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Abandonment of Texas Frontier, 185.

Acheson, Alex W., 256.

Aconchi, 149.

Adair, W. S., 257.

Adams, John Quincy, and Benjamin Lundy, reciprocal influence of views regarding the slave power and Texas, 2-3. Addison Letters, 1838-1876, (MS.), 331.

Addison, Oscar M., Diary (MS.) of a circuit rider on the frontier, 331.

See Addison' WC= ' WC= Adjutant General in Texas, Office of, by Clarence P. Denman, 302-322. Adjutant General's Office, During the Republic : Antecedents, 302; duties (1839), 303; earliest organization (1835), 3031; Act of Texas Congress, 304 f . ; itinerant, 305 ; lack of funds, 305 f., responsible to Congress, 306; bureau of War Department, 307; com bined with Inspector General's Office (1840), 308; abolished but revived (1841), 309; recognized by Congress (1842), 309; emergency office (1842), 309; appointment by major general (1843), 310.

Of the State till the Civil War: Provision for (1846), 310; duties, 3101; funds, 311; burn ing of Office (1855), 312 1; suspended (1856), 313; abolished (1856), 313; re-established (1860), 313.

During the Civil War, 314 1 After the Civil War: Re-established (1870), 316; de scription (1871), 316 1; changes in the law affecting (1873), 318.

After Re construction: Change in military policy (1874), 318; salaries (1874 1876), 319.

Tabular list of in cumbents, 322 Affairs of the Association, 85-86, 332.

Agricultural resources of Texas, 100.

Agricultural tribes, 226 f. Alabaman immigration, 25, 27.

Alabama Indians, 82, 229.

Alaman, 27.

Alamo, 90.

Alcarez, Diego, 160, 161.

Algonkins, 227, 229.

Allsberry, H. A., 31-32. Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno, Reports and correspondence in University of Texas Library, 177 n. Statistical' WC= Report on ' WC= trans. by Professor C. E. Casteiledo, 177-222. Almonte's reasons for publishing, 178-180. Alonso de Solis, the inspector, 69; testi mony of, 129.

Alonzo del Castillo, 56, 67.

Amador de los Rio, Don José, historian and biographer of Oviedo y Valdes, 134 n. American settlers on the Trinity (1831), 107; on the Nechez, 107.

Americans slaughter Indians for Chi huahua scalp bounties, 282.

Anadarkoes, 227 f . Anahuac founded (1830), 107; 210.

Annexation of Texas. Indian question, 259 f . Anti-Slavery sentiment in Texas (1834), 198.

Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy, 123.

Apaches, 148, 225 f.; reason for their hostility, 282 f. Appropriations, by Texas Legislature for recovery of captives from Indians, 270; by U. S. Congress indemnifying Texas for defense against Indians, 272.

Arciniega, Miguel, 17.

Arizona cattle ranching, 253.

Arkansas and roads to California, 288.

Arizpe, Ramos, 9.

Arrellano, Tristande, 157, 158, 159.

Asbury, Samuel E., Amateur' WC= histo ' SUBS_TYPE= 87-97. Athapascans, 225 f. Audubon's route to California, 289, 290.

Austin, city of (1866), 256; history, 82; explores for road to California, 292 f ., rendezvous for emigrants to Califor nia, 296.

Austin, Henry, 26.

Austin, J. E. Brown, at San Antonio (1826), 13; at Saltillo, 14.

Austin, Moses, 3, 100, 113, 184.

Austin, Municipality (1833), 119.

Austin Papers, 1765-1827, (E. C. Barker, ed., 1924), 254.

Austin, Stephen Fuller, At San Antonio and in Mexico City (1821, 1822), 4; at Saltillo, 15; first colonization con tract (1822-1825), 4-6; memorials and petitions (1824-1825), 12-14, 18; let ter to John Durst on emancipation (1829), 21-22; reactions (1829), 24 25; supports Federal law, 25-28; anti slavery attitude, 26-28; petitions and memorials (1831), 27-28; laments on slavery in Texas (1831), 28; views (1832-1833), 28; colonization policy, 103; descriptions of Texas (1828,

1831, 1833), 98-121; account of col onization, 100-102; residence at San Filipe de Austin (1831), 108; as col onizer, 114-115; engraving, 164; his Explanation (1835), 177 n.; his Order' WC= ' WC= (1835), 302; plans for developing commerce and trade, 192 f.; mentioned, 17, 113, 184.

Austin Papers, 1765-1827, edited by Professor E. C. Barker, 1924, 254.

Austin's first colonists, hardships of (1821-1822), 101-102. Avalos, General, offers help against Indians, 276.

Avila, Pedro de, 161.

Ayala, Inigo Lopez de, 135.

Bagby, Mindora, 82.

Bailey Controversy in Texas Politics, by Jesse Guy Smith, 173.

Ballerstedt, Blanche J., 82.

Ballinger, Miss Betty, 80, 164; family, 240.

Baltazar de Gallegos, 133.

Bancroft, H. H., on Mixed Claims Com mission, 37 n. 7.

Bandelier, 61 n.; journey from Matape to Rio San Pedro, 145.

Barker, Eugene C. (contrib.), Descrip' SUBS_TYPE= tions of Texas by Stephen F. '/> 98-121; (ed.), Austin Papers, 1765 1827, 254 f.; Influence'/> of Slavery in the colonization of '/> 1-33; in troductory note to Almonte's Statis' SUBS_TYPE= tical Report on '/> 177.

Barkum, 240.

Barragan, Gen. Miguel, 177.

Bartlett's description of the Valley of Rio de Sonora, 141-147; route from Guadalupe Pass to Arispe, 142-145. Bastrop, Baron de, on the slavery ar ticle in the proposed Constitution (1826), 12-14; 108.

Bastrop, city of. See Mina. Baron de Bastrop, 108.

See Bastrop,' WC= Baron '/> Battle family, 83.

Battles. Bird's Creek, 84; Medina, 101; Nueces, 173.

Baylor, J. R., Indian agent, 230.

Bean, Ellis H., 11 n. 23; 16.

Beazley, Julia, legend, 246.

Bell, P. H. Frontier and Indian prob lems, 272, 276, 280, 286; assistant adjutant general, 305, 308; adjutant general of militia (1841), 309; sent to western frontier, 309.

