*<To THE Chaplain, F&ias John Eyange-
I.I8T Lopez. — Beve&end, — Although I am a pri-
soner, permit me to inquire of your paternity, who
has invested you with the civil authority, and from
whom you have received the right and power to dis-
tribute lands and change the water course ? When
I was first imprisoned by Saldes, you received my
delegated pow«r to take charge of the animals and
what belonged to the testamentary of the late Don
Jos6 Joaquin Larrayn, in order that they, as a sacred
deposit, might be taken care of and strictly pre-
served ; but as you have thought proper to slaughter
and sell the meat, or exchange it for brandy, cards, &c.,
I think proper to transfer their care to another per-
son ; for as I appointed your paternity, whilst under
confinement, I also, under the same circumstances,
demand that you return your nomination, with an
account of the cattle ; and I will make him respon-
sible to the Supreme Government and the executors
of the late Don Jose Joaquin Larrayn, who dares to
destroy or injure the property. I am obliged to act
in this mannet, on account of being surrounded by
a set of ungrateful wretches.
