Subject: Re: Oklahoma and Massachusetts
Little appreciated fact- at the time Texans were living there at the sufferance of the Mexican government, ie Texas was part of Mexico,

True, mostly. Also underappreciated fact, they were there at the invitation of the Mexican government, who welcomed them because they would develop the sparsely populated territory and add to the tax roles. The Spanish and Mexican government issued free land grants to people who would move there (much as had been done earlier to persuade east coasters to move to Ohio and other Midwest territories), and they were swamped with “immigrants.”

Who then decided to stay there but not like Mexico so much. Definitely a case of “immigration gone wrong.”