Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-18
1 EXTRACTS FROM T. C. :.
I PIERCE'S IOWER RIO :
GRANIE VALLEY HISTORY. 7
More History Of he Tamaulipas
Country, Extending From Tam
plea NOrthward to What Is
Now Known as Corpus
Christi.

In 1926 an exploring expedition
left Tampico, northward bound, fol-
lowing the coast of the Gulf Of Mex
leo until it arrived at the peninsula
known as Florida.
A priest by the name of Andres
Olmos, who wa the Chaplain of the
expedition, converted and brought
back 70 what II now Tampico a great
number Of the Indians called Olives.
They came overland. These Olives
Indians mixed with S~paniards and
Dol acquired their Gus. oms and civ
ization. They occupied the country
just mort Of Tampico.
In 1923 Captain Nuno de Guzman
was appointed Governor of the pro-
vince but he committed % many abus-
es, among others the cXiling Of the
Huaxtecas to the Island of Cuba TO
be sold as slaves, that his name there
after was used only with excavations.
Alltl hhLildH > ltlil tiiitIL III DlO-
vince experienced a period Of progress
and opened up commercial relations
with the provinces Of Sierra Gorda
(between Matamoros and Tampico),
San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon.
Upon %instituting a v~ice-royalty in
This colony Of New Spain, the Office
of Governor was abolished and a
Chief Justice substituted
During the year Of 1886, while
Luis De Carvajal " de la Cueva was
Chief Justice. Captain John Haw-
kins, an English pirate, arrived with
his boat with the intention Of at
lacking Tampico for the purpose Of
ransacking and plundering it. But the
Chief Justice managed to surprise
the sailors and captured Cap ain
Hawkins and fifty-nine Of his follow
er: whom he sent on to Mexico City.
Besides these fifty-nine, there We're
fifty-fiye who escaped from the pri-
son and went into the mountains
where undoubtedly they must have
been devoured by the Tamaulipas
Indians as nothing was heard Gf
them. Carvaial was afterwards ap-
pointed Governor of Nuevo Leon
and later he and his family were
subjects Of The iniquisition, being ac-
cused Of being hereticas and judah
zers, and they We're condemned TO
abjure their crime and to suffer six
years exile.
Immediately following this. the
HuaXtecas Indians. who inhabited the
towns of Tamapechi, T~anpasquia and
TamOtela and Other ~neighboring viii
lage arose in rebellion. returning
to the practice Of the idolatros rites
and ceremonies, attacking missions
obliterating all towns Of the whites,
and for more than four years, ON
polling the Government to be con-
fined TO the principal towns until
finally Carvajal y Cueca oyerpowered
them, but at an expense of more than
0,000. 90 to the Government.
During the 18th century the pro-
vince remained un%disturbed, except
for ;hc invasi0ns Of the indians
called JananMes. Pisones and Siguil-
lones, and preventing surprises by
some hands of pirates who were then
operating IN the Gulf. notably that
Of May. 1854. when a squadron OF
French cruisers, under the charge OF
Admiral Robert de La Salla, who
conquered Louisiana, appeared before
TampiCo.
In l general uprising Of the In
dams Of the congregations OF Nuevo
Leon. during the first part of the
18th century almost all of the Tam
auliras tribes from the north and
ENTER Of this territory participated,
but thanks to the good Offices of At
torney Francisco B%arbadillo y Vie
toria who came from Mexico City
to Monterrey for this purpose. they
were pacifed.
To the end that they might avoid
other u|prisings in these regions, in
Aprdcr 10 neutralize the propositions
the French colonists OF Louisiana.
Tor the purpose Of ciyilizing the
krous tribes OF Indians. who in
savage state wandered over
lds, the King Of Spain final
70 completely colonize
the Nice-roy ~concurring.
kesa obje,,s TO a success
NJ. Martin de Zayala.
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kimselt on account
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