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Preface vi
Texas and her boundary. Army of the West and the author's volunteering
at St. Louis. A coup d'oeuil. The prairies. Indian woman and her
child. A rainstorm. The son of the murdered Chavis. Swarm of annoying
insects. Buffaloes and buffalo meat. Fish in the prairies. A volunteer
buried. Sand hills and their appearance owing to sunlight. Gusts of hot
wind. Wolves. A volunteer in a fit likely to have been shot. Indian
fear of cannon. Dead Indian chief in a tree. The dried body of an
Indian walking. Prairie-dog towns and rattlesnakes, - - - 17
Rendezvous of the army near Bent's Fort. Soldiers put on short
allowance. Slapjacks. Number of troops. A suspicious Mexican
shown the camp and dismissed. Hunters. Antonio, his lasso and silver-
mounted saddle. The Rocky Mountains. A thunder storm. First Mexican
settlement. Expected fight. Son of General Salazar taken. San Miguel
del Vada. Pecos, an Aztec town, and its traditions and immense bones. A
Catholic mule. Santa Fe, its palace and its calaboose. Shops for the
traders. Kendall's gun, Burying Mexican children. Inhabitants
described. Jars. Tortillas and Atole. Donkeys. Mules and their title
deeds. Mustangs and a particular cream colored stallion. Mode of
breaking the wild horse.----- 36
Ugly old women. Cigaritos. Game of monte. Grazing ground.
Reconnaissance of General Kearney down the Rio Grande and
appointment of George Bent, Esquire, as Civil Governor. San Domingo and
the Puebla Indians. Albuquerque. Armijo. The Priests. Valentia and its
vineyards, and soldiers buying fruit of the Indians. Tomae and a
religious celebration A fandango. Return, and bilious fever. Bringing
in of Apache chiefs. Making sugar from cornstalks. Wheat harvest.
Houses of Indians entered by a ladder. Priestly mummery on the
disappearance of the ears of growing corn. Colonel Doniphan goes South.
A theatre started by the soldiers. Men picked out to join Colonel
Doniphan. Waking in the snow. Author buying corn of a priest. Buying
sheep of another who was to catch and deliver them. Lightning rod. The
Missourian and his "buckram" tents and big wagons. Join Colonel
Doniphan. A slight sketch of him. The journey of death. Soap weed.
The traders. A Scotchman taken, supposed to be a spy. Three unburied
bodies. Sheep, and little flesh upon them, - - - - - - 58
Christmas day. The enemy and a surprise, and the Battle of Bracito.
Women in the battle. Alarms. Enter the City of El Paso. The traders
do business. Senor Ponce and supplies. Mexican wine and brandy, and the
effect of the latter. The priest Ortiz The Scotch man proves to be a
scoundrel. Scene of former treachery, and death of a treacherous
governor. Apache Indians and their forays. James Kirker. Oxen and
mule stolen. Lieutenant Hinton pursues and brings in a scalp and the
stolen animals. Wheat mill made entirely of wood. Mexican cattle;
and buying some of a prisoner. Baked pumpkins. Colonel Doniphan and a
stolen pig. Bizarre appearance of the troops. Force increased. Presidio
del San Elecario, and a church with its dressed-up images. A fat priest
and his extortions in a case of marriage, - - - - - 82
A start for Chihuahua. Mail with letters from Santa Fe. Bent's murder,
and the true cause of it. Doniphan and the traders. Lake of ducks. A
seasonable rain. A warm spring. Carrizal. Wind storm. Another warm
spring. Expectation, and an alarm.. Grass catches fire and runs up the
mountain. Rumor of Mexicans near. Another fire and danger. Enemy not
far off. Major Owens takes charge of the wagons. A Mexican spy chased.
Picket guard drives in advanced guard of the enemy. Army moves out in
solid square. A reconnoitre. The enemy. Doniphan resolves on an attack.
The battle of Sacramento; and its results, - - - - 102
Chihuahua. The bull ring. The Plaza. The Congress Hall. Cathedral.
Funeral rites over Major Owens. Mexican naked pet dogs. Chapel of
San Francisco. Monument to Hidalgo. Splashes of blood on the pavement.
Negro story. Bread, cakes and butter. Architectural freak in building
an aqueduct. Dexterity in spinning. Danger among gun powder. The mint.
Mr. Potts and his threats. A council called. "Sarah and the children."
Start for Parras. Orders to join General Taylor. Difference between
rich and poor. Lizards, Rancho and dead bodies. Santa Cruz. The liquor
called Mezcal. Guajaquilla. San Berrado. A disappearing spring. Fort
Pelayo surprised. Mapimi, and the inhabitants' alarm, and Mexican force
near. Lights on the mountains. Traders alarmed. Rancho of El
Poso and fight with the Lipans. Medicine-man's skull. Parras, and a
thief. Brutal attack on a soldier, and Mexican wounded, .....121
Orders to proceed south. San Juan. General Wool, and was there such a
man? Battle field of Buena Vista. Mexican shells. The buried Mexicans.
Falsehood of Santa Anna. General Wool and a review. Compliments; and
plain speaking. Saltillo. The prettiest girl. Mexican women. A regular
soldier's ignorance. Bishop's palace and Monterey. Walnut Springs.
General Taylor. Doniphan's account to Taylor of the battle of
Sacramento. Leave Walnut Springs. Horrible sight of the remains of the
wagon-train surprised by Urrea. A Dead Mexican, and how killed. John
Smith, a Texian ranger. Brutality of the rangers; and execution of a
brave Mexican. Camargo and its canvas houses. A man shot; and revenge.
Armadillos, and a story. Description of the soil and its productions.
Steamboat seen once again. The Rio Grande and its windings. Burning of
saddles, &e. Embarkation and home, ------ 144
No. I - Semi-Official Report of the Battle of Bracito, ---- 169
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No. II.-Official Report of the Battle of Sacramento ---- 172
No. III.-Mexican Government Extra, showing the American Force ----- 178
No. IV.-Table of Distances traversed - - - - 180
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