418 APPENDIX. 
The treaty was signed by the parties on the following conditions: viz. 
that the government of Buenos Ayres should pay to Governor Lopez at 
Santa Fé the sum of’ 12,000 dollars, together with 30,000 head of cattle, on 
his delivery of Carréra and his officers to the Buenos Ayrian troops in San 
Nicolas ; that Lopez should continue in the government of Santa Fé, and 
Bustos in that of Cordova; that the three states, Buenos Ayres, Santa Fé, 
and Cordova, should act defensively and offensively against Ramirez, or any 
other friend of Carrera who should resent or oppose their present undertaking. 
Lopez had sent to Santa Fé for his dragoons, who came down the river, and 
were disembarking at San Lorenzo in order to surprise us, and give us up to 
the enemy before we were apprised of our danger. Having received in- 
formation of the meditated surprise, we put ourselves in a posture for defence, 
and at the same time began our retreat, conducted by our Indian guides. 
We marched all that evening and night at an accelerated pace, and at twelve 
o’clock next day we united ourselves to the forty Indians who awaited us on 
the frontier. The dragoons of Santa Fé were unacquainted with the service 
on which they were about to be employed, till they were ordered to take 
horses in San Lorenzo, and then informed of the duty they had to perform. 
The soldiers unanimously refused to take arms against the Chilenos, as they 
called them their companions and defenders in their past campaigns. Hence 
it is that we were not interrupted in our retreat. We continued our march 
three days into the Pampas, not having any other food than the eggs of - 
ostriches and other wild fowls, which were for the most part addled; the 
soldiers, however, selected the best of them for us. We almost despaired of 
meeting the Indians in these Pampas, where they had promised to wait our 
orders: the Indians who accompanied us were also impatient, and on that 
night the divines or necromancers began their sacred ceremonies; and after 
four hours’ consultation, it was revealed to these prophets, that the next day, 
before noon, we should discover the Indians of whom we were in search., 
Next day, about ten o’clock, we discovered the van of the Indians (thereby 
fulfilling the prophecy of their priests), who sent out a party to reconnoitre ; 
we followed the like example, sending a party of the Indians who were with 
us: these parties quickly recognised each other for friends, and returned to 
their particular corps. Soon after the main body of the Indians appeared, 
rising on the horizon, and continued to advance in line. A deputation of 
Indians (with interpreters) was despatched to wait on the General, and to 
request that the ceremonies of our meeting should be conducted in the same 
