![]() There was a vote about whether to massacre the "Texians", whose lives were spared by one vote. While promised fair treatment, the commander of Mexican reinforcements countermanded this. The rest of the group and were also taken prisoner. Rather that finding a population eager to trade and to join the Republic, they encountered the Mexican army and were taken prisoner. After their Mexican guide fled, a detachment was sent to find Santa Fe. It was largely crippled due to poor planning, a lack of fresh water, and Indian raids. It included 21 ox carts of merchandise worth some $200,000 and included some three hundred soldiers. ![]() The plan was to establish the Republic of Texas as a major power on the continent. ![]() It was intended to establish Texan control of what is now eastern New Mexico, which would lead to Texan control of a strip of land that ran north through Colorado and southern Wyoming. The Texas-Santa Fe Expedition was the idea of Texas President Mirabeau Lamar, who served from 1838 through 1841. ![]()
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