tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331267162003616614.post9018913499912073647..comments2019-01-21T18:05:25.673-08:00Comments on The Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition: French Settlers in TexasJames Aalan Bernsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15333072476645916190noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331267162003616614.post-6787255103709619432019-01-12T16:57:50.509-08:002019-01-12T16:57:50.509-08:00By the time of the Louisiana retro-cession from Sp...By the time of the Louisiana retro-cession from Spain to France Louisiana citizens were being supplemented by Americans from foreign countries, not sons of the patriots, to both the Mississippi Territory and the Isle of Orleans. Probably of greater concern to the officials of Texas was the threat of the influx of refugees from Santo Domingo . Some of the former Spanish Royalists wanted the protection of Spain, but another factor entered into the fray: the Spanish had new land granting restrictions on foreigners including the refusal to confirm both new and existing land claims to the foreigner wanting to settle west of the Mississippi. With the Louisiana Purchase being completed, the old land claims could again be litigated for ownership and possession (including the Baron de Bastrops lands which ultimately became the destination of those Americans "affiliated" with the so-called Burr Conspiracy. The west was opened wide and the land hungry Americans began, in earnest, their relentless drive to acquire new lands. To me, it seems the Americans of the time were land hungry and the French, in general on the Louisiana Texas frontier were there more for for the trade. My 2 cents!Doc L'Herissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947293465373953960noreply@blogger.com