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Rh in the Peninsula allowed again of a freedom of intercourse amongst the Creoles, they found, with surprise, that all differences of opinion had disappeared, and that the army was ready to co-operate with its old enemies, the Insurgents, for the attainment of those political rights, against which it had fought during the earlier stages of the Revolution. Before we arrive, however, at this National movement, in which Iturbide took the lead, it will be necessary to take a rapid view of the events, by which it was preceded.

After the death of Morelos, the country (as I have already stated) was divided into districts, in each of which one of his former lieutenants took the lead. Guerrero occupied the Western coast, where he maintained himself in the fastnesses of the Sierra Madre until the year 1821, when he joined Iturbide. Răyōn commanded in the vicinity of Hălpŭjāhuacă, where he successively occupied two fortified camps, one on the Cerro del Gallo, and the other on that of Cōpŏrŏ. Teràn held the district of Tĕhŭacān, in La Puebla. Bravo was a wanderer in different parts of the country. The Băxīŏ was tyrannized over by the Padre Tōrrĕs; while Guădĕlūpĕ Victoria occupied the important Province of Veracruz. The intervening spaces were overrun by insurgent partizans. Ălbīnŏ Gărcīă, el Păchōn,