That man has done us a great deal of harm.

He hangs every patriot who falls into his hands, and I have made up my mind to hang him!" After this there was nothing more to be said, and I held my peace.

I soon found, moreover, that albeit Mejia often made a show of consulting me he had no intention of accepting my advice, and that all his officers (except Carmen) and most of his men regarded me as a _gringo_ (foreign interloper) and were envious of my promotion, and jealous of my supposed influence with the general.
We bivouacked in a valley on the verge of the llanos, and the next few days were spent in raiding cattle and preparing _tasajo_.

We had also another successful encounter with a party of Morale's guerillas.

This raised Mejia's spirits to the highest point, and made him more resolute than ever to attack San Felipe.