History and government of New Mexico . hed Bents Fort reports had been comingin from various sources that the New Mexicans weremaking feverish preparations to resist the Americanadvance. He, therefore, sent Captain Philip St. GeorgeCooke ahead to Santa Fe to negotiate with General Armijo 136 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO for the peaceful surrender of the Department. Cookesdescription of Armijo is worth recording: he was a large,fine looking man, although his complexion was a shade ortwo darker than the dubious and varying Spanish; hewore a blue frock coat, with a rolling collar and a generalsshoul
History and government of New Mexico . hed Bents Fort reports had been comingin from various sources that the New Mexicans weremaking feverish preparations to resist the Americanadvance. He, therefore, sent Captain Philip St. GeorgeCooke ahead to Santa Fe to negotiate with General Armijo 136 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO for the peaceful surrender of the Department. Cookesdescription of Armijo is worth recording: he was a large,fine looking man, although his complexion was a shade ortwo darker than the dubious and varying Spanish; hewore a blue frock coat, with a rolling collar and a generalsshoulder straps, blue striped trousers with gold lace, anda red sash. Though cordially received by the Governor, Cooke gotno assurance except that Armijo would resist with hiswhole force. And a few days later the news reachedKearny that Armijo had four thousand men with sixcannon stationed at Apache Canyon, fifteen miles fromSanta Fe, to give battle in a position so strong by naturethat the Americans could hardly hope to force the Courtesy of R. E. Tuitche General Kearny Addressing the People in Santa Fe, August 19,1846 161. The Americans Enter Santa Fe. — But whenthe American army filed into the canyon on the morning ofAugust 18, Armijos forces had broken up and left, and THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION 137 the General and his personal followers were in hurriedflight down the Rio Grande. By sundown the army wasencamped on the hills above the town of Santa Fe, GeneralKearny was in the Palace of the Governors, and the Starsand Stripes were floating over the plaza. A salute ofthirteen guns announced the end of the Mexican period andthe beginning of the American. Here, says LieutenantEmory, all persons from the United States are calledAmericans, and the name is extended to no other race onthe continent. On the following morning (August 19) General Kearnyassembled the people in the plaza, explained to them thathe had come to take possession of the country for the UnitedStates, and p
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