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The Tampico Expedition.
that they had no guarantee from nor control over him; but it was
passed over his veto, nevertheless, without alteration.'
The next morning, however, a report reached the council that
the enemy had large reinforcements on the march to Bexar, and
another resolution was hastily passed, asking General Mexia to pro-
ceed thither and strengthen the Texans who were besieging the
place. He was authorized to draw on the government "for any
amount of money necessary in forwarding the objects of said reso-
lution," and a copy of the resolution was sent to him by special
express,-James Power, a member of the council volunteering for
that service.2
Colonel Pettus, in the meantime, after doing what he could to
fit out Mexia, had already advised him to repair to Bexar. The
easiest route from Quintana was by sea to Copano and thence over-
land, but the men, while expressing their entire willingness to go,
wanted to make the whole trip by land; so Pettus put them aboard
the steamboat "Laura," and started up the Brazos, with the inten-
tion, perhaps, of going by San Felipe to give Mexia an opportunity
of explaining his plans to the general council. Whether Mexia
himself expected to go on to Bexar is doubtful. On their arrival
at Columbia-probably in the afternoon of the 12th,-Pettus heard
that the Texans had begun the storming of Bexar and needed rein-
forcements. He decided, therefore, to hasten Mexia's force directly
to their assistance, but found himself unable to get horses enough
for the whole company. His report of what now happened is
ambiguous, but it seems that on the 13th most of the Americans,
unwilling to wait until transportation could be provided for the
whole party, placed themselves under the command of Capt. John
M. Allen, and pushed on, while those who were left determined to
return to Quintana and proceed by the Copano route. There was no
misunderstanding about the separation, and Mexia gave Allen a
discharge "of the most flattering kind."3
It must have been about this time that Mr. Power arrived with
the council's invitation of the 10th, for late in the night of the
1Journal of the Proceedings of the General Council, 132.
Ibid., 134.
3Pettus to General Council, December 17, 1835.-Archives of Texas, A,
File 2, No. 239. For the dates see Austin to General Council, December
14, 1835, File 1, No. 20, Diplomatic Correspondence.181
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