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denied any knowledge of the Warfield party.23 But two months
later, after he had communicated with his government, Van Zandt
was able to furnish to the American Secretary of State a copy of
the instructions to Colonel Warfield, together with a protest that
these instructions did not authorize him to enlist men or or-
ganize an expedition within the limits of the United States.24
This correspondence had the effect of recalling to the Texan
officials the fact that they had not heard from Warfield, for after
the failure of the contemplated Rio Grande expedition to ma-
terialize he seems to have been forgotten. Since he had been
told to act immediately, it had been supposed in Austin that his
proposed expedition had been abandoned. So now, in order to
meet the new international situation which had arisen, a letter
was sent to Van Zandt, revoking Warfield's authority. This was
to be forwarded to him whenever his whereabouts could be ascer-
tained.25 Long before this series of correspondence was culmi-
nated, Warfield himself had removed the cause by disbanding his
force near Bent's Fort, and he, with a few of his followers, had
set out for Texas.26
The Purpose and Plans of the Snively Expedition.-In the
meantime, the trade along the Santa F6 trail was being con-
tinued, and the Texans took the stand that such trade crossing
their territory was subject to customs duty. They had no effec-
tive means of collecting such duties,27 and, therefore, for the pur-
pose of stopping the so-called illicit and contraband commerce,
President HIouston was induced to authorize Major Jacob Snively
to raise a partisan force and go into the region. In the in-
structions which Snively received from the acting Secretary of
War and Marine of Texas, however, the object which was em-
23Van Zandt to Legare, June 1, 1843, in Ibid., 113-114.
2Van Zandt to Upshur, August 4, 1843, in Ibid., 117.
2"Jones to Van Zandt, June 8, 1843, in Garrison, Diplomatic Corre-
spondence of the Republic of Texcs, II, 189.
"'Sage, Scenes in the Rocky Mountains, 267-268.
"For an illustration of the difficulties of a Texas customs official, see
Bourland to Secretary of Treasury (of Texas), May 4, 1843, in Sen. Doc.
1, 28 Cong., 2nd Sess., 93-95. cr. No. 449. In March some traders
from the United States had unloaded merchandise from a river steamer
on Texas soil without making the necessary entries. The merchandise
was confiscated by James Bourland, collector for the Red River district,
and as a result, the Americans surprised and bound him, broke open the
customs house, recovered their goods, and proceeded on their way.266
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