Fre- 



-mont IS probably civil and military governor of California, an J that 



„%fcjOut forty days since, Commodore Stockton, with the naval force, 

 ^nd C^oloneJ Fremont, acting in concert, commenced to revolution- 



^ize that country, and. .place it under the American flag; that, in- 

 about ten days, their work was done, and Carson, having received 



^the rank of lieutenant, was despatched across the country by the 

 trila, with a party to carry the mail; the general told him that he 

 had just passed over the country which we were to traverse, and he 



r wanted him to go back with him as a guide; he replied that he had 

 pledged himself to go to Washington, and he could not think of 

 jot luJhIhng his promise. .The general told him he would relieve 



iHim of all responsibility, and place the mail in the hands of a safe 

 person, to carry it on; be finally consented, and turned his face to 

 ttie west agairi, just as he was on the eve of entering the settle- 

 ments, after his arduous trip, and wUn he had set his hopes on 

 seeing his family. It requires a l,rave man to give up his private 

 feelings thus for the public good; but Carson is one such! honor to 

 him for It! Carson left California with 15 men; among them, six 



?flT'h%l '?'.~^'^'?^^^ ^"^^°^^^^- Th^yi^^d fifty animals, most 

 ot which they left on the road, or traded with the Apaches, giving 



i71r,l\ ""l"' ^\7 "^^'^ not aware of the presence of the^miricaS 



troops iR New Mpvirn. +Ko,r /.^,,..f^,v * * r. -t- .Jr^* 



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Mexicans were 



outfit, and run across their country. W 



th^ 

 tfen 



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they came to the Cop- 



n*^r m;»,^ A -"-■--- ^"-" v^uuuiij. if^-iieu uiey came to ttie Cop- 

 ■?"s" slon ff .T' l""^- ^"' ^T"J^ "''"J" A">"i'^>° general hi^i 



Very an^ 



xico. The Apaches were 



,..1 -'! " 'o iiieir surprise. The column movp,1 nn /«« 



miUs, and cncamned under a bea,, r,,i r" ""'"'' "? "" 



»he general issued an order reduc/n! fhe"; '^'"'-'n-^voods, and 



taking C and K companies wit t^7f;d''LvirB"G T. """' 



iinsTurne " ■°r .!: 'li'-^rP-l''-" -« «-eral Kear- 



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nd 



tory. 



is^i^t^nl'surlr irit ^? •"?"' ^'t ^"<'"'^' q-rtermaster, 



ei„r r,'est ettri t.!?Ho?: of?L^ oirert" ^''"-' -"-^ 



«H.:r fine .ear,'.L°Tcc:LXirornfa^~r; t'h ■""' """ 

 nies; but the public servicp h^;«« ^ }ears, in their compa- 



fullf The Arches c";" to "!.? P!",-°-'..thej submitted che^er- 



tten as guides. 

 Octcber 7. 



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«s to-day, and gave us four young 



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an unin- 

 cotton- 



