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of Mexican rights in Texas, expressing the hope that the authori-
ties of the State would save him the trouble of punishing the base
men who had wronged his fellows, and claiming to be a Texas
citizen."7
For several days after the events of September, Cortina re-
mained at Matamoras in comparative quiet, but arrest of Cabrera,
one of the officers of his band, by a posse of Brownsville citizens
on October 12 again aroused him. When Cortina heard of the
apprehension of his officer, he told some of the influential men of
Matamoras that he would lay Brownsville in ashes, if he was not
released. A citizen was sent over to the American side to persuade
the people of Brownsville to comply with Cortina's request. When
this was flatly refused.,"8 Cortina and his men recrossed the river,
took up their quarters once more at his mother's ranch, and began
preparations for vengeance.
Meanwhile an expedition was preparing to drive them out of
their rendezvous. At the time of his first invasion a company of
Mexican national guards had been called over by the people of
Brownsville, and they were now invited to return. In conjunction
with about twenty Americans and forty Texas Mexicans they made
an attempt to storm Cortina's stronghold, but were repulsed leav-
ing two pieces of artillery in the hands of the enemy. This tri-
umph emboldened Cortina and brought new volunteers into his
camp. He now began not only to levy contributions of arms and
supplies, but also to conscript recruits from the neighboring
ranches, while he kept himself informed as to movements against
him by intercepting the mails. On November 10, Texas Rangers
under Captain Tobin arrived, and soon began to harass him; but
they either met with defeat, or being divided as to what policy they
should pursue, withdrew without a battle.
All of this of course only served to increase Cortina's fame. A
party of forty joined him from Nueva Le6n, and another consist-
ing of sixty convicts from Victoria, Tamaulipas, followed, so that
"House Ex. Doc. 52, 36th Cong., 1st Sess., 70-72. Cortina, declared
that certain land-greedy individuals and lawyers had formed a clique to
deprive the Mexicans of their lands and to force them to leave the coun-
try. The Mexican Commission of 1873 also made much of this point
(Report, 129 et seq.), but the Texans bitterly denied it, citing as proof
to the contrary numerous legal cases. House Ex. Doc. 343, 44th Cong.,
1st Sess., 43.
"On November 10, Cabrera was hanged by a mob.106
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