. Young folks' history of Mexico. as-sume dictatorial powers, again retiredto his estate in Vera Cruz. He was akeen politician and student of events,and he left it to his vice-presidents, the SANTA ANNA. ^ celebrated Farias and Barragan, to bearthe odium of certain unpopular acts. [A. D. 1835.] The cloud of war began to settle overthe territory of Texas, where the first fighting betweenAmerican colonists and Mexicans occurred in October,1835. In December, San Antonio was taken by theTexan general, Houston, and it was to avenge the loss ofhis troops that Santa Anna gathered over 7000 men andmar
. Young folks' history of Mexico. as-sume dictatorial powers, again retiredto his estate in Vera Cruz. He was akeen politician and student of events,and he left it to his vice-presidents, the SANTA ANNA. ^ celebrated Farias and Barragan, to bearthe odium of certain unpopular acts. [A. D. 1835.] The cloud of war began to settle overthe territory of Texas, where the first fighting betweenAmerican colonists and Mexicans occurred in October,1835. In December, San Antonio was taken by theTexan general, Houston, and it was to avenge the loss ofhis troops that Santa Anna gathered over 7000 men andmarched for the late scene of conflict. The massacre ofthe Alamo followed, by which an entire garrison was putto the sword by the order of Santa Anna, who deservesexecration for this event alone, had he no other terriblesins to answer for at the bar of God. He later murderedin cold blood a body of Texans who had surrenderedto him in good faith, and added another blot to those whichalreadv tarnished his fame as a soldier. Defeat soon. Events in Texas. 427 followed, and he was captured in April, 1836, with thegreater portion of his men. The Americans did notretaliate upon him for his atrocities, but set him at libertyin the following year, when, after visiting the President ofthe United States, he returned to Mexico.( Texas was now lost to Mexico, mainly through her ownfolly in maintaining civil strife within her borders.,; SantaAnna returned in disgrace to Vera Cruz, where for a whilehe hid his hateful presence from the people ; but in 1838,during a political revolt, he placed himself at the head ofan army, crushed the rebellion, and shot the leader, thebrave Mexia, [A. D. 1838.] In the winter of that year Mexico wasthreatened from abroad, a French fleet appearing at VeraCruz to demand satisfaction for the ill-treatment of subjectsof that nation, and the payment of long-standing repelling an attack made on the city by the invaders,Santa Anna, bravely fighting, lost a leg.
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