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there had been no tumult, confusion, or bloodshed. 

 Tekax alone had broken the general stillness, and 

 while the rest of the country was perfectly quiet, 

 this interior city had got up a small revolution on 

 its own account, and for the benefit of whom it 

 might concern. 



According to the current reports, this revolution 

 was got up by three patriotic individuals, whose 

 names, unfortunately, I have lost. They belonged 

 to the party called Los Independientes, in favour of 

 declaring independence of Mexico. The elections 

 had gone against their party, and alcaldes in favour 

 of a reannexation to Mexico were installed in of- 

 fice. In the mean time commissioners arrived from 

 Santa Ana to negotiate with the government of Yu- 

 catan, urging it not to make any open declaration, 

 but to continue quietly in its state of independence 

 de facto until the internal difficulties of Mexico 

 were settled, when its complaints would be attended 

 to and its grievances redressed. Afraid of the in- 

 fluence which these commissioners might exercise, 

 the three patriots of Tekax resolved to strike for 

 liberty, went round among the ranchos of the sier- 

 ra, and collected a band of more than half-naked 

 Indians, who, armed with machetes, a few old mus- 

 kets, and those primitive weapons with which David 

 slew Goliath, descended upon Tekax, and, to the 

 great alarm of the women and children, took pos- 

 session of the plaza, set up the figure of Santa Ana, 

 pelted him with stones, put some bullets into him, 



