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George W. Kendall of New Orleans, the other tourist from the
United States on the expedition, has been mentioned briefly
above. His case may be stated now in some detail. Desirous of
travelling through that part of the country which it was ex-
pected that the party would traverse, and believing that the ob-
jects of the venture were purely commercial, Kendall decided to
make the journey to Santa Fe. He announced his plans through
the columns of his newspaper, The Daily Picayune. It was his
intention within a few months to return to the United States,
either by way of Missouri or through lower Mexico. According
to his own statement, which, though questioned later by the
Mexican government, is sustained by the weight of evidence, be-
fore leaving New Orleans Kendall procured from the Mexican
vice-consul in that city a papssort which should allow him to
enter Mexico at any place he might choose.6
At Austin, before the expedition had left, the Secretary of
State of Texas extended Kendall an invitation to be a guest of
the party. He was to be subject to no control whatever and was
to remain with the expedition as long as he wished. As a mat-
ter of safety for himself as well as the others, however, he agreed
to obey all orders. Although armed, Kendall was not a soldier.
He did not intend to participate in any fighting unless in de-
fense against the Indians. Nor was it his purpose to take part
in any action, friendly or hostile to Mexico, after the expedi-
tion had reached Santa Fe.?
Kendall also was a member of the group which separated from
the main force of the expedition on September 1st. Then, too,
he was one of the five men who preceded this advance party from
a point near the Rio Gallinas, in order to carry Lamar's com-
munication to the officials in San Miguel. This he did upon
25th Messory also took it for granted that the appointment had been
made.
6Kendall, Narrative, I, pp. 13-20. In view of the later controversy
over the question of the existence of the passport it should be noted
here that J. H. Brewer, of New Orleans, afterwards asserted that he
had accompanied Kendall when it was granted. F. A. Lumsden and A.
M. Holbrook to Tyler, March 12, 1842, in The Daily Picaywne, March 20,
1842. Thomas Falconer and George Vanness, appearing before John
Black, the United States Consul in Mexico City, took oath to the effect
that often Kendall had shown it to them. 27th Cong., 2nd Sess., Sen.
Doc. 325, pp. 49-50.
'Kendall, Narrative, I, p. 70.294
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