History: Good or bad if Texas annexed CZM in 1838?
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Did you know Galveston Island in Texas was first “discovered” by Juan de Grijalva in 1518, the Spanish explorer who “discovered” Cozumel the same year on the same voyage?
Galveston is also where both the Brutus and the Invincible (the ships that raised the Texas flag over Cozumel) grounded on a sand bar at the entrance to Galveston Bay and were then broken apart by waves.
The wrecking events of the Invincible and the Brutus were described by Moses E. Morrell, a sailor who was on the Invincible when it grounded and also at the flag-raising on Cozumel. “After cruising for seven months living on the spoils of the enemy, green turtle and beans, we sailed for the harbor at Galveston. On our arrival, the tide being low, the Invincible being encumbered with plunder from the enemy, could not cross the bar…. The next morning we was greeted with the appearance of two Mexican brigs mounting 36 guns, we only 7.”
The crew of the Invincible signaled to the Brutus for help, but Morrell wrote that: “owing to the confusion of so many volunteers, and their anxiety to aid us, the pilot’s voice, Hitchcock, could not be heard, and she [Brutus] grounded” in the attempted rescue.” He then described the grounding of the Invincible: “all hands was called in our craft, and the resolution formed of resisting, (though 39 in number) to the last…after receiving their fire for half an hour we was compelled to turn [the Invincible] on shore. Two at a time, we embarked, and landed safely on the beach.”
Above: Morrell’s letter.
Galveston is also where both the Brutus and the Invincible (the ships that raised the Texas flag over Cozumel) grounded on a sand bar at the entrance to Galveston Bay and were then broken apart by waves.
The wrecking events of the Invincible and the Brutus were described by Moses E. Morrell, a sailor who was on the Invincible when it grounded and also at the flag-raising on Cozumel. “After cruising for seven months living on the spoils of the enemy, green turtle and beans, we sailed for the harbor at Galveston. On our arrival, the tide being low, the Invincible being encumbered with plunder from the enemy, could not cross the bar…. The next morning we was greeted with the appearance of two Mexican brigs mounting 36 guns, we only 7.”
The crew of the Invincible signaled to the Brutus for help, but Morrell wrote that: “owing to the confusion of so many volunteers, and their anxiety to aid us, the pilot’s voice, Hitchcock, could not be heard, and she [Brutus] grounded” in the attempted rescue.” He then described the grounding of the Invincible: “all hands was called in our craft, and the resolution formed of resisting, (though 39 in number) to the last…after receiving their fire for half an hour we was compelled to turn [the Invincible] on shore. Two at a time, we embarked, and landed safely on the beach.”
Above: Morrell’s letter.
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