The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 22, July 1918 - April, 1919 Page: 267
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Texan Military Operations Against Mexico, 1843
phasized was that of retaliation and reclamation for injuries which
had been sustained by Texans at the hands of Mexican soldiers.
His force was to be raised and maintained without any expense
to the government, and was to operate in any portion of Texas
above the settlements, and between the Rio Grande and the
boundary of the United States. Any merchandise or property
belonging to Mexican citizens was to be considered as a lawful
prize, and as in Warfield's instructions, half of the spoils was
to go to the government, while the other half was to be divided
among the members of the party."
This amounted to nothing more than a letter of reprisal, grant-
ing permission to operate at will within certain limits, and as
such it was construed by the men who took part. Among the
people of Texas, however, the general understanding was that the
expedition was to descend on Santa Fe to capture "the tyrant
Armijo, and the traitor Lewis," and, if favorably received by the
New Mexicans, so great was the optimism that it was thought
probable that it would make a descent upon Chihuahua, and ulti-
mately revolutionize the whole of northern Mexico.20
A party of about two hundred men was raised, and the com-
mand started from Georgetown, on April 25, 1843,30 well armed
and well supplied with provisions. The experience of the Santa
F6 expedition in the matter of supplies evidently served as a
warning, for the arrangements at this time were that for every
two men there should be a pack mule, carrying about one hun-
dred pounds of dried beef and a supply of flour'.31 After about
a month of marching in a northwesterly direction, the force
turned south, believing itself to be west of the one hundredth
meridian, and proceeded to the Arkansas River for the purpose
of intercepting a caravan of Mexican traders which had left St.
Louis in the spring.2 Here it was joined by Warfield, with the
"Hamilton to Snively, February 16, 1843, in Garrison, Diplomatic Cor-
respondence of the Republic of Texas, II, 217-218.
-"Niles' Register, LXIV, 210.
"3Snively to Hill, July 9, 1843, in Garrison, Diplomatic Correspondence
of the Republic of Texas, 11, 218.
a Niles' Register, LXIV, 290.
"1-Snively to Hill, July 9, 1843, in Garrison, Diplomatic Correspondence
of the Republic of Texas, II, 218; and also accounts given by members
of the party, in Niles' Register, LXIV, 406.267
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