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| CHAPTER XIV. | ||
| THE REVOLUTIONS IN NEW GRANADA AND QUITO. | ||
| 1809–1813. | ||
Excitement in New Granada — Expedition against Quito — Reinstallation of the late Captain-General of Quito — Massacres by the Royalist Soldiery — Revolution at Cartagena — Outbreak on the Plains of Casanare — A Junta established at Pamplona — And at Socorro — Pacific Revolution at Bogotá — Establishment of a Junta — Social Anarchy — Proposals to summon a Congress — The State of Cundinamarca — Nariño appointed Dictator — Congress adopts the Federal System of Government and retires to Ibague — The Province of Cartagena declares itself an Independent State — Preparations of the Royalists — Torices named Dictator of Cartagena — Operations against Santa Marta — Arrival of a New Viceroy — The First Victory of the Patriots — Another Insurrection in Quito — Successes of Montufar and Macaulay — Treachery of the Pastusos — La Vendée of the Revolution — Installation of a Junta at Quito — Operations in the South — Quito declares itself an Independent State — Murder of Ruiz de Castillo — Victory of the Royalists at Mocha — Capture of Quito — Massacres at Popayán — The Policy of Nariño — The Congress at Leiva — Dr. Camilo Torres named President — Civil War — Arrival of another Viceroy — Cundinamarca and Antioquia declare themselves Independent States — Congress places Nariño in Command of the Army — Successes of Nariño — His Passage of the River Juanambú — Dispersion of his Army — He is sent in Irons to Spain — Operations of Bolívar against Santa Marta — Defeat of an Expedition from Cartagena — Bolívar conceives the Idea of Reconquering Venezuela — He crosses the Cordillera — His Memorial to the People of New Granada — President Torres adopts his Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XXXVIII. | ||
| THE RECONQUEST OF VENEZUELA. | ||
| 1813. | ||
| "Pacification" by Monteverde — The Signal for Revolt — Triste — The Expedition to the Mainland — Cruelties of Zuazola — Defeat of the Royalists at Maturin — The Island of Margarita — Arismendi — Siege of Cumaná — Cajigal retreats to Guayana — Mariño named Dictator of the Eastern Provinces — The Expedition of Briceño — Defeat of Correa by Castillo — Bolívar's Commission from the Congress of Granada — Capture of Mérida and Trujillo — Bolívar fulminates a Decree of Extermination against all Royalists — Marti Defeated by Rivas — Rout of Izquierdo — Valencia and Caracas evacuated by Royalists — The Genius of Bolívar — His Triumphant Entry into Caracas — He proclaims Himself | ||
