The Texas comparison is also strange because Texas was for Mexico a sparsely populated frontier territory under frequent attack from plains Indians. Mexico invi

The Texas comparison is also strange because Texas was for Mexico a sparsely populated frontier territory under frequent attack from plains Indians. Mexico invited colonists willing to live in such a hostile environment specifically to establish a buffer zone between those tribes and Mexico proper. A lot of the Mexican influence in Texan culture came well after its settlement by these colonists.