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Janos, near which he found a body of Indians, whom 
he attacked and routed. Some twenty men were killed, 
and fifty or sixty, chiefly women and children, were 
taken prisoners. These were sent into the interior, and 
there distributed among the haciendas and ranchos as 
servants, too far off ever to reach their homes again. 
The military commander. Colonel Medina, was much 
enraged at the proceedings of the Sonorian General in 
invading his territory, and reported the case to the 
central government, which, however, approved of Car- 
rasco’s course. 
When we entered the town, the General was just 
preparing to set out on a campaign against the 
Indians on the Gfia ; and his troops, nearly four hun- 
dred in all, were assembling in front of the town. 
There were three companies of infantry and one of 
horse. Some were dressed in blue great coats and 
high caps, and others in short jackets, while all wore 
the common loose white cotton drawers and shirts of 
the country. Many sported broad-brimmed glazed 
hats, with a white band, while the hats of others were 
of straw ; but in all cases these coverings were stuck 
on the top of the head, and tied under the chin. 
Every variety of costume seemed admissible ; and the 
only point in which they all agreed was in being 
exceedingly dirty. There was scarcely a pair of shoes 
among them, the substitute being sandals of raw hide, 
fastened with thongs of the same material. The offi- 
cers in this corps, several of whom I learned were from 
the city of Mexico, appeared to be intelligent men. 
They were well dressed, and exhibited a striking 
contrast with the privates. I also noticed among 
