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OPENING OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.

the authority of Hidalgo,[1] who, having thus arranged matters in Celaya, and fearing that Querétaro was too well defended to be successfully assailed under the present condition of his troops, marched on the morning of the 23d in the direction of Guanajuato.[2]

    remain in the position, with the full consent of the government. The insurgents in Celaya, however, discovered this sicle-play, and Camargo escaped to Querétaro, pursued by a troop of cavalry. The exertion and agitation threw him into a fever, and he died a few days afterward. Liceaga, Adic. y Rectific., 100. Liceaga obtained his information from Abasolo's family, which was intimate with Camargo.

  1. See Hidalgo's letter, Doc. 3, in Liceaga, Adic. y Rectific., 212. Alaman erroneously states that the municipality conferred the rank of captain-general upon Hidalgo. Liceaga corrects this mistake. The municipality had no power to appoint military commanders: it was by the proclamation of his troops that Hidalgo was made captain-general.
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