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lated to work Ly tliree dollars per month and repeated floggings. 

 We encaraped a quarter of a mile west cf the warm ppring. Having 

 heard of a herd of mules 15 miles hence, belonging to Flores, the 

 insurgent chief, Lieutenant Daridson, with 25 men, was despatched 

 with Carson and Sanders, to see if we could get a remount; they 

 started at dark. A Mr. Stokes, an Englishman, who lives 15 miles 

 hence, came to camp, and gave us information that Commodore 

 Stockton was at Diego, with the larger part of his naval force; 

 that he had to remain neutral. A letter was sent to Commodore 

 Stockton, and it was determined to remain at this point until morn- 

 ing, and determine whether to march upon San Diego or the Pu- 

 eblo, or to halt on the Sonora outlet, until it was known what was 

 to be done with the American prisoners said to be in the hands of 

 the raacheros. We hear that the Californians are very savage, 

 killing any of their people whom they suspect of treachery, and 

 forcing those who were unwilling to join them. We were struck 

 with the fact that a furious wind blew in our faces as we approached 

 tae coast range, but after crossing it, we found all calm, and were 

 told there had been no wind. 



JDecemher 3.— Lieutenant Davidson and Carson returned about 

 noon, with a large gang of tame and wild animals, most of which 

 are said to belong to Flores, the Californian general. After them, 

 came a party of French, English, and a Chillian, claiming their 

 riding animals, as they were going out of the country, which the 

 general gave them. Many of the animals from the herd were put 

 into service, and arrangements made to secure the balance 



driving them into some safe place in the mountains. Laid by for 

 the rest of the day; did not 1 



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communicate with the naval forces and to establish our depot, not 

 knowing yet in what state we would find the country. Marched 

 15 miles in a rain, cold and disagreeable, and encamped at St. Isa- 

 bella, a former ranch of San Diego mission, now, by hook or by 

 crook, in the possession of an Englishman named Stokes; here hos-, 

 pitahty was held out to us— Stokes having gone to San Diego. We^ 

 ate heartily of stewed and roast mutton and tortillas. We heard ^ 

 of a party^of Californians, of 80 men, encamped at a distance from 

 this; but the informant varied from 16 to 30 miles in his accounts, 

 rendering it too uncertain to make a dash on them in a dark, stormy 

 night; so we slept till morning. 



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EAD-QUARTEBS OF THE ARMY OF THE WeST, 



San Diego, [^California,) January 25, 1847. 



The foregoing is a literal copy of the rough notes of my late aid- 



ed at 



lornians at Sac Pasqual. 



, D — & -" - *.^wviui ^^i>j ui uie louga notes or my laie 



de-camp Captain A. R. Johnston, 1st dragoons, who was kill 

 daybreak on the 6th December, 1846, in In action with the 



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S. W. KEARNY, 



Brigadier General* 



