The Battle of the San Gabriels was an 1839 skirmish in the

Texas–Indian wars The Texas–Indian wars were a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and the Southern Plains Indians during the 19th-century. Conflict between the Plains Indians and the Spanish began before other European and Anglo-American settlers wer ...

. The battle began on 17 May 1839. A company of Texas Rangers under Lt. James O. Rice had pursued the Mexican agent Manuel Flores and his party of

Mexicans Mexicans ( es, mexicanos) are the citizens of the United Mexican States. The most spoken language by Mexicans is Spanish language, Spanish, but some may also speak languages from 68 different Languages of Mexico, Indigenous linguistic groups ...

and Indians, following their murder of four surveyors working between Seguin and

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. Battle was commenced on the north San Gabriel River, after the 2 day pursuit. In the first charge, Flores was killed and his company fled, abandoning a supply train intended to equip the Indians of East Texas for a revolt against the

Texian Texians were Anglo-American residents of Mexican Texas and, later, the Republic of Texas. Today, the term is used to identify early settlers of Texas, especially those who supported the Texas Revolution. Mexican settlers of that era are referr ...

s. In the captured baggage, Rice discovered letters between Flores and Vicente Córdova as well as instructions from Mexican general

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, detailing the

Córdova Rebellion The Córdova Rebellion, in 1838, was an uprising instigated in and around Nacogdoches, Texas. '' Alcalde'' Vicente Córdova and other leaders supported the Texas Revolution as long as it espoused a return to the Constitution of 1824, It erupted i ...

. These letters contradicted The Bowl's previous denials of involvement with Córdova's revolt and led to the Cherokee War. A marker was placed near the site in 1936.Manuel Flores: 2.5 miles SE on SH 29, past US 183, 0.1 miles north on CR 260: Texas marker #9093

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"Foreign Influences,"
including Córdova's letter. Texas Library & Archives Commission. Retrieved 20 Feb 2010.

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