Thomas James Of Illinois Raises The First Flag Of A Free And Independent Mexico In Santa Fe
Carlos Pitts
1822 – Lechat, a Ute leader, proposed a treaty with the Americans but little was done immediately (Southern Ute Tribe Indian Tribe – Chronology) If the comic opera expedition of Zebulon M. Pike accomplished nothing else, the publication of his journal in 1810 implied the potential of a lucrative trade between the United States and the Spanish administered Kingdom of Nuevo Mexico.
Spain’s strict pro…
