Word: coahuila
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Governor and went to live with the Cherokees whom he had helped eject from the State. President Jackson sent him to Texas to make Indian treaties. Texans were at that point (1833) citizens of Mexico. Sam Houston helped draft their petition to the Mexican Congress to be separated from Coahuila as a Mexican State. The petition was refused. Independence was declared. Sam Houston was chosen Commander-in-chief of the Texan Army. On "San Jacinto Day" (April 21) Texans still celebrate the final victory of his 743 raw troopers over the 1600 soldiers of General Santa Anna on the banks...
...signal for the uprising was the mutiny of 800 troops in Mexico City, which was speedily put down. More serious revolts took place in Vera Cruz, Coahuila, Morelos, spreading eventually to the state of Chihuahua, San Luis Potsi, Durango. Government troops were successful, however, in overpowering the rebels at several important points and forcing them to take refuge in the mountains...
...flame of revolution is licking at the feet of President Calles of Mexico. Chihuahua, Coahuila, San Luis Potosi and bandit-ridden Durango are the latest states to be ignited, and the roar from the Mausers of firing squads is heard in the land. Eighteen members of the legislature of Morelos on Wednesday were taken from the chambers of their courtmartial to look briefly into the muzzles of rifles. General Alfredo Rueda Quijano, cavalry commander who sought to lead his troops in rebellion against Calles, waved farewell to three New York reporters in the courtyard of the San Lazaro Prison...
...During the early hours of this morning, on the military parade grounds, Manuel Demetrio Torres was shot to death in pursuance of telegraphic instructions of the Minister of War to the military authorities of Torreon, Coahuila...
...meeting of the Geological Club in Foxcroft House tonight at 8 o'clock, Mr. C. W. Boughton will speak on "Plane Table Geological Mapping in Northeastern Coahuila" and Mr. A. C. Swinnerton will talk on "Geological Mapping in the Slate Belt of Vermont". All men in the University who are interested in geology are invited to attend...