 American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature. |
| In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army. |
| Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you. |
| I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return. |
| If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war? |
| On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian. |
| A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was. |
| There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove. |
| Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation. |
| Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father? |
| They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy. |
| Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag. |
| The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done. |
| May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country. |
| Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place. |
| You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not? |
| Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines. |
| I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms. |
| A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable. |
| The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went. |
