. California; an intimate history. GEN. JOHN C. FREMONT GEN. M. G. VALLEJO THE BEAR-FLAG REVOLUTION Gillespie had arrived with despatches for him from theUnited States government and was under directions tofind him, wherever he might be. He had trailed him formany weary leagues north of the fort, and was now incamp some forty-five miles south and surrounded bydangers from hostile Indians. Then, says Fremont,I knew that the hour had come! When Fremont was examined in 1847-48 before theClaims Committee in Washington he protected theUnited States with masterly evasions, but many yearslater, both
. California; an intimate history. GEN. JOHN C. FREMONT GEN. M. G. VALLEJO THE BEAR-FLAG REVOLUTION Gillespie had arrived with despatches for him from theUnited States government and was under directions tofind him, wherever he might be. He had trailed him formany weary leagues north of the fort, and was now incamp some forty-five miles south and surrounded bydangers from hostile Indians. Then, says Fremont,I knew that the hour had come! When Fremont was examined in 1847-48 before theClaims Committee in Washington he protected theUnited States with masterly evasions, but many yearslater, both in articles over his own name and in an inter-view with Josiah Royce, he asserted that the messagesfrom headquarters—destroyed by Gillespie before enter-ing Mexico—conveyed to him the authoritative informa-tion that the United States purposed to seize California,and that he was absolved from his duty as an explorerand left to perform his duty as an officer of the UnitedStates. As for Senator Bentons letters delivered byGillesp
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