Bell County, Historical Landmarks of, 84.

Benedict, H. Y., Peregrinusings. Bertillion, L. D., legend, 246.

Bexar, decline of, 181; department of, 182, 185-197. Billings, not a good appointment, 324.

Birch, 240.

Birdie (W. H. Quayle), 317 n. Blackburn, Reverend Gideon, 25.

Blankenship, John J., 312 n. Bolton, Dr. Herbert E., on location of Corazones, 153; 287 n. Bonham,— —, 91.

Botany, study of, in Texas (1834), 183.

See Education. Boundary Commission, report on In dians, 278.

Bounties for Indian scalps. Bounty and donation land warrants, 311 f. See Adjutant' WC= General's Of ' SUBS_TYPE= Bowie, James, 91, 92; appointed ad jutant (1835), 303.

Boyer, Louise, 81.

Brass rattle, 151.

Brazoria. Founded by S. F. Austin, 107; municipality (1833), 119; 199 f. Brazos, Department of, 182, 197-206. Brenham, people of, favor retention of Austin Bryan in office, 242.

Britton, F. L., adjutant general, 317 f. Brooke, General , 284.

Brown, Orlando, U. S. Indian Commis sioner, 273, 274.

Bryan, Austin, 242.

Bryan, Lieut. Francis, Report, 297 n.; 293 Bryan, Guy M. Declines appointments and advises Hayes, 76, 169 f., 235 f.; death of Garfield, 327.

See Bryan- Hayes correspondence. Bryan-Hayes Correspondence, ed. by E. W. Winkler, 75-80, 164-172, 235-242, 323-330. Bryan, W. J., postmaster at Brenham, 324.

Buchanan, James, recognition of Zuloaga de facto Government of Mexico ( 1858 ) , 34; recognition of Juárez Government (April, 1859), 34-35. Buffalo, the earliest published account of, 72; hides, 139.

Bullis, Lt., crossing of the border, 51.

Burke, John, adjutant general (1864), 315.

Burleson, Lieutenant Ed., Papers (MS.), 331 Burnett, David G., 207, 233, 273 f.; ap points A. S. Johnston Adjutant Gen eral, 304.

Bustamente, Carlos, 9.

Butler, P. M., 224; U. S. Indian com missioner in Texas, 263.

Byrd, William, adjutant general and quartermaster general (1861), 314.

Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez, 56, 63 64, 65, 66-67; Veracity, 68; Treasurer and High Constable, 69, 74; return to Spain, 131-132; 133 f., 137; route from final crossing of the Rio Grande 138 et seq.; 140, 147, 151-152; route 153, 162.

Caddo Indians, 215, 227 f.; sign treaty (1850), 266; near Fredericksburg (1850), 280.

Caguates Indians, 140.

Caldwell Prize Essays, Local History Contest, 256.

California, Emigrant roads through Texas to, 287-301; gold-seekers, 294; market for Texas cattle, 300.

Calvin, Avis, 82.

Campbell, Col., 285.

Canal projects in Texas (1833), 120.

Cape Bolivar, 203.

Capoques, Indians of Mal-Hado, 71.

Carancahuas, 194.

Carlton, M. W., 238.

Carter, Emma D., 82.

Carranza, Báltazar Dorantes de, 122-127. Carranza, Don Sancho Dorantes de, 130.

Carillo, 14.

Carson' WC= ' WC= emigrants from New York in Texas (1849), 299.

Castañeda: Account of the Journey of Marcos, 156; chronicler of Coronado's expedition, 158-161; mentioned, 149 Castañeda, Professor C. E., trans., Juan N. Almonte's Statistical' WC= Report on ' WC= 177-222. Castilla del Oro, Pedrias Davila in, 135.

Castro's colony, 82.

Cattle, 191, 203, 215; business, 251 f.; driven from Texas to Iowa (1866), 256; driving to California (1849 and after), 300; raising in Texas, 178; ranching, 252 f.; trail, 174.

Catlett, Capt. H. G. Settlement of In dians, 285.

Cevallos, Manuel, 13.

Chamberlain, Adelaide, 253.

Cherokee Indians, 82; (1835, 1836, 1839), 93, 96, 185, 215; removed (1839), 233; Chief Stand Waite's Papers, 331.

Chevallie, Major —— , 282.

Chihuahua: Indian policy, 282.

CMckasaw invasions, 281.

Child, Judge Joshua, 25.

Choctaw Indians, 185, 215; invasions 281.

Cholera epidemic, 200.

Christobalde Espindola, 133.

Clark, Governor —, appoints adju tant general (1861), 314.

Climate of Texas, 98, 183; favorable for European settlement, 181, to emi grants to California, 290.

See De' SUBS_TYPE= ' SUBS_TYPE= for description of in various regions. Coahuila, separation from sought bv Texas (1832-1833), 29-31. Coal in Texas (1831), 104, 212.

Coashattas, or Koasatis, 215, 228 f. Cocos, 194.

Colete, an Indian Village, 229.

Colonists, Texas, and religion, 174.

Comanche Indians, 101, 111, 194 f., 205, 223 f. ; antagonized (1855), 279; sign treaty (1850), 266; view of annuities, 267; horse-stealing, 278.

Commerce of Texas (1828), 102- (1831) 105; 192 f., 204, 212.

Concho Country (1684-1867), 82.

Confederate relations with the Chero kees, sources, 332.

Conflict of Federal and State Indian and land policies in Texas, 272 ff. Conkling, Roscoe, Senator, of New York, resolution, relations with Mexico (1877), 52-53. Constitution of Mexico (1827), slavery article, 11-15; (1857), 34.

Of Texas (1876), 255: Cooke, Colonel Philip St. George, 287.

Cooke County, history of transportation and communication, 82.

Cooke, William G., adjutant general (1844), 310; secretary of war and marine, 310; adjutant general, 310.

Cópano, the port of, 188, 191.

Corazones Village, 149; location, 152 163.

Córdoba, Gonzalo Fernandez de, 135.

Corn, 188.

See Products. Cornell, of New York, 80.

Corodeguachi, 148, 149.

