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Coahuiltecan vaqueros and the American Revolution — 'Things would have gone very differently'

Coahuiltecan vaqueros and the American Revolution — 'Things would have gone very differently'
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Mission Indians in Spanish Texas helped the American Revolutionary cause by using their skills as vaqueros to drive longhorn cattle to Spanish Louisiana to help feed Spanish troops fighting the British.

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