The success of Apodaca's campaign measures justify the insinuations cast on Calleja, as being either neglectful or calculating. Within a few months the revolution had been crushed throughout the vast extent of Vera Cruz, Puebla, Mexico, Mizteca, and Tecpan, while in the semicircle north of Mexico province it had been reduced to insignificant proportions, leaving only a few organized bands in the central ranges of Michoacan, in the Bajío of Guanajuato, round San Felipe, and in Sierra Gorda, which coöperated to some extent under the direction of the junta of Jaujilla in Lake Zacapo. Remnants of dispersed forces could also be found elsewhere, but reduced to fugitives and bandits, and manifesting their presence mainly by descents for plunder from their secret haunts. This result had been accomplished by an energetic execution of Calleja's plans, in conjunction with a more humane attitude, as manifested especially in liberal offers of pardon. The continuance of this policy promised a speedy restoration of complete order, for the enormous odds against the few insurgents were steadily growing, and the tenders of submission came literally pouring in.[1] It must not be supposed, however, that revolutionary ideas were fading. Men were merely drawing back before imposing might, awaiting an opportunity for a combined and harmonious rally round some influential leader with a stronger war-cry.
- ↑ As shown in the Gaz. de Mex. during the opening months of 1817.
Gorda, which did not prove so successful, owing to the coöperation among the leaders, Borja, El Giro, and Doctor Magos. Gaz. de Mex., 1817, viii. 9-36, 355 et seq.; also Id., 1815-10, passim; Notlcioso Gen., Id.; Bustamante, Cuad. Hist., v. 47, etc.
