State v. Sais

Roberts, Chief Justice.

That portion of Texas situated between the Bio Grande and Nueces river, south of a line drawn from the northern boundary of Webb county to the mouth of Moros creek, on the Nueces river, was originally a part of the State of Tamaulipas, in Mexico, whose capital was Victoria, some distance west of the Bio Grande. That section of country was but sparsely settled, and was used principally for stock ranches, that had long been subject to frequent depredations from savage Indians. On the 19th of December, 1836, an act of the Congress of Texas was passed, defining the…