APPENDIX. 
A brief Relation of Facts and Circumstances connected with the Family 
of the Carreras in Chile ; with some Account of the last. Expedition 
of Brigadier-General Don Jose Miguel Carrera, his Death, &c. 
By Mr. YATES. 
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Dow Juan Jose, Don Jose Miguel, and Don Luis Carrera, were the sons 
ot Don Ignacio Carrera, who was the descendant of an ancient and honour- 
able line of ancestors. His sons were destined for the service of their 
country ; and were at an early age entered as cadets in the Spanish service. 
Don Jose Miguel was sent to Europe, as the war in the Peninsula was con- 
sidered to be the most promising school for the acquirement of those quali- 
fications which are most necessary to complete the character of an officer 
and statesman. 
Having arrived in Spain, his merit soon recommended him to the consi- 
deration of his superiors; and in reward for his zeal, assiduity, and attention 
to the service, he was promoted by the regular gradations of rank to be 
lieutenant-colonel and commandant of a regiment of hussars. 
At this time the revolution in America had begun to wear a favour- 
able aspect. Buenos Ayres had solemnly declared her independence; and 
Chile (though apparently without a person capable of conducting her in so 
arduous an undertaking,) seemed willing to throw off the long-worn and 
galling yoke of the mother country. Carrera, anxious for the success of 
Chile in particular, and desirous of lending his arm in the cause of Ame- 
rican emancipation in general, took the earliest opportunity to transport 
himself across the Atlantic ; which he effected with some difficulty, owing to 
the distrust which was then generally entertained in Spain with regard to the 
loyalty of the American officers in her service. 
