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JOSE ANTONIO NAVARRO.
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patriot, who was taken first to the prison of Acordada, where
he was thrown into a filthy cell containing two of the worst
felons in the Republic, who were, however, hanged a few
days afterwards. He was not allowed to leave his cell till
he was taken from thence to hear the sentence of death
read to him. It will appear clear, on a careful retrospection
of this narrative, that NAVARRO was elected Senator
to Mexico the 2l of March, 135, and also signed the independence
of Texas the 2d of March, 1836. What a peculiar
anniversary to him! As Senator to Mexico, he would
have been seated in the magnificent halls of MOCTEZUMiA,
receiving the emoluments of his high office in luxurious
ease, instead of which we find the patriot at that date in a
log hut, drinking the turbid waters of the Brazos, and endeavoring
to increase the slender resources of their newly
established capital, where originated, with indescribable
enthusiasm, the celebrated Declaration of Independence,
which, though born under such an humble roof, lived to
attain such glorious results. We have heard DON JOSE
ANTONIO himself relate incidents in his career so peculiar
that one can pardon this man of good judgment, if they
made a deep impression on his mind. It seemed to him
that he had a guiding star which had some mysterious influence
in shaping his destinies. For instance, he started
from Austin on the Santa Fe expedition the 18th of June,
1841, and was made prisoner at the Laguna Colorado, and
sent with the rest of his unfortunate party, to the interior,
from San Miguel del Vado, starting on the 18th of October
the same year. He reached that place, and after having
been tried,by the inferior court-martial, composed of one
Colonel and six Captains, he was sentenced to death on the
18th of May, 1842, which he providentially escaped by the
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Biography of José Antonio Navarro, written by an Old Texan., book, 1876; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6579/m1/21/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.