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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Texas, (search)
ither he was taken by Spanish authorities to answer for building a fort on Spanish soil on the Rio del Norte, which he mistook for the Red River......July, 1807 Expedition under Lieut. Augustus W. Magee, who conceived a plan of revolutionizing Texas, takes possession of Nacogdoches, July, 1812, which the Mexicans evacuate; reaches Goliad and takes possession, Nov. 1; Governor Salcedo and General Herrera commence an investment of the town, Nov. 7; engage in battles with the Americans, Nov. 20, 1812–Jan. 24, and Feb. 10, 1813; raise the siege......Feb. 16, 1813 Magee dying about Feb. 1, 1813, Colonel Kemper takes command, pursues the Mexicans to San Antonio, who surrender......March 6, 1813 Salcedo, Herrera, and ten officers are delivered to a company of Mexicans under Juan Delgado and massacred......March 7, 1813 Battle of the Medina; Americans at. San Antonio under Don Jose Alvarez Toledo fall into ambush formed by Spaniards under General Arredondo......Aug. 18, 1813 G