The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 11, July 1907 - April, 1908 Page: 159
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New Light on the Tampico Expedition.
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Serended [surrendered] without firing a Single gun. Tha [they]
braught Glad tidings to the unforchanet [unfortunate] they tolded
us of their Succes and informed us with in two hundred yards we
Could wade and that they would Run out a Rope to the Shore
which would be our gide to the beach which was Soon dun. with
[the] tide on our Back we Commenced Landing By Jumping
into the See and taken holt of the Rope and So we made the
Shore. all the men got Landed about 12 oclock at night wet and
perished without enney Clothing to Change. we marched in to
the barickes where we built up a Large fier and dried our Self as
well as we Could. Morning Soon arrived. we found our
Self Sorounded By Spaniards but frendoley on a purfit [per-
fectly] barren Shore in the hart of a inomey's Cuntorey
with out one mouthful to eight with out Clothing-Except
what Little we braught from the Solders which was not much.
Tampeco Lays about 9 miles from the mouth of the River. We
Remaind thare during the day the Jenaral [General] ordered us
to be in Readanes to march at 5 oclock to take the Town of Tam-
peco which would be dun with out much troble. we Set of with
150 of our men Joind By about 50 Spannardes. We traveled about
-fore milds then entored the woods Crosed the mountains with Som
men of the Cuntorey for our gides. Eighteen or twenty miles
before we Reached the town tired down nearley charked [choked]
to death for wattor and hunger with fatig. we entored the town
as Stil as mice; wen all was fast a Sleep and as Stil as death save
that of [the noise of] the trampoling of our feet. the town is a bout
2 milds in Lenth. we marched on til we Came down with in Sight
of the Custom hous and fort which we Could disurn [discern] by
the Lights wen we ware haild by the Centanal [sentinel] in Span-
ish (Kingveve [quien vive]), which is the law their, 3 times wen
of went the Canon and kild two of our men. we was in open order
So we faird bettor. we Rushed on the Cannon took it kild 3
Spannards. they then fierd 2 more Canons-and then the actions
Commenced on boath Sides with muskettory. We Shot all the men
from the guns. they then Retreted in the fort and Commenced
fiering down on us in the Street. the action Lasted about 2 houres
wen we found our amanetion [ammunition] Runing Short. We
Seased firing on boath Sides for they ware as glad as we 'ware.
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