The expedition failed and 172 men, "weak, hungry and afflicted with scurvy," surrendered to the governor of New Mexico Manuel Armijo.
[1][2] January 28, 1843, he asked the government of the republic for permission to organize and equip an expedition with the purpose of intercepting and capturing the property of Mexican merchants who could pass through the territory claimed by Texas on the Camino de Santa Fe.
On June 20, Snively's group attacked a Mexican military unit, killing 17 and taking 82 prisoners without losing their own.
The Mexican prisoners were released and a group of 76 called "the boys of the house" left Snively and marched east towards Arkansas.
With about 70 men remaining, Snively and Warfield contemplated the possibility of attacking a Mexican commercial caravan, but decided that they did not have the capacity to do so and returned to Texas, dissolving on August 6.