Coronado expedition, 149-161. Coronado, Francisco Vasquez, appointed Governor of Nueva Galicia, 155.

Corpus Christi, 191, 291; merchants 292, 298; Star, 292.

Correlitos, 141.

Cotton, 8, 58-60, 100 151, 178; (1828), 102; (1829), 18; (1831), 113; (1833), 119; blankets, 139; growing, 190 (1834), 201; gins (1834), 201, 213; (1834), 204 f.; Kingdom, 250 f. See Products. Councils with Texas Indians at Council Springs (1846), 263; (1847), 264.

Cox, 290 Cox, Notes and Memoranda of an over land trip from Texas to California, in the year 1849, 290.

Cox, of New York, resolutions on recog nition of Diaz Govt. (1878), 52.

Craddock, John R., legend, 246.

Cradle of Texas, 82.

Crane, Colonel Charles Judson, Experi ences (1923), 255.

Cranflll, J. B., A History of Texas Bap tists (1923), 255.

Creeks, 215, 227.

Creuzbaur, Robert, map-maker, 293 n., 294 n. ; Guide, 297.

Crockett, David, 91, 92.

Cuba, commercial importance to Mexico and to Texas (1834), 180.

Cuianos, 194.

Culbertson, D. B., adjutant and in spector general (1863), 315.

Cummins, John, 312 n. Dale, Dr. Edward Everett, Some' WC= Chero kee ' WC= 332.

Dallas, 257.

Dallas, J. Y., adjutant general and quartermaster general (1861), 315.

Davenport, Harbert, ed., The Expedition of Pánfilo de Narvaez, by Oviedo y Valdez, 56-73; Appendix, 1 22 - 163 - Davidson, James, adjutant general, 316 f. Davila, Pedrarias, 135.

Davis, ——, 323.

Davis Gov E. J., 242.

Davis, James, acting adjutant general (1842), 309 f. Dead Horse Canyon, legend, 246.

Deaths of prominent Texans, 84, 175 f., 257.

DeBray, X. B., aid-de-camp and assistant adjutant general, 314.

De Leon's Colony, 186 n. Delawares, Lenape, or Loups, 229 ff., 281.

Denison, F. L., 274 f. Denman, Clarence Adjutant General in Texas, 1835-1881, 302-322. Departments of Bexar, Brazos, and Nacogdoches, 185-216. See Bexar, Brazos, and Nacogdoches, of Coahuila y Tejas, 181 f. Depredations, Indian, 277-286; nature and extent, 277 f.; causes 278-282; protective measures, 282-286. Deussen, Alexander, Geology of the Coastal Plain of Texas West of the Brazos River, 174.

De Witt, Green, Colonizer, 7.

Diary, George C. Duffield's, 256.

Diaz, Father, 194.

Diaz Government of Mexico recognition of, by United States (April, 1878), Diaz, Melchior, 65-66, 149, 152, 156 f., Diaz, Porfirio, Successful revolutionist (1876), 35-36; seeks American recog nition (1877-1878), 36 et seq.; annuls Lerdo contracts, 38; gains strength in Mexico (1877), 40-41, ; writes letters to friendly government heads, 41 ; first audience to J. W. Foster, 43; de nounces U. S. border policy, 47; ban quet to Foster (1878), 55.

Dickenson, Anita F., 82.

Diseases in Texas, 183.

See Cholera, Climate, Epidemics, Health, Disorder and lawlessness in Texas Dixon, Sam Houston, The Men Who Made Texas Free; and Romance and Tragedy of Texas History, 174.

Doans, J. Frank (ed.) , Legends of Texas, reviewed, 243-247. Dorantes, Andres, 56, 67; arrival in Mexico (1536), 123; family history and career, 122-130; (1537), 132-133; Dorantes de Carranza, Baltazer, 122-127. Dorantes de Carranza, Don Sancho, 130.

Duffield, George C, Diary, 256.

Durst, John, 21-22. Drought, 196.

Easterling, James, 82.

Economic Aspects of Southern Section alism, 1840-1861, by Robert Royall Russell, 174.

Economic conditions in Texas. See Bryan-Hayes correspondence, passim; depression (1879), 76.

Education in Texas (1833), 120; (1834), 205; 210.

See Schools. Ellis, Richard, 27.

El Paso, beginnings of the American city (1849-), 301.

El Quiscat, 227.

Emigration' WC= to Texas from '/> by Stephen F. Austin (1831), 103-105. Through Texas to California, 282 ; Roads, 287-301; movement begins, parties, 294; sources of, 295 f.; 299; points of entry, Texas, 296 ; use of Lower' WC= ' WC= begins, activity at Cor pus Christi, 298; importance of the Rio Grande Valley, 300; El Paso and Santa Fé, 301 ; scenes in Rio Grande Valley, 301.

Emory, Lieutenant—— , 288.

Enriques, Alonso, the purser, 69, pow ers revoked, 71.

Epidemics, 200.

Essex Mining and Trading Company, forty-niners in Texas, 299.

Esteban, or Estebanico, 59, 124, 155 f. See Stephen. Espejo's journey up the Rio Grande (Dec, 1582), 140.

Esquivel, 71.

European colonization of Texas, 98 n., 103 et seq. Evans,—— , 323.

Evans, A. J., 242.

Exports, 201, 212.

Expulsion of Indians discussed, 282, 284.

See Removal. Fanny, Vessel from New Orleans at Cor pus Christi, 299.

Farias, Valentin Gómez, sends Almonte to Texas (1834), 177.

Federal Indian Policy in Texas, 1845 1860, by Lena Clara Koch, 223-234. Fernandez de Cordoba, Gonzalo, 135.

Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdez, Gonzalo, 134-138. First Texas Infantry, 256.

Fish, Hamilton, Secretary of State (U. S.), instructions to Foster (Dec-Jan., 1876-1877), 38-39. Fisher, S. Rhoads, 27.

Flax in Texas (1831), 104.

Flechazos, 227.

Flora of Texas, 183; legends regarding origins, 243.

Flores, Pedro. Testimony, 129 f. Flowers, legends on origins of, 243.

Foodstuffs of Texas, 190.

See Produce. Folk-Lore Society, Texas, 243.

