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Title: Deeds of valor : how America's heroes won the medal of honor : personal reminiscences and records of officers and enlisted men who were awarded the congressional medal of honor for most conspicuous acts of bravery in battle : combined with an abridged history of our country's wars
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Beyer, Walter F Keydel, Oscar F. (Oscar Frederick), b. 1871
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Perrien-Keydel Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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sing a piece of canvas for the bed. While busy attending to the making of this I heard someone calling, and goingout a short distance saw Concepcion, the interpreter, standing with some Mexicansabout 200 yards away. He beckoned to me and I went forward to talk to the men,as I was the only one who could speak Spanish, Horn being wounded. I had sentConcepcion to drive back some of the captured Indian stock which had wandered offduring the fight. As I advanced toward the Mexicans they saluted me very courte-ously, and in a friendly way said that before they left they wanted to have a talk.It was raining and they asked me to step under a sheltering rock near by; this wasthe very point from which they had first fired. On stepping under the rock I foundmyself confronted with about fifty Mexicans, all armed with Remington rifles, and»a hard looking lot. I would here .state that I had sent them, according to mypromise, six of the captured Indian horses, which, however, they had not received.
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I CAME TO CAPTURE OR DESTROY YOU. — 310 — as they said the horses were no good, being wounded and worn out; but of this I didnot know at the time. Old Concepcion was detained by them. He was a Mexicanwho had been stolen by the Apaches when a boy, and was employed as an interpre-ter, as he knew the Apache language. The manner of the Mexicans when they found me in their power had undergonea marked change. They became insolent, stating that we had killed their officersand that we were marauders and had no authority in their country. They demandedmy papers. I explained that there was a treaty between Mexico and the UnitedStates, but that I had no papers, as Captain Crawford had left all our baggage withthe pack-train. Their language was insolent and threatening. I now appreciatedmy position and realized that the consequence of my being away from the com-mand with the interpreter was that there was no one with the scouts who couldmake himself understood by them. The Mexicans stated tha

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