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Córdova Rebellion

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230: 361: 294:. A diary and papers were found on his body which indicated that the Government of Mexico was working to incite the Cherokee and other tribes to rebel against Texas in exchange for recognition of tribal lands. Additional documents were found after a battle on the North San Gabriel River on May 17 and on May 18, 1839, after a party of 325:
during the expropriation of Creek Indian lands for the benefit of white settlers in that state. Never sympathetic toward Indians in general and predisposed to the removal of the Cherokee, in the wake of the Killough incident and the publication of Rachel Plummer's narrative of her captivity among the
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It erupted in Texas in 1839 and was rooted in the tensions between Tejanos, who had lived in Texas for generations, and Anglo Americans, who were taking control of the land and political institutions. The government responded with military expeditions, the trial and execution of several leaders, and
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Despite the involvement of some Cherokee and the discovery of documents intended for Chief Bowl, Houston believed the chief's denials and refused to order them arrested. In his several letters of reassurance to The Bowl during the unrest, Houston again promised them title to their land on the
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Beginning as early as late 1835, Córdova had covertly started to plan and organize local resistance, anticipating Texas would declare independence from Mexico. In the late summer of 1838, word arrived from several sources that Mexico was seeking an arrangement with the
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Vicente Córdova and eighteen other leaders of the revolt issued a proclamation with a number of demands to be met, before the surrender of their arms. After being joined by about three hundred Indian warriors, they moved toward the Cherokee settlements.
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He had served ... the stern, proud Governor George M. Troup when Creek Indian lands were expropriated for the benefit of white settlers ...When he left for Texas Lamar carried with him a hostility against the Indians and as strong faith in ... states
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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was elected president. The new cabinet had made the boast that they would kill off Houston's pet Indians. Lamar wanted the Indians expelled from Texas.
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and his rangers, Córdova was able to make his way to Mexico, but 33 members of the rebellion were tried for treason and later pardoned or released.
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defeated a group of Mexicans and Cherokee. These documents included letters from Mexican officials addressed to Córdova and
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which would give them title to their land in exchange for assistance in joining a war of extermination against the Texans.
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the imprisonment and exile of many others. The rebellion deepened existing tensions and mistrust between
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Vicente Córdova and other leaders supported the Texas Revolution as long as it espoused a return to the
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and marked a turning point in the history of Tejano resistance to Anglo American domination in Texas.
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Savage Frontier: Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, Volume II, 1838-1839
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Nacogdochians looking for a stolen horse found a camp of around one hundred armed
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Comanche, Lamar's demands that the Cherokee leave Texas resulted in the
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Robert Bruce Blake, "CORDOVA, VICENTE," Handbook of Texas Online
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defeated Vicente Córdova and the rebels during a fight near
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On March 29, 1839, a company of 80 men commanded by General
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A few weeks later, a Mexican agent was killed near the
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Wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America
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Despite Houston's orders that he should not cross the
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1936 Texas Centennial marker at Battleground Prairie
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Cordova Rebellion
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Mexican–American wars
Capture of Monterey
Mexican-American War
Taos Revolt
Cortina Troubles
Walker's expedition to Mexico
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Reform War
Las Cuevas War
San Elizario Salt War
Crawford affair
Garza Revolution
Nogales Uprising
Mexican Revolution
Border War
United States occupation of Veracruz
Mexican Expedition
Bandit War
uprising
Nacogdoches
Texas
Alcalde
Constitution of 1824
Tejanos
Anglo Americans
Cherokee

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