. Brief history of Texas from its earliest settlement to which is appended the constitution of the state. legiance tothe King of Spain. Don Louis Avery.—This man claimed authority byvirtue of an appointment from Herera, Minister of the Mexi-can Republicans to the United States. He was declaredGovernor of Texas, and held his headquarters at with him were Zavier Mina, a fugitive fromFrance, and others. In 1817, Avery with a naval, and Minawith a land force, left Galveston with the intention of in-vading Mexico. Mina was routed and killed, and Avery re-turning to Galveston, f
. Brief history of Texas from its earliest settlement to which is appended the constitution of the state. legiance tothe King of Spain. Don Louis Avery.—This man claimed authority byvirtue of an appointment from Herera, Minister of the Mexi-can Republicans to the United States. He was declaredGovernor of Texas, and held his headquarters at with him were Zavier Mina, a fugitive fromFrance, and others. In 1817, Avery with a naval, and Minawith a land force, left Galveston with the intention of in-vading Mexico. Mina was routed and killed, and Avery re-turning to Galveston, found that place in possession of thepirate Lafitte, who claimed to be Governor. Accordingly,Avery left Texas. Dr. James Long, of Tennessee, next in 1819 raisedan army for the occupation of Texas. He established aProvisional Government at Nacogdoches, called a council, 30 HISTORY OF TEXAS, and issued a declaration setting forth that Texas was andshould be an independent Republic. But after many mis-fortunes he was captured and sent to Mexico, where, alterbeing released in j 822, he was Ruins of Lafittes Fort. Lafitte.*—Between the year 1817 and 1820, the cele-brated freebooter of the Gulf held sway in Galveston. Hebuilt a town there which he called Campeachy. His author-ity was supreme over his subjects, and he lived in almostregal splendor. His establishment was finally broken up by * Jean Lafitte was a native of Bordeaux, France. At an early age he ran awayfrom home and enlisted in a British ship of war. Deserting this soon after he wentto South America. About 1806 he fitted out a privateer, in which he coasted in theWest Indian seas, and in a few years, by his bold exploits he acquired great wealth,and by the singular attractiveness he possessed, gathered around him a most de-voted band of followers. From 1811 to 1813 the headquarters of Lafitte were uponthe island of Grand Terre, or, as it was afterwards called, Barritaria. This islandis about sixty miles
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