But with his ship taken from him and no longer able to
sustain the siege of the allies, he surrendered to the forces of the
United States. In the agreement drawn up by him and Davis,
Walker provided for the care, by Davis, of the sick and wounded,
for the protection after his departure of the natives who had fought
with him, and for the transportation of himself and officers to the
United States.
On his arrival in New York he received a welcome such as later
was extended to Kossuth, and, in our own day, to Admiral Dewey.
The city was decorated with flags and arches; and banquets, fetes,
and public meetings were everywhere held in his honor. Walker
received these demonstrations modestly, and on every public
occasion announced his determination to return to the country of
which he was the president, and from which by force he had been
driven. At Washington, where he went to present his claims, he
received scant encouragement. His protest against Captain Davis
was referred to Congress, where it was allowed to die.
Within a month Walker organized an expedition with which to
regain his rights in Nicaragua, and as, in his new constitution for
that country, he had annulled the old law abolishing slavery,
among the slave-holders of the South he found enough money and
recruits to enable him to at once leave the United States.
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