The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-29

fell under the sabres Of the cavalry
which had stationed there. 1 can there
ffore assure you that very few have gone
TO carry the news of their comrades.
Among the said corpses are the first
and second chiefs of the enemy-Bowie.
Travis Colonies as they style them
selves; Crockett, of the same rank. and
all the other chiefs and officials who
/, bore dispatches of the convention.
In due time l shall render a de-
tailed report of this very important VIC
tory. At present 1 conclude by felicitat-
ing the nation and his excellency, the
President ad interim, TO whom you will
please communicate this report
The bearer conveys one of the flags of
the battalions of the enemy taken this
day, whereby may be the better seen the
true designs of the traitorous colonists
and their coadjutators from the United
States of the North.
God and liberty.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
Headquarters, Bexar, March s, 1885,
Documents Are Historical.
Il, Luis Gonzales Obregon, Director of
the General and Public Archieves of the
Nation, certify that on January Is 1913.
there was received at this Office under
my charge a verbal message of the Pres
secretary for the issuance by this office
of certified copies of historical. docu-
ments relative to the mission of San An
tonic de Valero. now the Alamo, in the
State of Texas, requested by the Gov
ernor of said State; that, the search -hay-
ing been made and the documents re-
quested having been found, work was
begun upon the copying and they are of
the tenor following;
Cover title noctr,,a,ts
clesiastical and civil history of the
Province of Texas, Book II, Volume
XVIII. With 2O1 written pages.
Very Rev. Father Guardian Fray
Francisco Xavier Ortiz:
1--WE, the ministers of the San Antonio
River and missionaries undersigned.
have received some letters patent of
your fraternity. dated October Is. I7s1.
including others of our very reverend
father, Commisary General Fray Man
uel de Naxera, given in the great mon
astery of Our Father San Francisco of
Mexico. dated the 18th of the same
month and year.
This vast province of Texas is situ-
ated at distance of $50 leagues, more or
less, from the City of Mexico, on a
north-northwest line; II Is bound on the
south by the Colony of the Gulf of Mex
leo. although on this and other borders
is much uninhabited land; on the west
southwest by the Province of Coahuila:
on the west-northwest by that of So
nora; on the northwest by New Mexico;
on the north it has no boundaries other
than those of many barbarous nations.
The securing of their conquest and re-
duction by all possible means would be
of great utility for the Catholic majesty,
as well as in the winning of SO many
souls as in preventing the introduction
into this part Of the continent of the
English and French nations. who have
on the seacoasts bordering upon this
part Of various settlements and prov
inces. as Virginia. Carolina, and Canada.
Extension of Territory Tenred.
This region Contains New France,
New England, New Holland New Meth
eriands). and New Sweden, which, with
out doubt, will extend their limits
unless efforts are made in time to check
them. The nearness of the Adays to the
French is no less prejudicial The
French. having the most of the Indian
rtibes devoted to them. prevent In the