Ford, John S. Explorations for City of Austin road to California, 292 f.; Memoirs, 293 n.; meets emigrants on the return, 297.

Foreign trade (1829), 18.

Fort Belknap, 286.

Fort Brown, 276.

Fort Chadbourne, 286.

Fort Martin Scott (1850), 265 f.; emi grants passing, 295.

Fort Smith, Roads to Santa Fé and El Paso, 289.

Forty-Niners, in Texas, 287-301, espe cially, 294-299. Foundry, iron, 213.

Fredericksburg (1850), 280; forty niners at, 294, 296; road to San An tonio, 278.

Freeport, Texas, sulphur industry, 82.

French Colony, 81.

French in Mexico (1861-1867), 34.

Frontier, Abandoned, 185; business in Adjutant General's Office (1872-1873), 317 f., 319; defense, 331, difficulties with Mexico (1877), 41-51; Paxson's History reviewed, 247-252; of settle ment (1846), 231 f.; policy, 233; posts, 284; protection of, 285.

Fruits of Texas, 104, 208.

See Prod' SUBS_TYPE= ' SUBS_TYPE= Fur trade, 192, 205, 212, 269.

Galveston, 203; Custom House (1881), 323; military companies (1877), 319.

Galveston Bay and Texas Land Com pany, 204, 207.

Garber, Paul Neff, Gadsden Treaty (1923), 255.

Garfleld, James A., candidacy of, 236; Guy M. Bryan's impressions of, 323 ; Southern reaction on assassination of, 326; policies, 327.

Garner, Patsy, 82.

German colonists incite Indians, 264.

German Emigration Company, 279.

German immigration (1829), 25.

Geology of Texas, 174.

Gibson, General , 325.

Gillett, James S., adjutant general, 312.

Gilpin, Mildred M., 81.

Glanton, John, 282 f. Goliad in 1831, 110; municipality in 1833, 119; decline, 181, location, 188.

Gonzales (March 13, 1836), 88; munici pality (1833), 119; location and prog ress, 200.

Gonzalo de Malpasso, 130.

Gorostiza, Don Manuel Eduardo de, 255.

Gowen, Emma V., 81.

Graham, Texas, educational progress of, 82.

Grant, U. S., Administration's instruc tions to J. W. Foster, Mexico, 1877, 37-38; candidacy, visit to the South and Texas (1880), 168, 169, 171.

Grapes. See Products. Gray, William Fairfax, letters to specu lating employers in Kentucky and Vir ginia, 94.

Greenbackers, 75.

Greig, Walter, 82.

Griffin, a Carpetbagger, 166.

Griffith, Mary Matlock, Westward the Course of Empire (1924), 255.

Groce, Jared E., 9, 32.

Guadalupe Pass, 141.

Guasavas, 58 n., 152.

Guerrero, President. Proclamation abol ishing slavery (Sept. 15, 1829), 18 19; exception of Texas, 23-24. Guepaca, pueblo of, 161 f. Gurley, David R., adjutant general (1867), 315 f. Gutierrez, Fray Juan, 69.

Guzman, Nuño de, and Diego de, 60 and note. Hackett, Charles W., Recognition of the Diaz Government by the United States, 34-55; review of Munk's Activities of a Lifetime, 252 f. Hall, Warren D. C., 303.

Han, Indians of Mal-Hado, 71.

Hancock, Democratic nominee for presi dent of the U. S., 236; his campaign managers, 240.

Harbors of Texas (1831), 105.

Harcourt, Recommended to succeed Ho man as District Attorney, 78, 79-80. Harney, Col. W. 5., 283 f . Harney, General, Expedition to recover captives from Indians, 270.

Harris, 290.

Hart, a captive recovered from Indians, 270.

Hayes, Rutherford B., Administration, 40; reverses Mexican policy (1878), 53-55; reviewed, 329; appointments, 239; correspondence, 75-80, 164-172, 235-242, 323-330; reconciliation of the South, 76-79; recognition of Mexico (1878), 55; Cleveland Speech (1880), 238, 240; Yale College Alumni Speech (1880), 236 f. Hays, Colonel John C, 291.

Health, 199-200. See Climate, Dis' SUBS_TYPE= ' SUBS_TYPE= Epidemics, etc. Hedgecoxe, Henry, 273.

Heel-Fly Time in Texas, a Story of the Civil War Period, by John Warren Hunter, 174.

Hemp in Texas (1831), 104.

See Products. Hemphill, John, acting adjutant gen eral (1842-1843), 310.

Henderson County, History of, 82.

Herbert, Hattie Mae, 82.

Herring, Nellie A., 81.

Hewitt, 240.

Hirelings in Texas (1828), 102.

See Slavery. Historian, the amateur, 87-97. History of Texas from Wilderness to Commonwealth, by Louis J. Wortham, 174.

History Teachers' Bulletin, 81.

Hockley, George W., acting adjutant general (1840), 308.

Hodder's Introduction to Audubon's Western Journal criticised, 289 f . Hogs, 215.

Homan, W. K., 75, 77.

Horn Worshipers, legend, 246.

Horses, 191; wild, 189, 202.

Houston, Sam. Retreat of his army (Mar. 13, 1836), 88; Indian policy, 232 f.; advice to Neighbors, 267; com mends Torrey's trading post, 268; criticizes Federal Indian policy, 271; seeks military road to California, 292 ; appointments (1836-1837), 305, 309; vetoes militia bill (Dec. 18, 1837), 306; appoints adjutant general and other officers (1860), 313 f. Papers, 94.

Houston Telegraph, 292.

Hubbard, Governor—— , 319.

Huepaca, 149.

Hunt, General Memucan, 271.

Hunter, John Warren, Heel-Fly Time in Texas, a Story of the Civil War Period, 174.

Huntsville—'/> Historic ' WC= 81.

Immigration: (1829), 25; (1835-1860), 93; from Europe preferred (1831), 113 f.; from U. S. (1834), 185; of Indians, 185.

Indians. See different tribes. Inspector General's Office, combined with Adjutant General's (1840), 304.

lonies, 227 f . Irish colonies in Texas (1831), 105, 109.

Iron in Texas (1831), 104; large mass of on upper Brazos, 111, 202.

