I was up late the other night, blown out of my mind on caffeine and sugar, and reading a history of early Texas and the Navajo uprisings against the Spanish. Somehow, this alchemized into "Lawrence of Arizona," sent by the Union boys to encourage the Navajo/Pueblo revolt against the Texans so that the Union could also defeat its ally, the CSA...
*ahem*
Anyway, in doing research, I checked out the nationalist party of Texas, the ones who wanted to remain independent and kill all the Indians, Tejanos, Mexicans, etc. POD is pretty simple...Mirabeau Lamar manages to secure loans from European nations and the US, as he was unable to do in OTL.
My own wild guesses led immediately to:
* With the financial backing to make the Redbacks worth something, Lamar has no trouble pushing his New Mexico expedition through the Texan Congress. The expedition, better equipped and larger than in OTL, reaches Santa Fe and is either to either escape, encourage the New Mexicans to join Texas, or go on bloody conquest.
* Using Very Effective Persuasion (bribery), Texas wins its recognition from Mexico.
But I'm new at this sport. How do you see the Republic going, if she hadn't joined the Union?
*ahem*
Anyway, in doing research, I checked out the nationalist party of Texas, the ones who wanted to remain independent and kill all the Indians, Tejanos, Mexicans, etc. POD is pretty simple...Mirabeau Lamar manages to secure loans from European nations and the US, as he was unable to do in OTL.
My own wild guesses led immediately to:
* With the financial backing to make the Redbacks worth something, Lamar has no trouble pushing his New Mexico expedition through the Texan Congress. The expedition, better equipped and larger than in OTL, reaches Santa Fe and is either to either escape, encourage the New Mexicans to join Texas, or go on bloody conquest.
* Using Very Effective Persuasion (bribery), Texas wins its recognition from Mexico.
But I'm new at this sport. How do you see the Republic going, if she hadn't joined the Union?