The Texas Presidencies : Presidential Leadership in the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845 Page: 13
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The next day, while scouring the area for escaped Mexican soldiers, Lieutenant
James A. Sylvester captured one such fugitive wearing an enlisted man's uniform. Upon
bringing the prisoner to the prison camp, his countrymen identified the soldier as Santa
Anna. Immediately brought before Houston, Santa Anna formally surrendered and asked
for opium.25 On the afternoon of April 23, Houston and Santa Anna drew up,terms of
surrender. Three weeks later at Velasco,.representatives of Texas and Mexico drafted a
formal treaty. These terms included the recognition of Texas independence,
compensation to Texans for property damage, mutual exchanged prisoners, immediate
withdrawal of all Mexican forces beyond the Rio Grande, and eventual release of Santa
Anna.
Santa Anna sent out the orders to withdraw, and the remaining forces complied.
The government in Mexico City, however, refused to recognize Texas independence or
any other term Santa Anna had agreed to while in custody. But for the remainder of the
spring of 1836 and throughout the summer, Santa Anna remained a prisoner in Texas and
much discussion ensued as to whether release the general, keep him imprisoned, or
simply execute him. In a later and highly controversial agreement, Texas agreed to
release Santa Anna to Veracruz at an unspecified date.
24 Yoakum, History of Texas. II, 146; Frank X. Tolbert, The Dav of San Jacinto.
(McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1959), 164.
25 Houston, Life of General Sam Houston. 11.
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Bridges, Kenneth William. The Texas Presidencies : Presidential Leadership in the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845, thesis, May 1998; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278112/m1/17/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .