... lost fifteen hundred men. Memory is horror-struck in recalling the abominable cruelties then perpetrated by Goyeneche in Cochabamba. Would to God it were possible to forget this ungrateful American, who, on the day of his entrance into the city, ordered... Voyage to South America - Seite 301von Henry Marie Brackenridge - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe), Caesar Augustus Rodney, John Graham - 1819 - 378 Seiten
...had elapsed re-commenced hostilities, attacked our troops, and a bloody battle ensued, in which he lost fifteen hundred men. Memory is horror-struck...the head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike. When it was severed from the body, by his command the headless trunk was dragged through the streets,... | |
| Vicente Pazos Kanki - 1819 - 714 Seiten
...Lopez Andreu, who presented it, trembling with terror. He ordered the respectable governor intendant, Antesana, to be shot; and, observing with complacency...the head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike. When it was severed from the body by his command, the headless trunk was dragged through the streets,... | |
| William Davis Robinson - 1820 - 450 Seiten
...Lopez Andreu, who presented it, trembling with terror. He ordered the respectable governor intendant, Antesana, to be shot; and, observing with complacency...the head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike. When it was severed from the body by his command, the headless trunk was dragged through the streets,... | |
| United States. Congress - 1854 - 716 Seiten
...American, who, on the day of his entrance into the city, ordered the respectable Governor Intendant to be shot, and, observing with complacency, from...cried out to his troops not to shoot the victim in his head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike; and when it was severed from the body, the headless... | |
| United States. Congress - 1854 - 732 Seiten
...American, who, on the day of his entrance into the city, ordered. the respectable Governor Intendant to be shot, and, observing with complacency, from...cried out to his troops not to shoot the victim in his head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike; and when it was severed from the body, the headless... | |
| United States. Congress - 1854 - 714 Seiten
...American, who. on the day of his entrance into the city, ordered the respectable Governor Intendant to be shot, and, observing with complacency, from...cried out to his troops not to shoot the victim in his head, as it was wanted to be stuck upon a pike; and when it was severed from the body, the headless... | |
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