CHAPTER 32 The Pedregal lay in front of Lee as a contorted black sea with its waves of frozen lava cracked and shattered into sword sharp rock slabs, and crevasses twice as deep as the height of a tall man. The strong odor of volcanic ash riding on the west wind came to him. From his viewpoint the fearsome lava flow seemed impassable to man and weapons. But he must be certain of that. Captain Branham and Lieutenant Grant had returned from probing the defenses of San Antonio and reported the strength of the fortress hacienda and the impossibility of turning it because of Lake Xochimilco and the Pedregal. Lee had requested Scott to allow him to search for a route across the southern end of the lava to the San Angel Road. If he could find a way, they could strike San Antonio by surprise from the rear. He called out to the lieutenant commanding the escort of infantry and led slowly onto the lava. In the distance some two miles away, the volcanic hill Zacatepec rose about three hundred feet above the lava.
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