The Republic of the Sierra Madre

A New History of Old Texas

Brandon Seale

Arts, Cabeza De Vaca, The Alamo, Battle Of Medina, San Antonio Missions, Texas, Mexico, Gutierrez-magee, Education, Comanches, Apaches, Society & Culture, San Antonio, Courses, Philosophy, History

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🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Episode 16 of Brandon Seale's podcast on the Republic of the Rio Grande. Fiery San Antonian José María Carvajal refuses to give up the dream of a northeastern Mexican republic, only to be defeated by his old commander, Antonio Canales. Carvajal - and his reputation - recover in the turmoil of the French Intervention, however, and he rises to his own moment in the sun as the regional hegemon of Tamaulipas. For a few years. Photo: Arista's Campaign Map, 1840, Courtesy Benson Latin American Co...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Republic of the Rio Grande. Episode 16, the Republic of the Sierra
0:10.2	Madre. I'm Brandon Seal. As he would many times during his long career, in 1841, Santa
0:20.4	Anna returned to the Mexican presidency.
0:24.1	And one of the first things he did was order an invasion of Texas.
0:29.1	In March of 1842, a Mexican army crossed the Rio Grande and captured San Antonio.
0:35.6	This provoked a panic in the Republic of Texas, leading to the so-called
0:39.6	Archives War in Austin, as then-President Sam Houston ordered the capital and all of its agencies
0:45.5	relocated to Houston. But the Mexican army actually retreated, after only two days in San Antonio,
0:52.5	suggesting that their mission was more mischief-making
0:55.0	or simply probing Texian defenses than a true attempt at reconquest.
1:00.2	No one was killed, no real shots were fired, and the event receded in Texian's minds.
1:07.2	Until July.
1:09.2	All through the early years of Texas independence,
1:12.4	Texian politicians continued to claim the lands lying between the noisis and Rio Grande.
1:18.2	Partly in response to the San Antonio raid from March,
1:21.7	but also in keeping with a nearly annual ritual that we've actually seen in many previous episodes of this season,
1:27.3	in the early summer of this season.
1:33.3	In the early summer of 1842, a few hundred Texian militia began to take up a defensive position on the southern bank of the Noisus River, at a spot known as Lipantitlan.
1:39.6	Actually, it was just a few miles away from Casablanca, the place where Rio Grande Federalists had established their short-lived government just two years prior in January of 1840.
1:50.5	And now, in July of 1842, the Rio Grandeers returned, this time to assert their claims to the noises.
1:59.8	600 Rio Grande Bakeros surprised the disorganized Texian force gathered there and resoundingly defeated them.
2:07.7	The historical marker on the spot today makes it sound like a Texian victory, but this seems
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