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Rh Teran was commissioned to carry out these enactments. It was no easy task; for it will be readily understood how impracticable it must have been for Mexico, where civil war was the normal condition, to make such a policy effective with colonists so advanced and powerful. Teran, however, began his difficult duty, entering Texas with a considerable force of infantry

and cavalry, including presidial companies. He appointed officials, and declared null and void, or at least suspended for reconsideration, a number of land grants made by the government of Coahuila.