The Texian Prisoners

by Loretta Miles Tollefson

In Fall 1841, a band of roughly 300 Texans straggled out of the Staked Plains into New Mexico. They had intended to claim everything east of the Rio Grande for Texas. Instead, they were captured and sent south to El Paso del Norte, then on to Mexico City. The largest group of prisoners, which included journalist George Wilkins Kendall, was escorted to El Paso by Captain Damasio Salazar. Five prisoners died on that trek. Kendall would later write...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952026083
• ISBN13: 9781952026089
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Loretta M. Tollefson
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"