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20. Papers concerning the march of Woll against Béxar and El Copano. 
(In this legajo there is correspondence relative to a “Triumph of Some 
Cados over the Comanches’. See no. II.) 
1842. Legajono. 5. “ Donativos para la Campafia de Texas y papeles quita- 
dos a los Americanos en accion de Guerra.” 
Donations for the Texas war, by citizens of Mexico. Correspondence of 
the minister of hacienda. 
Correspondence of Arista. 1842. 
Reports of Texas affairs by the Mexican consul at New Orleans. 1842. 
“Papers.or Communications taken from the Texans in Action of War in 
the year of 1842.” 
(A large bundle of 200 or more sheets, taken from the troops stationed at 
Corpus Christi, except a few which belong in a former legajo, as will 
appear below.) 
Official and private letters from Sam. Houston to Col. Davis, sta- 
tioned at Corpus Christi. May-June, 1842. 
Official communications and orders by Hockley to Davis, Capt. Shiv- 
ers, and others. 
A large bundle of personal letters to the captives. 
Reports of courts martial. Hospital reports. Daily muster rolls, 
May-July, 1842. Lists of desertions. 
Report of a meeting of “San Patricio Rangers”’, for the purpose of 
dividing certain spoils. May 18, 1841. 
(Among them were Ownsby, Pratt, McDowell, and others, whose names 
appear in the list of prisoners at Matamoros. See p. 284. These papers 
were evidently taken from the band of Americans captured by Villareal 
on the Nueces. Ina letter of May 31 Houston orders Ownsby captured.) 
1842. Legajo no. 6. “ Campafia de Tejas. Toma de Bejar. Diversas Ac- 
ciones de Guerra. Prisioneros de Guerra”, etc. The correspond- 
ence reaches into 1843. 
Reports of and correspondence concerning Woll’s expedition against 
Béxar. 
No. 11. “ Expediente concerning the Texan invasion, with its extracto 
(1. e., with a summary of the contents of the expediente). Relief 
of the Sefior General Reyes. Defeat of the invaders in Mier.” 
1842. 
Orders to General Reyes. June-Oct. 
Rumors of the approach of the expedition, sent to Reyes. 
Correspondence of various officers concerning defense. 
Report of the arrival of the expedition at Laredo and of the sack of 
that place. 
Failure of Canales to stop the expedition. 
Reports of the movements of troops toward Mier to intercept the 
Texans. 
Report of the victory over the Texans after 17 hours’ fighting and 
the taking of 242 prisoners. 
Reports of the action at Lepantitlan. July 7, 1842. 
Sumaria of Antonio Canales on account of his defeat at Lepantitlan. 
Report of the action at Arroyo Salado. Sept. 18, 1842. 
Lists of prisoners taken at Arroyo Salado and Béjar. 
1843. Legajono.7. “ Campafia de Tejas. Comunicaciones con el E. S. Gral. 
en Jefe del Ejército del Norte.” 
(A series of monthly files of correspondence, covering all of the military 
affairs of the year on the northern frontier. ) 
