92 BOGOTA'. 



the state of the kingdom. On the approach 

 of the Patriots, they, becoming suspected, 

 were obliged almost literally to bury them- 

 selves alive, to escape the fury of that hor- 

 rible monster, the Viceroy Santano. From 

 this state they were only released (by the 

 entrance of the Patriots) just in time for the 

 son to receive the last breath of his patriotic 

 mother, who had contracted an incurable 

 disease from the dampness of her hiding 

 place, and who declared that [she was hap- 

 py in having lived long enough to see her 

 country free ! 



At the close of the successful campaign 

 of 1819, General Santander was promoted to 

 the rank of General of Division, and appoint- 

 ed Vice-President of New Grenada, (or Cun- 

 dinamarca, as it was then called,) by General 

 Bolivar, and was afterwards elected Vice- 

 President of Colombia, by the Congress of 

 Cucuta; both which situations, by his talents 



