"During our tedious and annoying confinement at San Miguel, we were visited by every girl in the town, and from the ranchos in the vicinity. Each time they brought us some little delicacy to eat; and if ever men came near being killed with kindness, we were the victims. One party would arrive with a dish of chile guisado, an olla podrida, or hash of stewed mutton, strongly seasoned with red pepper, and really excellent when well made. Scarcely would this party leave us before another would come in, bringing atole and miel; others milk, eggs, tortillas, or bread. Of all these different dishes we were obliged to partake, or wound the feelings of our kind-hearted friends; and the consequence was, that we were frequently compelled to swallow a dozen meals a day for the first week or two of our imprisonment. ...No slight can be greater than the rejection of any eatable proffered by a Mexican girl; and so numerously attended were our levées at San Miguel, that we were frequently employed half the day in paying due honour to our presentations."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
p.321-322
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Narrative_of_the_Texan_Santa_F%C3%A9_Expedition
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition
99 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition →
Related Quotes
"In whatever light a government or an individual may choose to "sit for a portrait," it is certainly the duty of every…"
"The scene in the buffalo range—the "scamper" after those huge animals—is a truthful picture from the quick and fertil…"
"Another word or two and the author will throw himself upon the kindness of his reader. His attempt has been to intere…"
"In the early part of April, 1841, I determined upon making a tour of some kind upon the great Western Prairies, induc…"
"While canvassing the chances and merits of a trip of this kind, I met with Major George T. Howard, then in New-Orlean…"
"Major Howard informed me that it was commercial in its intentions, the policy of the then President of Texas, General…"
"He [Lamar] was led to conceive this project by a well-founded belief that nine tenths of the inhabitants were discont…"
"Texas claimed as her western boundary, the Rio Grande; the inhabitants within that boundary claimed protection of Tex…"
"Texas claims... the Rio Grande as her western boundary; yet, so isolated were Santa Fé, and such of the settled porti…"
"In speaking of the manners, customs, institutions, and character of the Mexicans, the author has simply related what …"