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Height indicated by the barometer 6,299 feet. 
August 16.—We marched to San Miguel, where General Kearny 
assembled the people and harangued them much in the same man- 
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Reports.now reached us at every step that the people were rising, 
and that Armijo was collecting a formidable force to oppose our 
‘march at the celebrated pass of the Cajion, 15 miles from Santa Fé. 
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We turned from the road to the creek, where there were Stew : 
rancherias, to encamp; at which place we passed an uncomfortable 
night, the water being hard to reach, and the grass yery bad. _ 
Barometric height 6,346 feet. 
August 17.—The picket guard, stationed on the road, captured 
the son of Saliza, who, it is said, is to play an important part ij 
the defence of this country, and the same who behaved so britilily 
‘to the Texan prisoners. The son was at San Miguel yesterda: 
and heard from a concealed place all that passed. It is sapien 
at this time, he was examining the position, strength, &c., of 
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of himself and army. He said, with a roar of laughter, Armijo 
and his troops have gone to hell, ‘and the Caiion is all cleat? < 
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