Translation of the first message from Dr.Ramos Benítez

I wrote the article published by El Norte on 23 sep 2005 in Section "Life". The Maid of Monterrey was a heroine who on 21 sep 1846 left his house near the Tenerías and the Santa Lucía River,in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México (not in Monterrey Calif. as erroneously said), she observed the soldiers and then started to serve food and water to men of both armies, also helping those wounded and praying along with those who were dying, until a bullet reached her and hurted her to death. The soldier who sent this news to the Louisville Courier on Oct 1846 mentioned that she raised her eyes to the sky and claimed "Oh,God, this is the war". She was buried in the surroundings of the battle, later Hewwit composed a song for her, and a novel was created by Ned Buntline. An investigation on the remainings (found 9 years back) is currently in progress.

The second post confirms that the Maid of Monterrey has been real, not fictional, as witnessed by the soldiers in Oct 17 1846, later on a fictional character was composed in the novel by Buntline, but the person is real. He makes reference to Crónica de los Gringos, Juda 1965.

Hope this helps, un abrazo
Andrés (in Buenos Aires, fortunately 400 km far from the city where Mr.Bush is coming to :)))