Irrigation, influence on settlement, 148; 187.

Island of Galveston, 203.

Indented servants, 11, 16, 102, 116.

Jack, Col. Thomas M., 240, 325.

Jalisco. Arrival of Andres Dorantes (1536), 123.

James, F. W., General, 320.

Janos, 141, 297.

Jaramies, 194.

Jaramillo, 149, 158.

Johnson, B. H., assistant adjutant gen eral, 307.

Johnson, Francis W., appointed adjutant (1835), 303.

Johnson, M. T., Capt., 275.

Johnson, an Indian offender, 274 f . Johnston, Albert Sidney, Adjutant Gen eral, 304; senior brigadier general, 305.

Jones, Anson, 233.

Jones County, history of, 82.

Jones, George, 164.

Jones, George W., 327.

Jones, John 8., adjutant general, 320; death, 321.

Juarez, Benito, 34-35. Judiciary in Texas (1832), 30.

Jumanos, 56 n., 139, 225.

Kearney, General —— , 287.

Keechies, or Kichais, 227.

Kelleheir, Lieutenant, captures Cynthia Ann Parker (1858), 270.

Kelly, Moses, 274 f. Kichais. See Keechies, 227.

Kickapoos, 183, 215, 230; invasions by, 281.

Kilgore, Margaret, 82.

King, General W. EL, 278; adjutant general, 321.

Kinney Rangers, 299.

Kino, Father, Journey (1706), Ramirez, 145; 148, 149, 153, 161 f. Kiowa Apaches, 226.

Kirby, R. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. 256.

Koch, Lena Clara, Federal Indian Policy in Texas, 18J,5-1860, 223-234; do., 1845-1846, 259-286. Ku Klux Klan (1880), 238.

La Bahia (1813), 101; 110.

See Goliad. Lacy, Leland L., 81.

Lamar's frontier and Indian policy, 233.

La Reunion, near Dallas, 83.

Land Office county maps, 92, 94.

Land' WC= ' WC= in Texas (1881), 326, 328.

Land, public, in Texas : Military cer tificates, 312; Cherokee claims, 331; grants on liberal terms (1831), 114; Indians on, 272, 284; policy of Texas (c. 1846), 272; speculation, 93.

Las Cruces, 141.

Las Moras, 291.

Lea, Luke, Indian Commissioner, 262, 274.

Lead in Texas (1831), 104.

See Min' SUBS_TYPE= ' SUBS_TYPE= Leal, Antonio, 161 f. Learning, Thomas F., 26.

Leather business, 213.

Legends of Texas. J. Frank Dobie ( ed. ) , reviewed, 243-247. Legislature of Texas, work of (1879), 75-78; appropriations for recovery of captives from Indians, 270; frontier posts, 283; removal of Indians, 284.

Lerdo de Tejada, overthrown by Diaz, 35-36. Lewis and Butler, 283.

Lewis, M. G., 224; U. S. Commissioner to Indians in Texas, 263.

Lipans, 101, 194, 225 f. ; sign treaty (1850), 266; horse-stealing, 278.

Liquor trade with Indians, 268 f . Little River Fort (1836), 84.

Livestock in Texas (1806), 181; (1833), 120.

See Cattle, Horses, Hogs, etc. Llano and San Saba Country, legends, 243.

Local History Contest, 81.

Lopez, Diego, 70.

Lopez de Ayala, Inigo, 135.

Louisiana, emigrants from, 26.

Lumber (1831), 106, 183, 200.

Lundy, Benjamin, War in Texas. Com ments on, by Professor E. C. Barker, 1-3; report on Texas' reasons for de siring separation from Coahuila, 30.

Lyons, a captive among Indians, 269 f. McArdle papers, where are they?, 94.

McKay, Seth Shepard, Making the Texas Constitution of 1816 (1924), 255.

McLeod, Hugh, elected Adjutant Gen eral, 306 f . ; organization of his office (1839), 307; becomes adjutant and inspector general (1840), 308; adju tant general, 310.

McMullen's Colony, 185 n. Macomb, David B., 303.

Macum, Phelan, A history of early Methodism in Texas, 1817-1866, (1924), 255.

Mail. First successful transcontinental and San Antonio to Santa Fé, 300 and note. Maize, 58, 140, 148-152. See Corn, Products, etc. Maldonado, Alonso del Castillo, 124.

Mal-Hado, an island, 69, 71; the In dians of, 71-72. Malpasso, Gonzalo de, 130.

Mann, Charles L., adjutant general, 311 n. Manufacturing resources of Texas, 182 f . Manuscript additions to the Library of the University of Texas, 331.

Manypenny, G. W., 285.

Maps. Land Office maps of Texas coun ties, 92, 94.

Projected road from Houston to El Paso, 292.

Mariames, Indians, 71-72. Marcos, Fray, 132 f., 153-156. Margarita de Vegara, 135.

Margaritas, 73.

Maria de la Torre, wife of Andre's Dorantes, 127.

Mariscal, Seflor, Lerdo Government Min ister at Washington continues to function (1877), 39-40. Martin, Mabelle Eppard, California Emi grant Roads through Texas, 287-301. Martin, Mary, 82.

Martinez, Governor (1822), 4.

Mason, General John, 172.

Masarrones, 57.

Matape, 61 n., 162 f. Matthews, Senator, 80.

Maverick family, 251 f. Maxey, Senator, 79.

Mays, Capt. , of St. Louis, 294.

Melchior Diaz, 149, 160, 156 f. Memoirs, 89, 174.

Memorials. By S. E. Austin (June 10, 1824), 10; (Aug. 20, 1825), 10-11. See Petitions, Resolutions, etc. Mendoza, Antonio de, 123.

Mendoza letters, 131 f.; 154-155, 156 f. Men of the South, mistaken, 238-241. Men Who Made Texas Free, by Sam Houston Dixon, 174.

Mescaleros, 225 f . Mesquite, 72-73; grass, 109; trees, 110, 189.

Methodism in Texas, 255.

Methodist history, sources, 331.

Mexicans. In Texas (after 1836), 92, 264; at Nacogdoches, 208; jealousy and propaganda, inciting Indians, 264, 279 f.; and emigrants (1849), 301.

