History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . of a new Spanish conquest, says ]\iarineo, were for theroyal alferez or ensign to raise the standard of the cross, the sign ofour salvation, on the summit of the principal fortress, when all whobeheld it prostrated themselves on their knees in silent worship of theAlmighty, while the priests chanted the Tc Dcum Laudamns. Tlieensign or penno
History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations . of a new Spanish conquest, says ]\iarineo, were for theroyal alferez or ensign to raise the standard of the cross, the sign ofour salvation, on the summit of the principal fortress, when all whobeheld it prostrated themselves on their knees in silent worship of theAlmighty, while the priests chanted the Tc Dcum Laudamns. Tlieensign or pennon of St. James, the patron of Spain, was then un-folded, and all invoked his blessed name. Lastly, the standard of thesovereigns emblazoned with the royal arms was displayed, at whichthe army shouted as if with one voice, Castile ! Castile ! Afterthese solemnities, a bishop led the way to the principal mosque, which,after rites of purification, he consecrated to the service of the truefaith. It was stated in All the Year Ifound, in 18G6, that the flag ofPizarro was then preserved in the Municipal Hall at Caracas, S. A.,enshrined in a glass case, it having been sent from Peru in 1837. All the silk and velvet are eaten off, but the gold wire with the. Banner of Balboa. OF ANCIENT AND MODERN NATIONS. 91 device of a lion and the word Carlos remained. Tlie flag is about fivefeet long and three broad, and being folded double in the frame, butone-half is seen. They will not allow it to be taken out. Per con-tra, General San Martin, when he voluntarily resigned the reins ofpower at Lima, in his speech on that memorable occasion, said, I keepas a record the standard which Pizarro bore when he enslaved theempire of the Incas. In answer to inquiries which I instituted in1879, concerning this flag, through the Hon. Eichard Gibbs, U. S. Min-ister to Peru, Seiior Camacho, a nephew of Bolivar, wrote Col. Manuel deOdnozola, under date, Lima, April 22,1879 : When I was Secretaryof the Municipal
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