Diary of a Mexican Male Rebel

September 16 1810

Today I have been invited to join Hidalgo’s army. He has wanted me to take part in it as a way to repay him for his previous deeds to my family. He had not directly said so but I wanted to help him in his fight. He has helped my family when it came to money, he did not care of his state, he would help o matter what. I had watched Hidalgo speak today in Dolores. It inspired me and reminded of what I was going to fight for. He had said: "Long live America! Death to the gachupines! Down with the foul government!” this alone had inspired me. He knew there was no other way for this injustice to end but with a war. Our army was small but we knew what we were in for. It was said that the Spanish have over 50,000 soldiers. We have too few to even count.

September 28 1810

Earlier today we were attacked by the Spaniards. We were defeated very easily. We had lacked the proper training that these soldiers have. But in the end of all this I admire Miguel Hidalgo. His bravery is immeasurable as he seems to prove his heroics with every problem he encounters. I am sure this is not the last time the Spanish will hear of us. We will be back to correct this injustice they have put upon us.

January 1811

A lot has happened in the past few months. We have gained many new believers for our cause. Hidalgo has promoted me to be a leader of one of the regiments. The army has become very big, even comparable to the Spaniard army. We may finally have a chance to win this war.

January 1811 (2)

We just fought the royalists as we fought many of us were captured. Some of these men include Hidalgo. He was captured and they plan to execute him. We are hoping for a miracle so we will continue to have such a brave leader.

As we saw his head hung I felt as if we were going to lose this war. I had given up all hope of this belief for a better future. I had believed that it would be possible for us to win this war, but this seems like impossibility with our leader dead. We shall all see him as a great leader but we do not know if we can still continue without him.