Сто лет одиночества
Chapter 7
WhentheysawRiohachafromaridgeinthemountains,GeneralVictorioMedinahadbeenshot.ColonelAurelianoBuendía’smenproclaimedhimchiefoftherevolutionaryforcesoftheCaribbeancoastwiththerankofgeneral.HeassumedthepositionbutrefusedthepromotionandtookthestandthathewouldneveracceptitaslongastheConservativeregimewasinpower.Attheendofthreemonthstheyhadsucceededinarmingmorethanathousandmen,buttheywerewipedout.Thesurvivorsreachedtheeasternfrontier.ThenextthingthatwasheardofthemwasthattheyhadlandedonCabodelaVela,comingfromthesmallerislandsoftheAntilles,andamessagefromthegovernmentwassentalloverbytelegraphandincludedinjubilantproclamationsthroughoutthecountryannouncingthedeathofColonelAurelianoBuendía.Buttwodayslateramultipletelegramwhichalmostovertookthepreviousoneannouncedanotheruprisingonthesouthernplains.ThatwashowthelegendoftheubiquitousColonelAurelianoBuendía,began.SimultaneousandcontradictoryinformationdeclaredhimvictoriousinVillanueva.defeatedinGuacamayal,devouredbyMotilónIndians,deadinavillageintheswamp,andupinarmsagaininUrumita.TheLiberalleaders,whoatthatmomentwerenegotiatingforparticipationinthecongress,brandedhiminadventurerwhodidnotrepresenttheparty.Thenationalgovernmentplacedhiminthecategoryofabanditandputapriceoffivethousandpesosonhishead.
