One thing I wanted to bring up. There were some Texans with Native American origin and some of Mexican-Native American origin who also fought in the war for Texas Independence...many or their ancestors had been in Texas long before either Anglo-American or Spaniards arrived in Texas. One of my great-great grandmothers had a Texas-born uncle who was residing in Texas during the War for Texas Independence and he died (he was either killed during the battle or else executed after surrending to the Mexican Army) at Goliad. Her uncle's heir's (her brother) family received free land for this later on from the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston, an early leader in the revolution against Mexico (which then included Texas), had always intended to bring Texas into the USA as a state. Eventually he successfully convinced both Texans and the US government to admit Texas into the union. Unfortunately Governor Houston was unable to convince enough Texans to stay in the union when the Civil War started.
