. Young folks' history of Mexico. esson offreedom ! From the year 1816, through 1820, Juan de Apodaca,Count of Venadito, represented the royal power in NewSpain. His mild rule was admirably adapted to theconciliation of the dissatisfied Indians and Creoles. In 1817 the disbanded rebels received new encourage-ment from an unexpected source. There was in Spain aguerilla chief named Xavier Mina, who had fought againstthe Bonapartes, and who, having failed in exciting a revo-lution, fled to Mexico with many adherents. Landing onthe coast with three hundred and fifty men, he successivelydefeated di
. Young folks' history of Mexico. esson offreedom ! From the year 1816, through 1820, Juan de Apodaca,Count of Venadito, represented the royal power in NewSpain. His mild rule was admirably adapted to theconciliation of the dissatisfied Indians and Creoles. In 1817 the disbanded rebels received new encourage-ment from an unexpected source. There was in Spain aguerilla chief named Xavier Mina, who had fought againstthe Bonapartes, and who, having failed in exciting a revo-lution, fled to Mexico with many adherents. Landing onthe coast with three hundred and fifty men, he successivelydefeated different parties sent against him, and on oneoccasion took a fortified hacienda, with a booty of onehundred and forty thousand dollars. Not meeting with theaid he had anticipated from the Independents, he was atlast driven to bay in the central part of the state of Guana-juato, where, overwhelmed by the numerous forces sentagainst him, he fell, bravely fighting to the last. Thusterminated the short, though glorious, career of this. Guerrero the Patriot. 417 champion of Mexican indepentience, in a little over sixmonths from the time of his landing. There was now but one rebel chief in the field. Theviceroy considered the rebellion crushed. But this oneleader, alone, after all the others had been captured, oravailed themselves of the pardon offered by the viceroy,maintained alive the sacred fire of liberty and independ-ence. Don Vicente Guerrero— a name that should ever besacred to Mexicans — retreated with his followers to thefastnesses of the mountains, where he protected the mem-bers of the persecuted Junta, or Congress, and whencehe made frequent sallies upon the enemy. Born of humbleparentage, in 1782, his youth was passed (as was that ofthe great Morelos) in the occupation of a muleteer. In1810 he cast his lot with the revolutionists, and soonbecame famous for his valor, for his clemency to thevanquished, and his activity in the campaigns. Resistingevery bribe held out t
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