The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 26, July 1922 - April, 1923 Page: 272
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the frontier companies were at once formed, and I again entered
the service just as my time of enlistment was expired.
The temporary government of Texas was for a short time at
Galveston Island, where Santa Anna and the Mexican prisoners
were also taken for safe keeping. This produced the laying off
of Galveston. The government, however, was soon moved to Ve-
lasco, and Santa Anna and his aid-de-camp taken there; the
other prisoners were left at Galveston, but all were released the
next year. The government was again moved to Columbia, thirty
miles above the mouth of the Brazos and six miles west of Bell's
Landing at the wagoners' camping ground of old times. The
next summer it was moved to Houston and remained there till
its final move to Austin in 1839.
The greater part of the men who composed the army of San
Jacinto were discharged by or during the month of June, 1836,
and those living up the country joined the frontier service, while
some of those below entered the new army organized in the fall
and composed to a [large] extent of volunteers just arrived from
the United States.
There was a general election that fall; and Houston was elected
president; the constitution formed by the convention in March
was adopted; a congress elected Which convened in October at
Columbia; and by the end of the year the government may be
said to have been fairly inaugurated and organized. The Mex-
icans made themselves powerless by their own revolutions and
general differences as to what course to pursue toward Texas. Our
army, in a manner idle volunteers from the United States, would
have been anxious for offensive operations; but now Houston's
statesmanship began to show, and he acted on the defensive and
awaited events.
Santa Anna, owing his release to Houston, was sent to Wash-
ington, and interviewed by President Jackson, and undoubtedly
gave.pledges to both not to interfere, at least, at present against
Texas. But Santa Anna himself gained no power after his re-
turn to Mexico, then in a state of revolution for several years.
His gallant leadership of the army in 1839 forced the French out
of Vera Cruz and again gave him the ascendency. He did not
establish peace and gain the whole country until 1841, and by
that time we had been recognized as an independent nation by272
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 26, July 1922 - April, 1923, periodical, 1923; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101084/m1/278/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.