23Don Antonio Cordero, governor of Coahuila, was famous as an Indian
fighter, and had won distinction for his ability in dealing with frontier
affairs. He had served on the frontier of New Spain since the creation of
the Interior Provinces in 1793. After the purchase of Louisiana in 1803,
Cordero was needed to place Texas in a state of defense, and in 1805 was
made governor of Texas. Homer S. Thrall, A
Pictorial
History
of
Texas
from
the
Earliest
Visits
of
European
Adventurers
to
1879
(5th ed., rev.,
St. Louis, 1879), 528.
