big men in buckskin or homespun. And he did not much wonder

that the Morisco-Hispano-Mexican feared these Anglo-Americans,

and suspected them of an intention to add Texan to their

His inclination to remain in San Antonio was settled by

his marriage. Dona Maria Flores, though connected with the

great Mexican families of Yturbide and Landesa, owned much

property in San Antonio. She had been born within its limits,

and educated in its convent, and a visit to Mexico and New