An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . l back upon Monterey, and, with GeneralWool, concerted a plan for marching against San Luis Potosi. Thishe was prevented from executing, by a second demand for troopsmade upon him by General Scott, which deprived him of nearly ailthe officers and men by whom he had been so nobly sustained atBuena Vista. Toward the close of the year, he returned to theUnited States, leaving the com
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . l back upon Monterey, and, with GeneralWool, concerted a plan for marching against San Luis Potosi. Thishe was prevented from executing, by a second demand for troopsmade upon him by General Scott, which deprived him of nearly ailthe officers and men by whom he had been so nobly sustained atBuena Vista. Toward the close of the year, he returned to theUnited States, leaving the command of the army at Monterey withGeneral Wool. COLONS!. FRSMONT CHAPTER LJ. OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO. O sooner had war been determined on betvreerithe United States and Mexico, than the at-tention of the former country was turned to-ward those vast provinces lying to the northof Mexico proper, and over which she had aino time held more than a nominal sway. Ac-cordingly, almost simultaneously with the ope-rations of General Taylor against Matamoras, a military force ofthree hundred drag ons, and three thousand Missouri volunteers,was concentrated at Fort Leavenworth, under Brigadier-GeneraJ ft60. SUCCESS OF COLONEL DONIPHAN. 661 Kearny or the purpose of marching- against New Mexico. Aportion of these operations have been narrated in the history of Cali-fornia ; but a summary sketch, although at the risk of some repetition,seems necessary here, in order to preserve the natural connection ofdates. On the 18th of Aoigust, 1846, this army took possessionof the capital city, Santa Fe, where Kearny organized a free govern-ment, under the direction of the United States, formed a code oflaws, and appointed Charles Bent governor. On the 25th of Sep-tember, he marched for Upper California, leaving orders with ColonelDoniphan to proceed with about one thousand men, against theNavajo Indians. Doniphan carried on his campaign against the Indians until the14th of December; and
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