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Rh and Victoriano Maldonado, an Indian of great resolution and intelligence. From Tlapa he inarched to Chautla de la Sal, where Mateo Musitú, a rich Spaniard, had organized and armed at his own expense a considerable force, fortifying himself in a strong building which had formerly been the convent of the Augustinians. Morelos, however, despite the vigorous defence made, carried the place by storm, and captured Musitú and 200 of his men. Although Musitú offered fifty thousand dollars for his life, he was treated with the severity dealt to belligerents, and shot with other Spaniards who were taken prisoners with him.

At Chautla, Morelos divided his force into three divisions, one of which he placed under the command of Miguel Bravo, with instructions to march against Oajaca; with the second Galeana was sent to attack Tasco; at the head of the remaining division Morelos advanced to Izúcar, which he entered on the 10th of December without opposition, and was there joined by Mariano Matamoros, the acting cura of Jantetelco, who afterward figured as a prominent revolutionary chief. On the 17th, however, he was attacked by a force of over 500 men under the command of Miguel de Soto y Maceda, a lieutenant of the navy, sent against him by Llano who, in recognition of his