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in favour of the confederation,) deputed Don 

 J. Lozano to negotiate with the Congress : 

 a treaty was concluded, by which it was 

 agreed that the province of Cundinamarca 

 should join the confederation ; but even this 

 treaty Alvarez refused to ratify, proposing 

 instead of it an alliance, which the Congress 

 declined to accept. 



The provinces of Casanare, Pamplona, 

 Tunja, Neyva, Choco, Popayan, Carthage- 

 na, Mariquita, Socorro, and Antioquia, act- 

 ed in concert with each other, under the 

 orders of the Congress ; and towards the 

 end of 1814, Bolivar having arrived at Tun- 

 ja, where that body again held its sittings, 

 it was determined to make another attempt 

 to compel the President of Cundinamarca 

 to acknowledge its authority. The division 

 of the army of Venezuela, which, under the 

 command of Urdineta, had retired to Cu- 

 cuta, in consequence of the defeat of Boli- 



