HENRY SLACK. I was cook on board this vessel. [15] In a coincidence that has never been fully explained, a guard under the command of Machado's concuado, the brother of a brother-in-law and future father-in-law, Captain Jose Alipaz, challenged the dragoons and alerted the camp to their presence. WebTo get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Location even a guess will help. Damp powder reduced the effectiveness of carbines to clubs and pistols to hammers, as described by Felicita[50] a San Pasqual Indian[51] that witnessed the battle. This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 18:56. the apprentice, and Mr. Dunn, the cook, were also in the cabin, and, as far as I recollect, Julian CordeviolaI should say the captain was more than half drunkI had seen him drinking, in the course of the day, braiidy-and-waterI cannot say what quantityto the best of my recollection, immediately Rason name down, the captain took hold of him, and shook him on the sofa, or couch, where he desired him to sit, and struck him once with the bayonet on his sidewith the point of the bayonetI left before his death. Mules are reluctant to wheel, and the horse-mounted Californios outflanked the Americans and captured one of the unattended howitzers. To the best of my knowledge that was the same night that they were first in ironsthe anchor shackles were put on the neck of each of themthe legs of each were ironed with bilboes, and they were hawled up into the tops by ropesour anchor shackle weighs fifty or sixty poundsthey remained in the tops till after Rambert's death, and were then released, and returned to their duty in the shipthings went on quietly after that, till we arrived off FayalI went on shore with the captain thereRason, Lee, and Cone, were part of the boat's crew, who went on shoreI remained with the boatI do not know the British consulI saw a gentleman come to the boat with the captainI thought the captain was rather intoxicated when he returned to the shipMars was at that time acting as first-matewe remained off Fayal till next daywe did not anchor, but it was very calmabout two days after we left Fayal, Rason was sent for into the cabinthe captain had been drinking a good deal, and was rather intoxicatedbefore Rason was sent for the captain said, "There is one son of a bh who has not been examined yet," and desired Morris (who had been ill the greater part of the passage) to be sent forwhen Morris came, the captain asked him if he had heard anything, any plot laid against his life, or something to that effectMorris said he did nothe said he had heard Rason and Cone say, when they arrived in London, they would have law from the captain for what he had doneRason was then called into the cabinhe was sent on deck, and called down againI was in the cabin each time that he came downthe first time that he came the captain said that he would have his law to-night; "It is my day to-night, and yours to-morrow; I will give you law, you son of a bh," and he cut him two or three times with a cutlass about the headafter that he was sent on deckthis was the beginning of the night, about seven or eight o'clock; and between twelve and one he was sent for againI was in the cabin when he came down, and the captain began pitching him about, and striking him with the cutlasshe sat on the sofa sometimesthe captain had been speaking to him about what Morris had said, but I cannot recollect whether that was the second time that he came downhe hit him about two or three times with the cutlass, then put the cutlass down, and took the bayonet in his handwhen he first came down the second time he began cursing and swearing at him and cutting him with the cutlassRason asked him to spare him, both before and after he had cut him with. A. Nothis was the first long voyage I madein the outward voyage nothing particular occurredthe greater part of the men we took in at Hong Kong were newRambert, the chief mate, was newI cannot say how many new hands there were. Before you heard what Yelverton and Frenchhad told the captain, had you heard anything of any mutinous expressions on board? [49][6]:188 Seeing this Kearny exclaimed "Oh, heavens! Prior to capture by the Californios on their return trip, they had hid Stockton's message under a tree, "but when this cache was examined the letters were missing. Their first son, George, was born in 1790. . Captain Turner ordered Lieutenant William H. Emory and a squad of dragoons to engage and drive off the menacing lancers. After U.S. reinforcements arrived, Kearny's troops were able to reach San Diego. The series of military skirmishes ended with both sides claiming victory, and the victor of the battle is still debated. . [78], Historian Lt. Hollon states that Kearny's misjudgments resulted in nearly disastrous consequences for the Army of the West and put the United States plans for conquest and empire in peril. Jose Maria Flores sent about 100 men to San Luis Obispo to confront Lt. Col. John C. Fremont's 300 men moving south from Monterey, and sent another 100 men to watch Stockton's base at San Diego, but Flores kept the bulk of his men at Los Angeles. I was a seaman on board the Tory. A.
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