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The Treaties of Velasco were two documents signed at Velasco, Texas (now Surfside Beach, Texas) on May 14, 1836, between Antonio López de Santa Anna of Mexico and the Republic of Texas, in the aftermath of the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. The signatories were Interim President David G. Burnet for Texas and Santa Anna for Mexico. The treaties were intended, on the part of Texas, to provide a conclusion of hostilities between the two belligerents and to offer the first steps toward the official recognition of the breakaway republic's independence. It set the southern boundary of Texas at the Rio Grande, including the Nueces Strip for Texas. Santa Anna signed both a public treaty and a secret treaty, but neither treaty was ratified by the Mexican government because he had signed the documents under coercion, as a prisoner. Mexico claimed Texas was a breakaway province, but it was too weak to attempt another invasion. The documents were not even called "treaties" until so characterized by US President James K. Polk in his justifications for war some ten years later, as Representative Abraham Lincoln pointed out in 1848.〔(A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875 )〕 ==Public treaty== The public treaty consisted of ten articles, and was to be published immediately. #Personal undertaking by Santa Anna not to take up arms, or encourage arms to be taken up, against the people of Texas in this war of independence. #Cessation of hostilities, on sea and land, between Texas and Mexico. #Mexican troops to evacuate the territory of Texas, relocating south of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte). #Mexican troops to refrain from taking property without due compensation, etc., during their retreat. #All property (including horses, cattle etc.) captured by Mexico during the war and negro slaves freed by the Mexican army had to be returned. #The two armies to avoid contact, keeping a distance of five leagues (approx. 27.78 km). #The Mexican army to retreat without tarrying. #Dispatches to be sent to the commanders of the two armies, informing them of the treaty's content. #Mexico to release all Texan prisoners, with Texas releasing the same number of Mexican prisoners of the same rank; all other Mexican prisoners to be retained by Texas. #Santa Anna to be conveyed to Veracruz as soon as deemed proper. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Treaties of Velasco」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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