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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. PRIVATEERING, PIRACY, AND INVASIONS. 1815-1821. The AsTLtTM Of Mexican Refugees?Herrera's Privateering Scheme ?A Republican Government Established At Galveston?Havoc Inflicted On Spanish Commerce?Arrival Of Mina?Aury And Perry?The Descent On Soro La Marina?Perry's March To Texas?Destruction Of His Band?Aury At Mataoorda Bay?He Leaves Texas For Florida?The Pirate Of The Gulf And The Barratarians?Galveston Occupfto By Lafttte?A Spurious Gov- Ernment?Piratical Depredations?Lafitte Expelled From Gal- Veston?His Biography?Lallemand's Champ D'asile?Settlement Of The Boundary Question?Long's Invasion?Texas Declared A Republic?Destruction Of The Expedition. After this rushing blow, the condition of Texas was deplorable. Many of the inhabitants had fled and taken refuge on the frontier of Louisiana, Davenport1 and other United States settlers had left the country; their crops were destroyed, their cattle carried off, and their houses burned. The spirit of insurrection was suppressed for years, and it was only by the advent of a new race that vitality was again inspired into the province. Besides those revolutionists who escaped from Texas, other refugees from different parts of New Spain made the United States their'home during their exile, and there tried to further the independent cause by collecting troops and arms for another invasion. Norwas the field of these indirect operations an ill-chosen one. A wide-spread sympathy with the patriots in Mexico prevailed in the United States, and but for the vigilance of the government, thousands of volunteers would have accepted the invitation of these refugees. Even as it was, there were not wanting numbers of bold men ready to take all risks and engage in the illegal enterprise of invadir.g such a land of promise. Con...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217657846 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217657842 |
| Weight | 2.06 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.42 In |
| List Price | $40.64 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 644 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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