Description
History books tell us little about the Texas-Santa Fe Expedition of 1841 from the New Mexican viewpoint. Tórrez reviews what New Mexico’s own Mexican-era archives tell us about this important element of history: early rumors of a Texan invasion, the internal conflicts regarding suspected local Texas sympathies and the Mexican government’s orders to treat the Texans as pirates. Governor Manuel Armijo’s capture of the Texans provided a great lift for the morale of the Mexican Republic.
Robert Tórrez is a native New Mexican who served as the state historian from 1987-2000. He has researched New Mexico archives for decades. He is the author of several books and has contributed chapters to nearly two dozen anthologies and textbooks.