[1][2][3][4][5] In the early-to mid 19th century Mexican cart drivers would charge rates that were lower than their white competitors to ship items from San Antonio, Texas, to the coast.
[3] Sustained violence began on July 3, 1857, when a group of disguised men attacked six carts, and wounded six drivers in Goliad County, Texas.
In September, the fourth attack saw Antonio Delgado, a prominent local politician, killed.
[3] John Twiggs had, as a result of the frequent attacks, begun providing armed escorts with American government shipments.
Upon Pease's request, armed escorts began traveling with the carters and the war had ended by December.