Miller, Judge, 80.

Miller, Thoughts' WC= on the Proposed An nexation of Texas . . ' WC= 231.

Mills in Texas (1833), 119.

Minerals, 74, 99-100, 104, 183, 189 f., 202, 212.

Mines in Texas : Silver on the San Saba, 111; to be searched for, 155; legends about, 243.

Mirueo, pilot, 68-69. Missions, 186.

Mississippian immigration (1829), 25, 26.

Mitchell, Broadus, Frederick Law Olm sted, a Critic of the Old South, 174.

Mixed Claims Commission, Report (1868-1877), 36-38. Money. See Specie. Scarce in Texas, 213 Moore, Captain J. S., of Galveston, 319.

Morehouse, E., Adjutant General, 305.

Morgan, Hazel, 82.

Munk, Joseph Amasa, Activities of a Lifetime (1924), reviewed, 252 f. Murrah, Governor , 315.

Muskogees, 228 f . Musquiz, Ramon (1829), (1828), 17, 18 n., 19-21, 22.

Naeogdoches, 21; (1831), 106-107; de cline, 181.

Department, 182, 206-216. Narvaez, Panfilo de, 124; expedition (1528-1536), 56-73, 122-163. Natages, 225.

Natchitoches, cattle market, 201.

Naval school, Galveston, proposed, 203 f . Navarro, José Antonio, 17.

Neale, William (1850), 280.

Nebame Indians, colony transplanted, 64 n. Negro Stephen, with Fray Marcos, 56.

Negroes. In Texas (1834), 198; fugi tive slaves, 266; office holding (1880), 238.

Neighbors, Major Robert S., Report on Texas Indians, 224, 225; instructions, 261 f.; mention, 273, 275, 281, 283; urged settlement of Indians (1854), 286; mention, 293; meets emigrants, 297.

News Items, 173-176, 256-258, 331.

New York. Emigrants in Texas (1849), 298.

Politics, 327.

North Carolina historians, 95.

Northwest Cattle Trail, 174.

Norton, A. B., adjutant general (1860), 313 Nuece's, District of (1877), 42.

Nuñez, Martin. Testimony, 128 f. Nuño de Guzman, 58, 60, 62.

Officeholding in Texas (1881), 323.

Ogle, I. C., 166, 239, 241.

Ohio (about 1860), 252.

Olive culture in Texas, 100.

See Prod' SUBS_TYPE= ' SUBS_TYPE= Olmsted, Frederick Law, a Critic of the Old South, by Broaders Mitchell, 174.

Opatas Indians, 57 n.; village, 148, 152.

Ord, General. Ordered to pursue raiders across the Mexican border (June 1, 1877), 46; 172.

Otomacos Indians, 140.

Overland routes to California, 289.

Orsay, Henry, chief clerk, Adjutant Gen eral's Office (1871), 317 n. Oviedo y Valdez, Gonzalo Fernandez (de?), 56; account compared with Naufragios, 68 n.; his Expedition' WC= of Panfilo de ' WC= 56-74, 122-163, (see especially 134-138, 153-154); death, 137 f. Pacific Railroad, 286, 288, 300.

Padilla, Juan Antonio, sec. of state, at Saltillo (1825 and after), 10, 18.

Parker family — Isaac, John, Cynthia Ann, and Chief Quanah, 269 f. Patrons, a new type of membership, 86.

Paxson's Last American Frontier; and History of the American Frontier: latter reviewed, 247-252, ; both criti cized, 289.

Peace, Indian in Texas (1845-1848), 277 f. Pease. Resignation, 239 ; 241 f . Pease, Gov. (1855), 281.

Pedrarias. See Davila, 135.

Pedro de Avila, 161.

Penatekas, 223.

Pennsylvanian immigrants, 27.

Peña y Reyes, Antonio de la . . . Gorostiza y la cuestion de Texas (1924), 255.

Peoples, Mr. ——, Editor of The Cor pus Christi Star (1849), 298; letter from San Diego, 299.

Pereyra, Carlos, Tejas, 255.

Piedras, José de las, 21.

Pike, Albert, letters to Stand Watie, 332.

Pinzon, Vicente Yañez, 134.

Pioneer Days, memoirs by J. M. Franks, 174.

Pitts, John D., adjutant general, 311 n. Politics : Civil War and Reconstruction times, sources, 331; (1882), 329 f. Population. By municipalities (1833), 118-119; distribution (1834), 184; 186, 198, 206, 231 f. See Depart' SUBS_TYPE= ' SUBS_TYPE= Port Arthur, Texas, history and develop ment of, 81.

Ports, 191, 203, 213.

See Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda, etc. Posts, military, on the frontier, 284.

Present-giving, 266-269. Prices of cotton (1833), 201.

Products of Texas (1833), 119; 183 f See Departments. Propaganda: Texas Revolution (1835), 31; Mexican (1847), 279 f. Publications, recent, 254 f . Pumpkins, 58.

See Products. Punishment of offenders, Indians and whites, 274 f. Quayle, W. H. Birdie description of Adjutant General's Office (1871), 316 f. Quahas, 224.

Raids by Indians and brigands, 41.

Railroads, 112; history, 257; Pacific, 286, 288, 300.

Railway projects attract capital from real estate (1881), 328.

Rainfall, 196, 206, 216.

Rangers. Kill Indian boy, 275; 291; Kinney, 299; 311 n. Reconstruction politics, sources, 331.

Records. Of the General Land Office, 94; of courthouses, 94; destroyed, 302, 321.

Red, William Stuart, The Texas Colo nists and Religion, 1821-1836, 174.

Refugio mission, 194.

Relacion del Sueceso, 159, 163.

Religion, the Texas colonists and, 174.

Report, Statistical, on Texas, by Juan N. Almonte, 1835, 177-222. Rhodes, James Ford, as historian, 96.

Rice (1829), 18.

Rigg's Massacre (1859), 84.

Rio Grande. Cabeza de Vaca, 56, 139 140.

City of, 232; Valley, 232; Road to California, 287; congested with forty-niners (1851), 300 f. Rios, Don Jose Amador de los, historian, 134 f. Rio Sonora, 149.

