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the Mexican revolutionist Caravajal. When I made the 
acquaintance of this young man at San Antonio, he was 
settling down to a more quiet life, and a more promising 
career as architect. I could not but regret that such elas- 
ticity of mind, combined with many other good qualities, 
could not be employed with more advantage to the world. 
I was present at San Antonio at an elegant ball, given 
to celebrate the wedding of a couple from New Orleans. 
Among the numerous guests a young officer of the United 
States interested me particularly ; a tall man, of a serious, 
pleasing expression of countenance, and simple manners. 
This was Prince Bonaparte, a grandson of Jerome, by his 
marriage with Miss Patterson, of Baltimore. He had 
been recently quartered in one of the Texan frontier forts, 
and was now on his way to visit his cousin, the Emperor 
of France. Among the ladies of the party was the widow 
of a man who has left behind in Texas the character of a 
reckless desperado. His widow, a Mexican by birth, is 
universally respected; and the unhesitating manner in 
which she defended the door when the officers were in 
pursuit of her wicked husband, after a murder he had com- 
mitted in the open street, and the very centre of the town, 
was looked upon by the population as a meritorious act, 
rather than a reproach. I have mentioned the name of 
Glanton, in connexion with some measures against the In- 
dians on the part of the government of Chihuahua. Before 
this man went to Chihuahua, and thence to the Californian 
Colorado, he resided in Texas, and was one of the most 
reckless and wicked of a band of murderers and gamblers, 
who for many years made San Antonio one of the most 
dangerous places. He shot men for sport on the high 
road. Once, when after an act of this kind he was on the 
point of being arrested, he was rescued by an armed band 
