CHAPTER XXIII.

Duties of a Garrison.--The Garita.--We Make a Night March, and Surprise Ligueras.--The Killed.--Lady with them.--Our Trophies.--The Commandante's Wife.--Is the Innocent Cause of Murdering a Horse.--False Alarm.--Another Night Skirmish; when the Guide gets a Bullet through his Head, and is Cursed by his Family. 159