Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, December 24, 1841 - Page 14
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Zavala. I refer you to the report of Lt T.M. Taylor
accompanying marked V.
By the report of Comdr Lothrop which is mar-
ked W the Department will see what injury the Zavala
sustained in the Gale, and how admirably she rode it
out[.] [N]o person on shore thought it possible that she
could ride it out. The gale was so violent, and the
sea so high that it broke in ten fathoms [sic] water. The
Zavala has more than realised the expectations of Comdr
Lothrop as a sea boat, who informs me, that he did
not believe any Steamer could have stood it. As to her
capacity for carrying fuel, what I have formerly stated,
Captain Lothrop fully agrees with me in.
By the correspondence between the Authorities
of Yucatan and Capt L—and the Resolutions of their Con-
gress, the Department will see that I am fully confirmed
in what I stated in my letter of the 28th August in
relation to the friendly feelings of the people of that State
towards the Government of Texas; they are at this time
talking at Merida, of recognising our Independence[.] [T]his
I have from two gentlemen who arrived yesterday from
that place.
On anchoring abreast of the town of Frontera,
Genl Anaya came on board, and proposed that I should
go up with our vessels, and co-operate with two Yuca-
tan vessels, a Brig, & Schr in taking the Town. I told
him that I crossed the bar, for the purposed of attack-
ing the town, as it was in the hands of the Centralists,
and levying a contribution. He shewed me a letter from
Genl Gutierez, the Comdr, offering to capitulate to him.
After a [sic] considerable talking, it was finally settled between
us, that if he could go along with us, and we tow one
of the Yucatan vessels up, he would pay twenty-five
thousand dollars to me, part of it on our arrival,
and the balance as soon as it could be raised, which
he
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Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, December 24, 1841. Texas Navy Papers, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.