On August 16, 1846, Stephen W. Kearny's "Army of the West" reached the New Mexican village of San Miguel del Vado, where Kearny promised the inhabitants good government and protection of their freedoms, and administered the oath of allegiance to the principal citizens. San Miguel, located along the Pecos River, a few miles southeast of Santa Fe, was earlier in 1841 the site where members of the Texan Santa Fe expedition had been captured and imprisoned before they were sent to Mexico City. See Sandweiss, Stewart, and Huseman, Eyewitness to War, pp. 140-141, cat. no. 24.
Date: 1841-00-00 1848-00-00
Format: images
Publisher and Date Published: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, printers 1848-00-00
Language: English
Publication Place: Washington (District of Columbia)
Contributor:
Emory, William H; United States Army, Corps of Topographical Engineers
Creator:
Abert, James William
Call Number: F 786 .U571
Source Title: Notes of a military reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers / By Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory. Made in 1846-7, with the advanced guard of the
