History and government of New Mexico . General Stephen W. Kearny 134 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO 158. The March to Bents Fort. — The last days ofJune and the first week in July (1846) Kearnys forcesstrung out across the plains with a supply train of a hun-dred wagons and more than a thousand pack mules, andwas accompanied by the annual traders caravan of fourhundred and fourteen white-covered prairie schoonerswith nearly a million dollars worth of goods bound for. Courtesy of R. E. Twitcht Kearnys Army on the March Santa Fe and Chihuahua, over the well-known SantaFe Trail. After a months steady
History and government of New Mexico . General Stephen W. Kearny 134 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO 158. The March to Bents Fort. — The last days ofJune and the first week in July (1846) Kearnys forcesstrung out across the plains with a supply train of a hun-dred wagons and more than a thousand pack mules, andwas accompanied by the annual traders caravan of fourhundred and fourteen white-covered prairie schoonerswith nearly a million dollars worth of goods bound for. Courtesy of R. E. Twitcht Kearnys Army on the March Santa Fe and Chihuahua, over the well-known SantaFe Trail. After a months steady marching they crossedto the south side of the Arkansas, about nine miles belowBents Fort. Here they made a brief stop in order thatthe various detachments might come together and marchinto the country of the New Mexicans as one effective Entering New Mexico. — Crossing the Raton Passand following the trail by the Wagon Mound, Kearnyentered Las Vegas on the morning of August 15, assembled THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION 135 the people in the plaza (plasa), or public square, andaddressed them through Antonio Roubidoux, the inter-preter (sec. 132). He absolved them from all allegianceto the Mexican government and to General Armijo andproclaimed himself governor, promising protection totheir persons, property, and religion, the weak as wellas the strong; the poor as well as the rich.
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