Sober Man's Not Going to Make That Call

Walker sent 65 men under Captain George R Davidson to Governor Negretes Command Center at Santo Tamas. They found it undefended and seized it without a fight. In his Braggfield reports to the north, Samuel Ruland reported that the wealthy Ranchero owners frustrated with a lack of protection by the Mexican government had fully embraced the new republic. The Marauders were behaving as though they were absolute masters of the country. Heaven help anyone who resisted or in any way refused to do what they commanded for then the fury of the entire company was vented on him.