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3 unusual facts about Texas Santa Fe Expedition


Texan schooner San Antonio

Commodore Moore dispatched her to pick up Francis R. Lubbock, a survivor of President Mirabeau B. Lamar's Santa Fe expedition, who had escaped his captors and made his way to Yucatan.

Texas Santa Fe Expedition

A Texas Ranger is mentioned as being a "Santa Fe expeditioner" in The Lone Ranch: A Tale of the Staked Plain (1860) by Capt. Thomas Mayne Reid, having "spent over twelve months in Mexican prisons".

One of Armijo's relatives who spoke English, probably Manuel Chaves or Mariano Chaves, parleyed with the Texans, with Captain Lewis supporting his statements.


George Wilkins Kendall

Kendall traveled to Texas in 1841 and joined the Texas Santa Fe Expedition that had been initiated by Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar to gain control over the Santa Fe Trail and to secure Texas claims to New Mexico.


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Philip St. George Cooke

As Captain in command of 200 Dragoons, he disarmed and arrested Colonel Snively's Republic of Texas company of about 100 men, who were attempting to disrupt trade along the Santa Fe Trail, in what was described as the Second Texas Santa Fe Expedition.