79Jiménez, successful in revolutionizing the northern provinces, was
marching north toward Coahuila. Salcedo, fearing that revolutionary-
propaganda had reached Texas, appealed to that province to remain loyal,
and not give ear to the false charges made by Hidalgo, while the junta
in Béxar made ready to send Texas troops to save Coahuila. Alamán,
Historia
de
Méjico,
II, 94-95; M. Salcedo to the Faithful Inhabitants of
Texas, January 6, 1811, MS., Béxar Archives, The University of Texas
(hereafter, Béxar Archives will be cited as B.A.); Report of the Junta of
Béxar, January 8, 1811, MS., B.A.
