Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, December 24, 1841 - Page 4
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When we met the San-Antonio a Spanish
Sloop of War was in sight, standing for her, and her
conduct during the night had been rather strange towards
the San-Antonio. Lieut Moore, taking her, when he
first saw her, for this ship, fired a gun, at which he hove
too [sic], and the San-Antonio came up in the night when several
hails passed between them without an answer, two guns
were fired by the San-Antonio and one by the ship[.]
Lt Moore did not discover that the ship was not
the Austin until within shout hail, the Spanish how-
ever answered first, when he was answered as the
U S Schooner Woodbury[,] after which the ship sent
his Boat. From the manouvoring [sic] of the Ship afterwards,
every one on board of the San-Antonio believed the
Ship intended attacking them in the morning[.] [I]t was
calm, four or five hours during the day, the two Ships
about five miles apart, and the Schr within pistol
shot of us[.] [A]bout two o’clock the sea breeze came up
when I made sail for the ship, and she made sail
to the S and E[.] [B]y six o’clock we had come up with
about four miles, and had dropped the San-Antonio
about five miles, when the Spanish tacked, and we
passed on opposite tacks, this ship to windward, and
within short pistol shot, all clear for action; and
the Spanish without a gun cleared away, when I
hailed him, and he gave a very prompt answer. It
was the Spanish Sloop of War Liberal, formerly the
Mexican Brig of War Gurrero. I mention the circumstances
this minutely, because I have since been informed
by two respectable persons, that the Captain men-
tioned a few days after at a party in Vera-Cruz, that
I passed near him, hailed him to hoist his colours
and that he did not do it,” which report may reach
Texas and be used to raise an excitement either against the
Navy or against me. The preceeding [sic] afternoon before I
stood
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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.