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remain hsrssbsuts til ihs expiratiOn ef cur time the z9th ef June

 Capt PIkes squadron toSk no part ia the action; il moved about with cei Msys Dragons. ss kind of reserve"

 When the battle esamehced in the morning. l was sure two or three hours would show the vic. tors. bat after hgAtihg hard all day. was not tain but we would have to staaa ,o the scratch ano- ther day. Whea the next day came, and it was known that Santa Anna was gone, truly felt glad. We had all been worn down with fatigue. There s nothing earth that tries one like exertion in battle. Mind and body are at work. Your own grOand you eanaot choose, and your time is not your own.

 We'll, its all over now. and I'm content with a small sPg of laurel gathered oa tha, field of glory Lssrei s eSiiisasd at great srPeass to Uacis Sdn, and gatkered q srcat risk zhea harrssi tis oomss oa.

 live go to San Luis POtosi. I'll stand chance for another sPrig-if there be another fight there, the whole energies of Mexico will be thrown into 1t. But cannot think another stand can he made against us. Had Santa Anna conquered on tho 2Sd. we would have lost all the country west of the Nueees, but bis defeat will result in giving us peace They had all the confidence that they could wish. and as many men; surely they must see now. General Taylor is in Monterey. Gen. Wool is still in command here. He makes no distinctions in dscipiine between volunteers and regulars, but as we are generally camPed soms miles apart, we are not annoyed too much by his orders Still they come tcerably often--and are forgotten as sooa as read

 Ike Alexander was in the battle on his own hook saw hin go by our lines with three prisoners. in the evening" he called them pets that he had cauga, in some of the hoIows towards the mountain. Ike speaks d going 10 Chihuahua with Josiah Gregg. Bat hardly think inc country is safe yet for them 10 travel

 Dave Thompson is we'll. John billiard also Frank REss has got well. Leonard the dutchman tha, let flag ge, eaten, did Bo, think proper to venture b ge, killed. When the bullets began to hiss abou. one chap who was then on the sick re- port and had been ever since he leit home ran the whole fys miles on foot