1. Council House Fight March 19, 1840
Comanche agreed release all Anglo captives in San Antonio
Returned an Anglo girl- Matilda Lockhart (looking as if she had been tortured) Matilda told of other captives
Texans refused to let the Comanche leaders leave without having all of the Texas captives returned.
Fighting starts- 7 Texans & 35 Comanche are killed
After the fight the Comanche kill all of their captives and make raids on Anglo settlements

2. Houston's Native Texan Policy
Texas not only had conflicts with Mexico but also the Native Texans.
Remember, the Native Texans were promised by Houston the title to their land they occupied in East Texas.
The Texas Congress refused to
uphold this treaty (promise)
Houston had agreed upon.

3. Houston's Native Texan Policy
Many Texans wanted the Native Texans out because the land they occupied was the richest farmland in Texas.
Houston, unlike most Texans, was sympathetic to the Native Texans.
The Texas Rangers had to be called in to patrol the frontier.
Attacks on both sides continued.

4. < 1,000 miles & took about 3 months
Santa Fe Expedition
Texas claimed the Rio Grande as the border
This included half of New Mexico
Lamar sent soldiers to enforce this claim
Soldiers were captured by Mexican soldiers
Imprisoned in Mexico City – later released
Expedition is a failure
< 1,000 miles & took about 3 months

6. Vasquez raised the Mexican flag, declaring Mexican control.
Mexican Troops Return
On March 5, 1842, Mexican’s General Vasquez and about 700 soldiers took control of San Antonio.
Vasquez raised the Mexican flag, declaring Mexican control.
Two days later, Vasquez returned to Mexico.

7. Mier Expedition Mexicans attack San Antonio Sept. 1842.
Texans attack Mexicans at Salado Creek. Mexicans retreat & take Texan prisoners
President Houston orders General Somervell & Texas militia to Rio Grande to recapture the prisoners. = Not enough troops to defeat the Mexicans.
300 men disobey & invade Mexico at the small town of Mier = need supplies. 3,000 Mexican soldiers are there waiting.
A battle occurs ending in Texan surrender. March Texans back to Mexico City make it. Santa Anna orders every 10th prisoner shot.

8. The Texas prisoners were lined up & forced to draw a bean from a jar.
If they drew a…
They Died
They Lived

10. Some of the others were later pardoned, escaped or released.
Eventually there was peace between Mexico & Texas
British & U.S. diplomats urged Mexico to release prisoners.

11. archives – public records, papers, or documents
The Archives War
Houston wanted to move the capital of Texas.
Houston said that Austin was too approachable, making it a target for raids by Mexican troops and attacks of the Native Texans.
Many of Houston’s opponents said that Houston just didn’t want to serve in “Lamar’s Capital”.
Houston set up the government in Washington-on-the Brazos.
The archives remained in Austin because the people in Austin know that the archives were their last claim to the capital.
archives – public records, papers, or documents

12. The Archives War
After the raid by Woll, Houston sent men to remove the archives from Austin.
As Houston’s men loaded the archives onto the wagons, Angelina Eberly sounded the alarm by setting off the cannon.
Houston’s men were chased and caught as they rode away in their wagons with the archives.
The Austin citizens returned the archives to Austin, where they remained throughout Houston’s presidency.