A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . JamesBowie. Piedras refused their demands, and on August i, withthree hundred men, they attacked his garrison in Nacogdochesand drove him out. He retreated towards San Antonio, wasintercepted by Bowie and forced to surrender, when he andthree hundred prisoners were sent out ofthe country. Thus it seemed the Tex-ans were victorious e\erywhere. But thecourse of events was not the establishment of the State of The stateCoahuila and Texas, the Mexican part ^g^^*^^of the state, by its majority in the legis-lature,
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . JamesBowie. Piedras refused their demands, and on August i, withthree hundred men, they attacked his garrison in Nacogdochesand drove him out. He retreated towards San Antonio, wasintercepted by Bowie and forced to surrender, when he andthree hundred prisoners were sent out ofthe country. Thus it seemed the Tex-ans were victorious e\erywhere. But thecourse of events was not the establishment of the State of The stateCoahuila and Texas, the Mexican part ^g^^*^^of the state, by its majority in the legis-lature, had controlled all legislation, andthe policy adopted was not friendly tothe American colonies in Texas. In1830, Letona was elected governor ofthe state, while Juan Martin Veramendiwas made vice-governor. The latter wasa Texan, being a citizen of San Antonio, and the father-in-lawof James Bowie. This seemed favorable to Texas. Then, Aus-tins influence in the legislature was most prudent and concilia- RoBERT M. Williamson.( Three-legged Willie.) Piedras drivenout. James Bowik. 172 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Period 111. TheRevolution 1832 TOIS36 Texas seeksseparation First popularconvention,October 1, 1832 Memorial to Mexican government tory. But on April 28, 1832, the legislature at Saltillo repealedthe state colonization law of 1825, and enacted one that con-tained Bustamentes Decree of 1830, limiting all colonial con-tracts to Mexicans. It, however, contained a few liberal pro-visions as to existing contracts, secured by Austins was evident to all observing men, from the recent troublesin Texas, that a separation must be had from the Mexican gov-ernment beyond the Rio Grande, and if the Constitution of1824 was adhered to, this could be easily and peaceably Austins influence in 1823, it will be remembered that aproviso had been inserted in the constitutive act of January 4, 1824, passed by the MexicanCongress, by which Texasmight establish a separate
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