Rivalries of Texas cities, 291 f. Rivers of Texas, 99, 105; improvement, 178; 192, 204, 214.

See Streams.

Roads. Rio Grande Valley to Sonora, 148; 178; (1834), 184; 192 f.; 196, 205, 215; California emigrant, through Texas, 287-301. Robb, Mr. , 299.

Roberts, Frank E., Fan thorp hotel at Anderson, 173.

Roberts, Governor O. M., 76, 320.

Robertson's Colony, 198.

Robertson, Sterling C., 198.

Robison family, 83.

Rogers, friend of R. B. Hayes, 237.

Rogers, John A., Indian agent, 262.

Romance and Tragedy of Texas History, by Sam Houston Dixon, 174.

Ross, Captain Sul, 270.

Ross, Lizzie, 270.

Rummel, Helen, Ancient' WC= Splendors of Round ' WC= 173.

Runaway' WC= '/> 88.

Rusk, Thomas Jefferson, 93, 94, 304.

Russell, R. R., Economic Aspects of Southern Sectionalism, 1840-1861, 174.

Salt in Texas (1831), 104-105; 212.

Saltpetre, 212.

San Antonio (1831), 110, 282, 291; Brownsville country, Indian depreda tions, 278; emigrant parties, 299; Fredericksburg road, Indian depreda tions 278; River, 187; San Diego Mail (1857-), 300; Santa Fé Mail (1851), 300 n. See Bexar. San Filipe de Austin, history of (1824 1831), 108; climate and founding, 199.

San Felipe, resolution of the Ayunta miento (Apr. 5, 1828), 16-17. San Hieronymo de los Corazones, 159, 160.

San Jacinto campaign, 88.

San Jacinto Day, 172.

San Lucar de Barrameda, 135.

San Saba, 291; legends, 243; mountain, 189.

Santa Anna leads revolution in Mexico (1832), 29; 83.

Santa Anna, a Comanche chief, 264.

Santa Fé: Road or Trail, 267, 287; San Antonio Mail (1851), 300; San Antonio rivalry for trade, new road proposed (1834), 192 f. Saucedo, Jose Antonio, political chief of Texas, at San Antonio (1826), 11-12; 13.

Sawanos (Shawnees), 185.

Sawmills in Texas (1831), 106; 200, 203, 213.

Society of Edinburgh, investigates bot any of Texas (1834), 183.

Schleicher, of San Antonio (1877), reso lution, conditions on Mexican border (1877), 52.

Schools, 193, 206.

See Education. Schutze, Albert, sketch of Captain Henry Schwethelm, 173.

Schwethelm, Captain Henry, of Kerr ville, 173.

Sectionalism, the' WC= bloody '/> 165, 168, 174.

Seguin, Don Erasmo, 9, 92.

Seguin, John N., 92.

Sefiora Valley, 157, 158, 159, 160.

See Sonora. Servants, indented (1828), 102.

See Indented'/> ' WC= Seventy Years in Texas . . ., by J. M. Franks, 174.

Seward, F. W., U. S. Dept. of State. Hayes's recognition policy (May 16, 1877), 43-45. Shaw, Jim, a Delaware Indian inter preter, 263.

Shawnees, 185, 215, 2291, 281.

Shafter, Col., Crossing of the border, 51.

Shafter, Lt.-Col., at Ft. Clark, Texas. Report on border troubles (1877), 42.

Sheep, 191.

Shepard, D. G., 238.

Sheridan, Lt.-Gen. P. H. (1877), 45 n. Sherman, Sidney, major general of militia (1844), 310.

Sherrill, R. E., legend, 245.

Shoe factory, 213.

Shoshones, 223 f. Shubert, Dr., 264.

Silver in Texas (1831), 104; mine on the San Saba, 111.

Slaves, fugitives, to be returned by Indians, 266.

Slaves, statistics of, in Texas, 32.

Slave trade to Texas (1834), 204.

Slavery: Economic effects of, 174; in fluence on colonization of Texas, 1 33; in Texas (1828), 102; question (1829), 18-25; in Texas (1830), 25 27; (1831), 115n.; (1834), 186 n., 198; not a cause of Texas Revolution (1835), 31-32. Smith, E. Kirby, letters to Stand Waite, 332.

Smith, Jesse Guy, The Bailey Contro versy in Texas Politics, 173.

Smith, Lieutenant, 275.

Smith, W. F., Lieutenant, 292.

Smith, Victor J., legend, 246.

Solid' WC= ' WC= Meaning of, 238.

Solis, Alonso de. Testimony, 129.

Somervell, Major General, 310.

Social conditions in Rio Grande Valley (1849- ), 300 f. Social history of Texas, sources, 331.

See Bryan-Hayes correspondence, passim. Sonora, derived from Senora (q. v.), 60 n.; mention, 148; Valley, 149; Valley of , 161 f. Soto, Hernando de, 133.

Sources of Texas history, 94.

Southern Emigrant Road, 288 n., 290, 297.

Southern Methodist University, 256.

Southern question, Garfield's attitude, 327.

Southern sectionalism, 174.

Southern Wichitas, 227.

Southwest Museum, 253.

Southwest Review. See Texas Review, 173.

Spaniards, 63, 154.

Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794, a bib liography, reviewed, 254.

Speculation in lands, 207; in railway projects and securities (1881), 328.

Spell, Lota Mae, review of Wagner's Spanish Southwest (bibliography), 254.

Stalwarts, in national politics (1882), 329.

Stampede Mesa, legend of, 246.

Stand Watie, Cherokee Indian chief. Papers (MS.), 331.

Stanley, Mildred, 82.

Staples of Texas (1831), 104.

Statistical Report on Texas, by Juan N. Almonte, 1835, 177-222. Steamships in Texas waters (1833), 120.

Steamboats in (1834), 204; 213.

Steele, William, adjutant general, 318.

Stem, Jesse, 262.

Stephen, the negro, 124, 133, 140.

See Esteban. Stevenson, 242.

Streams, legends or origins of, 243.

Stocking, Mrs., 80.

Stock-raising in Texas (1831), 104.

Sugar: A Texas crop, 11; lands in Texas, 100; in 1828, 102; cane, 178.

See Products. Squatters. At Johnsburg, 210; in north eastern Texas (1834), 207.

