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Excerpt from Commerce of the Prairies, Vol. 2: Or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader; During Eight Expeditions Across the Great Western Prairies; And a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico
Previous to the return of this party from their trapping expedition, Armijo had succeeded Narbona in o?ice, and they were informed that it was his intention to seize their furs. To prevent this, they deposited them at a neighboring village, where they were afterwards discovered, seized, and confiscated. The furs being damp, they were spread out in the sun before the Guardia, in Santa Fé, when Sublette, per ceiving two packs of beaver which had been his own property, got by honest labor, instantly seized them and carried them away before the eyes of the whole garrison, and concealed both them and his own person in a house opposite. The entire military force was immediately put in requisition, and a general search made for the offender and his prize; but in vain: indeed, if the truth must be spoken, the troops seemed to have as little desire to find Sublette as the latter had of being found; for his character was too well known to leave any room for hope that his capture could be effected without a great deal [229] of trouble. In the meanwhile, Armijo raved, and threatened the Americans for not ferret ing out their countryman and delivering him over to justice. Failing to produce any impression by blustering, however, he caused a couple of cannons to be pointed at the house where the offender was supposed to be concealed, declaring at the same time that he would batter it down; but all to no purpose. Mr. Sublette finally conveyed his furs in safety to the frontier, and thence to the United States.
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