We Never Occupied Mexico: Beck Schools Eva Longoria On Mexican History

Yes, it was paid for with blood. I wonder what the outcome for the people of Mexico would have been if the US had occupied all of the land that they conquered. The US wouldn't have so many people trying to escape Mexico for a better life here. I am just sayin...

Santa Anna may have won at the Alamo, but the battle of Buena Vista was another story. The full account of the battle is at the link, this is a short excerpt.

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Battle of Buena Vista - Aftermath

His last assault defeated, Santa Anna held a council of war as night and heavy rains descended. Having lost 594 dead, 1,039 wounded, 1,800 missing, and 294 captured, he elected to retreat south. Taylor, whose position remained precarious, lost 267 dead, 456 wounded, and 23 missing. The final major battle in northeastern Mexico, the stunning American victory carried Taylor to the presidency the following year. On a similar note, the military reputation won by Davis aided him in becoming the future president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Returning to Mexico City, Santa Anna led a campaign against Scott in which he was roundly defeated.

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Battle of Buena Vista - Mexican-American War Battle of Buena Vista

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http://www.alipac.us/content/we-neve...n-history-589/

This is an interesting article about the Longoria conquistadors and their descendants in Northern Mexico and South Texas.

The Longoria-Chapa dynasty in South Texas and Northern Mexico

Today: Part1 - The Longoria-Chapa dynasty in South Texas and Northern Mexico

January 30, 2010 8:56 PM
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Dr. Lino García Jr.

When Lorenzo Suárez de Longoria and his uncle, Pedro Suárez de Longoria, left Asturias, Spain, in 1603 headed for "La Nueva España" to "hacer las Américas," they could not have imagined how much activity the decision would produce. Their journey eventually yielded both a cattle and land dynasty, and initiated a fascinating history of events extending to the colonization of South Texas and Northern México.

These two Spaniards have possible connections to the nobility of Spain, and are from two villages still in existence, La Pontiga (from puente, or bridge) and Longoria (from longo, from the Latin for "long" and "orilla" or edge, meaning "long edge of a river," we get the surname Longoria).

Both villages are huddled in the mountains of northern Spain, where descendants of the Longoria family have existed since the Middle Ages. Pedro had received the commission as "Oidor" (Supreme Court Justice) from the King of Spain, but lost it after a few years.

They landed first in Veracruz, but soon ventured west into Monterrey. It was there the Longoria dynasty entered the political scene, making contacts in high places and joining the leading families of Monterrey, Nuevo León. It is known that Asturias, the birth place of the first Longorias, was first inhabited by Celtic, Visigoth and Roman tribes during the Middle Ages. This explains the very fair complexion and clear blue eyes of most Longoria descendants presently living in South Texas and Northern México.

Lorenzo and his common law wife, Ana Salazar, soon had a son, Lorenzo Suárez de Longoria II, who married Antonia Rodríguez, great- great- granddaughter of Don Diego de Montemayor, the founder, along with 15 other families, of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in 1598, thus joining, via matrimony, two of the most prominent families of Northern México and South Texas.

This union of Lorenzo II and Antonia Rodríguez produced a number of children, one of whom was Pedro Longoria Rodríguez, whose wife, Agustina García de Zaldívar, was a direct descendant of Capt. Vicente Zaldívar, Chief of Arms and a relative of Juan de Oñate, conqueror of New Mexico in 1598.

All were prominent individuals, conquerors and colonizers of the time, and it is no wonder that, over the years, the Longorias were involved in many of the adventures recorded in the history of Northern México and South Texas.
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The Longoria-Chapa dynasty in South Texas and Northern Mexico
Today: Part 2 – The Union of the Longorias and the Chapas

January 31, 2010 9:32 PM

The union of Pedro Longoria Rodríguez and Agustina produced a son, Capt. Diego Longoria Valdés de Zaldívar, who was granted the authority, along with other colonizers, to settle Cerralvo, a town in Nuevo León, and Camargo in the state of Tamaulipas.

Diego Longoria soon married Doña María Clara Chapa, great-granddaughter of Juan Bautista Chapa (Schiapapría), a native of Albisola, Genoa, Italy. This same Juan Bautista Chapa traveled with Capt. Alonso de León in his excursions throughout Texas in 1686, and is the author, along with Alonso de León and Fernando Sánchez de Zamora, of the chronicle "Historia de Nuevo León — con noticias sobre Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Texas y Nuevo México" making them among the first Hispanics to chronicle the land and fauna of Texas, and depositing horses, cattle and goats along each body of water along the way.

Capt. Diego Longoria Valdés de Zaldívar and María Clara Chapa’s matrimony produced many children, three of whom became the first land and cattle barons of South Texas at the beginning of the 18th Century: Don José Matías Longoria Chapa, Don Vicente, and Don Pedro Longoria Chapa, who in 1767 received "porciones" (portions of land grants) 93, 94, and 95 from King Carlos III of Spain.

