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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER X. | |
| SPREAD OF THE REVOLUTION AND BATTLE OF CALDERON. | |
| 1810-1811. | |
| Hermosillo's Operations in Sinaloa — Successes at Rosario — His Defeat at San Ignacio — Spread of the Revolution in Nuevo — Santander Coahuila and Nuevo Leon Revolt — Villagran's Doings — Biography of Cruz — Plan of Calleja — Tumult in Valladolid — Cruz Enters Valladolid — He Reorganizes the Government — Engagement at Urepetiro — Allende Joins Hidalgo at Guadalajara — A Council of War — Hidalgo Takes up a Position at the Bridge of Calderon — Plan of Battle-field — Calleja's Dispositions — Flon's Impetuosity — The Revolutionists Nearly Triumphant — Their Final Defeat — Death of Flon His Character. | 237 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| HIDALGO'S CAPTURE AND DEATH. | |
| 1811. | |
| Cruz Joins Calleja at Guadalajara — Humility of the Audiencia, Church, and University — Calleja Establishes a Junta de Seguridad — Cruz Regains San Blas — Death of Mercado — Hidalgo Compelled to Surrender his Command — The Insurgent Leaders Retire tc Saltillo — They Decide to Go to the United States — Operations in San Luis Potosí — Death of Herrera — Counter-revolution in Texas — Capture and Execution of Ignacio Aldama Elizondo's Treacherous Plot — Capture of Hidalgo and Revolutionary Chiefs — Iriarte's Death — The Captives are Sent to Chihuahua — Their Trial — Abasolo's Deposition — Executions — Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction — Hidalgo's Execution His Character. | 259 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| MORELOS AND RAYON. | |
| 1811. | |
| State of the Revolution after Hidalgo's Capture — Biography of Morelos — His Character — His Meeting with Hidalgo and Commission — Morelos in Michoacan — The Royalist Páris Defeated — Morelos Marches to Chilpancingo — The Family of the Bravos — Capture of Tixtla — Defeat of the Royalist Fuentes — A Conspiracy Suppressed — Rayon Retreats from Saltillo — He Defeats Ochoa — A Terrible March — The Platform of the Insurgent Leader — Rayon Evacuates Zacatecas — Trujillo's Doings in Valladolid — Retreat of the Insurgents. | 290 |