See Set' SUBS_TYPE= ' SUBS_TYPE= Sulphur. In Texas (1831), 104; pro duced at Freeport, 82.

Supernatural, legends of the, 243.

Swiss immigration (1829), 25.

Tahuacanos, 194, .195, 205.

Tampachoas Indians, 140.

Tancawas, 101.

Tawacanys, 101.

Tawakonies, 227; sign treaty (1850), 266; 281.

Taylor family (1836), 84.

Tejada, Lerdo de, 35.

Telegraph and Texas Register, 276.

Temple, Colonel, 285.

Tenoxticlan ( Tenoxtillan ) , a military post on the Brazos, 109; 200 f. Teran, General, 23-24, 27-28; founds Anahuac (1830), 107; 210.

Texan loyalty to Mexico (1831), 117 118.

Texas. Appeals to U. S. for aid, 41; Austin's descriptions, 98-121; debate in British parliament, 116; Campaign of 1880, 168; Almonte's statistical re port, 177-222; undisturbed by civil wars in Mexico, 178 f., commercial ad vantages, 180-181; union with Coa huila, 181; Indians, 215; history, 255, Gorostiza, 255 ; Indians, 271 ; Texas Emigration and Land Company, 273; Indian lands, 274; relations with U. S., 275-277; roads to California, 288; Pacific Railroad, 300.

Texas Emigration and Land Company, 273.

Texas History Teachers' Bulletin, 256.

Texas Review, 173.

Texas State Gazette, criticism of Fed eral Indian policy, 275-277, 284.

Texas Veterans' Reunion, 172.

Texas Volunteer Guards, 320 f. Thomas, Velma, 82.

Thompson, —-, Sec. of the Interior, 2741 Three' WC= '/> Tuacana, or Toucara Indians, 227.

Timber resources of Texas, 100, 106, 182, 202, 211.

See Lumber, Saw' WC= '/> etc. Tobacco (1829), 18; 100, 178, 285.

See Products. Tolman, J. C, 256.

Tonkawas, 225, 279.

Tonkawas, 279.

Topography of Texas, 182.

See De' SUBS_TYPE= ' SUBS_TYPE= Tornel, Jose Maria, General, 19.

Torrey's Trading House, 264, 268.

Tovar, Pedro, 160.

Trade, Opportunities for Texas, 180.

Trade, Indian, 233, 268, 281, 285.

Tragedy, romance and, in Texas history,, 174.

Index Trails. Cattle, 174; Oregon and Santa Fé, 287.

Transcontinental mail, first successful (1857-), 300.

Transportation and communication: In Texas (1833), 120; history of, in Cooke County, Texas, 82.

Traveling in Texas (1824), 196, 206.

Travis, William Barrett, 90.

Treasure, buried, legends of, 243.

Trescott, of South Carolina, 167.

Trespalacios, Colonel Jose Felix, 181.

Trevino, General Geronimo, 47.

Troops in Texas (1832-1834), 201; in different, 279.

Trow, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 169.

Turner, Frederick J., 247.

Turquoise, 58, 60, 151.

Two-Gun man of the law, 82.

Tyler, George W., Historical' WC= Land marks of Bell '/> 83; 256; pioneer days in Tyler, 81.

Ugalde Canyon, 195.

United States, Indian policy in Texas (1845-1860), 223-234; (1845-1846), 259-286; Main features, 261-270; re lations with Texas, 271-277; Indian depredations, 277-286. Opens roads to Rio Grande Valley, 288; Recognizes Mexico (1877-1878), 34-35. Vaca, 56.

See Cabeza' WC= de '/> Vacapa, identified with Matape, 61 n., 155.

Valadez, Diego. Testimony, 127 f. Vallarta, Mexican Minister of Foreign relations (1877), 36.

Vehlein grant, 207.

Velasquez de Cuellar, Juan, 70.

Vergara, Margarita de, 135.

Vetoes, 76.

Victoria, 188; emigrant parties, 299.

Viesca, Agustin, 23.

Viesca, J. M., Governor (1829), 18.

Villa de los Gorazones, on Rio Sonora, near Ures, 59.

Vine culture in Texas, 100.

Volunteers, 318 f.; guards, 320 f. Waco Indians, 101, 205, 227 ; sign treaty (1850), 266; near Fredericksburg (1850), 280, 281.

Wagner, Henry R., The Spanish South west, 1542-1794: am annotated bibli ography (1924), reviewed, 254.

Warren's trading post, 268.

Waters of Texas, navigability of, 180; 182.

Webb, Doc, 77.

Webb, friend of R. B. Hayes, 237.

Webb, W. P., Local History Contest, 81; reviews by, 243, 247.

West Texas, 232; Historical Association, 84 f. Wharton, John A., Adjutant General (1836), 304; Secretary of War (1836), 304.

Wheat, 100, 178, 120.

See Products. Whiskey drinking, 93.

Whiting, Lieut., 292.

Wichita Indians, 57 n.; Southern, 227; 281.

Williams, Samuel M., 98 n., 118.

Williamson, Geo., 169.

Williamson, R. M., Fourth of July ora tion (1835), 31.

Wilson, Sir Robert, M. P., false state ments in Parliament relative to Texas, 116.

Wilson, Thomas, 264.

Winkler, E. W., Texas and Federal In dian policy (1849-1861), 276 f.; 231; ed Bryan-Hayes Correspondence, 75 ' SUBS_TYPE= 164-172, 235-242; 323-330. Wood, Governor (1849), 276; re moval of Indians (1849), 284; advises sale of land to U. S. for Indian occu pation (1849), 285.

Wood County courthouse, 257.

Wool-growing in Texas, 112.

Worth, General , orders survey of Las Moras route, 292 f . Wortham, Louis J., A History of Texas from Wilderness to Commonwealth (1924), 5 vols. Wright, Elizabeth, 82.

Xagua, 69.

Yaquimi, 61 n. Young County Indian problem, 82.

Yoakum's papers, 94.

Yaqui, 148; region, 150; river, 162.

Zamacona, Sefior Don Manuel Maria de, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico, at Wash ington (1878), 55.

Zavala grant, 207.

Zink, Mr., 280.

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