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skilful paddling soon brought us around a distant point of tha lake* 
and at length we landed far up the west side of Lake Sapongan on a shady 
beaoh, where water shells were piled in deep windrows* A house was soon 
reached and plaoed under guard and Capt. HoCoy and one soldier left in 
oharge* Two other houses were similarly guarded* Then the trail led 
up a steep hill, very rooky with endleBS vines and entanglements and plenty 
of thorns and spines upon the baranches. The soil was slippery and strewn 
with jagged rooks* Crossing ravines the natives led with but little noise* 
but we slid and tumbled like a herd of stampeding oarabno. Lieutenant 
Quaokenbush* who weighed 300, made strenuous efforts to be noiseless, which 
usually resulted in hia sliding dorm the banks like an avalanoh* At 
length the native constabulary soldiers awaited us on a steep bank to en¬ 
join silence and vigilance* Ai the top of the hill we found a cultivated 
area, and the trail led us down a steep ravine towards the lake where we 
came upon a house which ms silently surrounded by 3 officers and about 
6 wo Idlers, one of whoa called upon General Conoepoion to surrender* At 
first ohlldren came to the door, then an old man who held a conversation 
with a native soldier* Then tho women and children came out with a few 
men and boys. Again Conoepoion was onlled upon to surrender* At length 
he oame to the door after making sure there was no ohanco of escaping in 
any direction. As he appeared in the door he exlaimed: "Peace, peace*" 
All the guns were aimed at him, and he was ordered to throw up his hands 
which he was slow in doing. Then he oame out and bent down on one knee, 
using the Spanish word for "peaoe." The house was searohed for documents 
and weapons, some of which were found, and neighboring houses were searched 
for his confederates! but no persons of importance were found. The women 