These huge land grants were given to individuals who proved to be pure Spanish, who had proven loyalty to the Spanish Crown, and who were determined to work the land and procreate loyal subjects of the King. These petitions for land grants lasted for almost seven years before a decision was made. Thus we know that Capt. Diego Longoria Valdés de Zaldívar did not live long enough to see his three sons become Spanish Grantee families of South Texas and among the first Tejano families on Texas soil.

One of his sons, Don José Matías Longoria Chapa, is considered a pioneer of ranching and cattle drives in South Texas, starting long before any other family established such an institution here.

In 1774, the "13 original families," 12 from Camargo and one from Reynosa (among them, the Longoria Chapa families), decided to venture into other areas in the region and bought more than 2 million acres of land from the heirs of Col. José de Escandón. In this way, these families established 113 ranching sites in what later became Matamoros, Tamaulipas. This area of Northern México, with land extending into South Texas and across from Brownsville, originally was given the name of "Paraje de los Esteros Hermosos" in 1706 by Capt. Juan José de Hinojosa, due to the many "esteros," or swamps, characteristic of the area.

In 1749, Don Matías de los Santos Coy renamed it San Juan de los Esteros Hermosos, establishing a large ranching site that he was forced to abandon due to the huge water flowing from the nearby Río Bravo. However, flooding due to the proximity of the Río Bravo did not prevent the 13 original families to officially establish in 1774 a congregation, which they called San Juan de los Esteros Hermosos.

The chief authority to establish this congregation of 13 original families was bestowed on Capt. Ignacio Anastacio de Ayala, who bought 10.5 ranching sites in the area.

Other members of the 13 original families, who were the founding families of present day Matamoros and parts of South Texas, included:

* Don Miguel Chapa, Rancho Chapeño.
* Don Santiago Longoria, Rancho Longoreño.

* Capt. José Antonio de la Garza Falcón, Rancho Falcoñeno.
* Don José Antonio de la Garza, Rancho Tahuachal.
* Don Luis Antonio García, Rancho del Potrero.
* Don Ramón Longoria, Rancho Barranquillas y Capote.
* Don José de Hinojosa, Rancho Palma.
* Don Juan Solís, Rancho Soliceño.
* Don Salvador Vela, Rancho de Santo Domingo de las Animas.
* Don Juan José Cisneros, Rancho La Canasta.
* Don Juan N. Cisneros Villarreal, Rancho Caja Pinta.
* Don José Antonio Cavazos, Rancho de Santo Domingo de las Animas.

As a proud descendant of the Longoria Chapa family, I still remember my visits to Rancho Longoreño, now called Ejido Longoreño, in the 1940s, where my sister and I spent quality time with our grandparents, who were related to the families on these ranching sites. The land stretched endlessly in those days, abundantly populated with horses and cattle, and almost everything was produced for daily use.

Brownsville native Dr. Lino García Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Spanish Literature at the University of Texas-Pan American.
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Chapa, Juan Bautista
Who? Juan Bautista Schiapapria (Chapa), 1631-1695
What? Juan Bautista Schiapapra (Chapa) was born in the Villa de Albisola, on the banks of Genoa, Italy the son of Bartolom Schiapapra and Bastetina Badi. He arrived in Monterrey, Nuevo Len during the last weeks in 1650 where he became involved in politics, making friends in high places. He married Doa Beatriz Trevio de Olivares, a wealthy and beautiful lady of distinction.

In 1686 he accompanied Captain Alonso de Len in several excursions into Texas territory, becoming one of the earliest explorer, historian, and conqueror of Texas. He wrote a book, along with Captain de Len and Fernando Snchez: Historia de Nuevo Len Con Noticias Sobre Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Texas y Nuevo Mxico that details the adventures, the fauna, and flora of Texas.

Decades later his great granddaughter Maria Clara Chapa married Captain Diego Longoria Valds de Zaldvar, a descendant of Diego de Montemayor, founder of Monterrey, Nuevo Len. This union produced several sons and daughters: don Jos Matas Longoria Chapa, Pedro and Vicente. All three received Porciones 93, 94, and 95 in 1767 from King Carlos III of Spain.

Descendants of the Longoria Chapa families that arrived in Texas in 1767, and of Juan Bautista Schiapapra (Chapa) who arrived in Texas in 1686 are: Marcelino, Ramn, Santiago Longoria who formed part of the 13 original families that established 113 ranching sites in what later became Matamoros in 1774 and whose descendants include: Dr. Lino Garca, Professor Emeritus-UTPA; Former State Senator Ral Longoria, Eva Longoria, Mimi Lozano, and many other South Texas and Northern Mexico prominent citizens.
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It looks like Eva Longoria's family were the original conquerers and colonists of Mexico for Spain considered to be the elite of Mexico.