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treason and shot in the back-his head was then cut off His executioner was Ignacio Inglario, and taken on to Texas- I believe it was through Aranda that Elisondo. & Bustamente, effected H idalgo's captivi ty. The charge against Casas was that of usurping the Government of Texas- · Casas was executed at the foot of the mountain called Zapopa that terminates one of the streets at Monclover on the top of which stands a Church-3rd August 1811- The Orcoquicaz nation lay between the Sabine & Mississippi consist- ing of 300 families. 1\Ianual Salcedo was elected Govr. Texas, 1811- 18th January 1811-An Election was held in Bexar- Manuel Salcedo and Simeon Herrera were Elected Governors the first Civil & the latter military- I infer from the Election return that their powers were joint & equal- the language of the return is this- "'l'he votes being c;ounted, resulted as follows, that according to the disposition of the whole, the command & defence of the province, he reposed in His Excellency Dou. Eml. <le Salcedo and in His Excellency Simon Herrera. · Lieut. Col. who will prepare to attack the enemy on Grande River as to put this City in a state of defence" Salcedo succeeded Casas- [Endorsecl :] Death of Juan Bautist Casas-
No. 1662. HISTORICAL NOTES. LAMAR
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great many families, flying for life, had congregated. The Correor, took them off to Galveston- On her way to the Secretary of war Thomas was shot and died of the wound; no one ever being able to aec·ount for it. or obtain any clu~ to the affair-:- When ZaYala was about to sail with Santana for Vern-Cruz, he wrote to his wif(' on Buffaloe Bayo apprising of the fact. When she received there was great alarm about the i11diu11s-they were expected to come down upon the inhabitants of this section: and as an only means of esc·aping with her children in the' en•nt of such calamity, she kept a small skiff, which she had to watch with great vigilanc:c- One day a party of men eame nncl demanded it, saying they wanted to go after powder to repell the inclians in the event of invasion. Mrs Zavala told th('m they could not have it, a:; it was her only hope of safet)', being nrarlv surrounded bv water; thev, however, insisted upon ta4i11g it, until° the lach- saitl 0 if the,· clid the,· must take her nnd her children with th('m. iince it woulci be deati1 to her & family if the inclians i:houlcl come while> the boat was gone; The officer commanding the party seeing that she was determined _to plac«: her chi_lclren in the boat, i-ai,l to her, madam, seeing your situat10n I WIil not disturb your boat- nncl having allayed her apprehensio11s by these words, he went to the boat nn<l took it off before her face>.
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