Were Anglo and Spaniard Texians bitter enemies or friends & brothers?
When one reads commonly written and distributed Texas history and about the general understanding of who the original Texans were, among whom the Loya are found, one is invariably given the idea that the original Texans became American only because they were defeated in a war against the United States in which the U.S. invaded the land and the original Texans were dispossessed of their land as a spoil of war.
This belief is perpetuated by writers who, for whatever reason, hammer and hammer this idea until the original Texans feel like they were defeated and became foreigners in their own land. It seems almost as if some people actually have an interest and an agenda in keeping the original Texans and their descendants alienated from the mainstream of American society.
When one begins to really study Texas history in depth, and the documents written by the original Texans who were actually there, a totally different picture begins to surface.
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When one reads commonly written and distributed Texas history and about the general understanding of who the original Texans were, among whom the Loya are found, one is invariably given the idea that the original Texans became American only because they were defeated in a war against the United States in which the U.S. invaded the land and the original Texans were dispossessed of their land as a spoil of war.
This belief is perpetuated by writers who, for whatever reason, hammer and hammer this idea until the original Texans feel like they were defeated and became foreigners in their own land. It seems almost as if some people actually have an interest and an agenda in keeping the original Texans and their descendants alienated from the mainstream of American society.
When one begins to really study Texas history in depth, and the documents written by the original Texans who were actually there, a totally different picture begins to surface.
READ ON
