1813 newspaper w News BATTLE Early SPANISH ruled TEXAS

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the New York Weekly Museum dated Oct 9, 1813. This is a 4 page newspaper with a page size of 12" x 9.5". Inside page report of the DEFEAT of the REPUBLICAN ARMY of the NORTH in TEXAS by Spanish Mexican forces. VERY EARLY news coverage of TEXAS when it was ruled by Spain and BEFORE it became Mexican Texas !! T is a report that AMERICAN CITIZENS were fighting in TEXAS in 1813. This is the EARLIEST reference I have seen in a newspaper of Americans fighting in TEXAS while it was still ruled by Spain !! Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of New Spain from 1690 until 1821. Although Spain nominally claimed ownership of the territory, which comprised part of modern-day Texas , including the land north of the Medina and Nueces Rivers , the Spanish did not attempt to colonize the area until after discovering evidence of the failed French colony of Fort Saint Louis in 1689. In 1690, Alonso De León escorted several Catholic missionaries to East Texas , w they established the first mission in Texas. When native tribes resisted the Spanish presence, the missionaries returned to Mexico, abandoning Texas for the next two decades. During the Mexican War of Independence from 1810–1821, Texas experienced much turmoil. Governor Manuel María de Salcedo was overthrown by rebels in 1810, but persuaded his jailer to release him and assist him in organizing a countercoup. Three years later, the Republican Army of the North , comprised primarily of Indians and Americans, again overthrew the Texas government and executed Salcedo. The Spanish response was brutal, and by 1820 fewer than 2000 Hispanic citizens remained in Texas. Spain was forced to relinquish its control of New Spain in 1821, and Texas becoming a province of the newly formed nation of Mexico , leading to the period in Texas history known as Mexican Texas . The Spanish left a deep mark on Texas. Their European livestock caused mesquite to spread inland while farmers tilled and irrigated the land, changing the landscape forever. Spanish language provided the names for many of the rivers, towns, and counties that currently exist, and Spanish architectural concepts still flourish. Although Texas eventually adopted much of the Anglo-American legal system, many Spanish legal practices were retained, including the concept of a homestead exemption and community property . Although officially neutral during the Spanish civil wars, the United States allowed rebels to trade at American ports and much of the weaponry and ammunition used by the rebels came from the United States. Americans also provided manpower for the conflict, with Natchitoches serving as a launching point for several expeditions into Texas. In 1812, Mexican insurgent Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara led a small force of Americans into Texas. Comanches from the eastern part of Texas quickly joined the insurgency. Calling themselves the Republican Army of the North , the group captured San Antonio in 1813, assassinated the governor, Manuel María de Salcedo , and proclaimed Texas an independent nation. The death of the governor caused many of the Anglo-Americans to desert the cause, but on April 17, 1813, the group composed Texas's first constitution, which provided for a centralized form of government. Spanish forces recaptured the province later that year and executed any Tejanos accused of having Republican tendencies. Within 2 weeks almost 400 rebels were executed and their wives and daughters were imprisoned for 2 months. Royalist soldiers even chased many of the women and children who had fled San Antonio, killing 200–300. Captured Americans were given an opportunity to take an oath of loyalty to Spain, and those who refused were escorted back to the United States. Fearing that the Comanche would stil... read more

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