...hundred men and established his headquarters near us. He would fire his big guns frequently to scare us, thinking by such demonstrations he could make us leave. We had about forty men in our party armed with rifles, while Castro had several hundred soldiers, artillery,...

...found a good place and made camp. General Castro came with several hundred men and established his headquarters near us. He would frequently fire his...he could make us leave. We had in the party about 40 men armed with rifles; Castro had several hundred soldiers of Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry. Fremont...

...found a good place and made a camp. General Castro came with several hundred men and established Ms headquarters near us. He would frequently fire his...received expresses from Monterey from Americans advising Mm to leave, that the Mexicans were strong and would surely attack us. He sent them word that he had...