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got authority to do what I do," and I went. Morris Simons, we
were together, and he gave us the contract through the fight, and
he says, "I will extend it, so you can make something out of it,
and then turn it back to this regular contractor," he says; "I will
make it all right." Says I, "All right."
So we went down, Morris and me, and struck an old fellow
named Boca Negra, a Mexican, rich, and had a big stock of cattle,
and I got a friend of ours by the name of Peacock, and went to
Boca Negra's house and knocked, and says, "I want so many
cattle, and I am ordered by the General to arrest you and hold
you until you must put them cattle here at a certain time."
He said he didn't have any cattle. I said, "I know better; you
just come along with me now," and of course our troops were all
over the city. I says, "I have got an order here to arrest you," and
I pulled out a piece of paper-of course he couldn't read Eng-
lish-and says I, "I'll just put you in charge of this man, and I
know you have got the cattle and I want them here at a certain
time, and if you don't have them I shall report you. I will have
you taken up to headquarters." He says, "All right Just leave
this man here in my house with me, I will stay right here, and I
will have the cattle."
But for fear he might not get them-this was just on the eve of
the battle-for fear he might not get them, Morris and me started
down to Rinconada, and between Rinconada and Monterrey I
knew a party that had some cattle, and I didn't intend making
any bones about it. I just went down there and we collected up
a drove and started with them. I hired two Mexicans to help us;
came up to Rinconada, and old General [Thomas] Marshall was
there with heavy artillery and company of infantry, and I think
a squad of Arkansas cavalry-yes, I know he did, because Pike
was there himself-and says I, "General," it was just dark, "got
any place?"-of course, I was very polite to him-"If you could
accommodate us tonight, I have got some cattle for the army,
they are pretty near out, if you could let us pen."
He says, "I have only got one pen, and my cattle are in there."
Says I, "That don't make any difference, General, we will pen
them, and in the morning we will part your cattle out and take
ours on." He says, "All right, my son, that will do." So the next
morning before anything was stirring at all-he gave me the coun-
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