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Made and entered into at the Ranch of Couenga, this thirteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, between P.B. Reading, major; Louis McLane, junr., commanding 3rd Artillery; William H. Russell, ordnance officer commissioners appointed by J.C. Fremont, Colonel United States Army, and Military Commandant of California; and José Antonio Carillo, commandant esquadron; Augustin Olivera, deputado commissioners appointed by Don Andres Pico, Commander-in-chief of the Californian forces under the Mexican flag.
The Californian spies have shown themselves at various times to-day, on the summits of the hills on our right. Distance 12 miles. January 10. Crossing the plain, we encamped, about two o'clock P.M., in the mouth of a canada, through which we ascend over a difficult pass in a range of elevated hills between us and the plain of San Fernando, or Couenga.
A consultation was held and terms were suggested, and, as I understand, partly agreed upon, but not concluded. The officers left in the afternoon. January 13. We continued our march, and encamped near a deserted rancho at the foot of Couenga plain.
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