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all the provinces of Mexico on the 1st of 

 November 1810; but one of the parties 

 concerned having made a discovery, the 

 execution of the project was hastened ; and 

 thus the Indians at Dolores were summoned 

 to arms on the 14th of September. Hi- 

 dalgo, joined by a number of troops, pro- 

 ceeded to Zelaya, and from thence to Guax- 

 anato, sixty leagues W. N. W. of Mexico, 

 which (the soldiers there having declared 

 for the patriots) he took possession of, and 

 found a considerable sum of money. 



The new Viceroy, Venegas, who had ar- 

 rived at Mexico on the 16th of September, 

 d espatched a force, under the command of 

 the Count de la Cadena, to defend Quere- 

 taro, an important military point, forty-two 

 leagues from Mexico. Lagos, Zacatecas, 

 and several other towns, declared for the 

 patriots. Hidalgo entered Valladolid on the 

 20th of October, where he was joined by 

 two regiments of militia. On the 24th he 



