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Burleson, Edward, 189, elected com mander-in-chief of Texas army, 192; dispatch to Texas government, 196; letter to Henry Smith, 199.
Acklin, Col., 273.
Adams, John Quincy, 237.
Advancing the Frontier, reviewed, 71.
Aguirre, Pedro de, 124, 128.
Burnet, David G., association with Milam, 111.
Alexander, Col. E. B., 29.
Allan, W. A., 6.
Anderson, Thomas M., 36.
Caldwell, — , 248.
Arkansas, boundary question, 116.
Camels, in Texas, 142.
Arnold, H., 194.
Arrington, G. W., 13, 20.
Cameron, Capt. — , death, 252.
Asbury, S. E., 76.
Campbell, John A., 240.
Augur, C. C, 174.
Canby, — , 48, 49.
Austin, John, 85, 94, and Trespalacios, 95; return to United States, 96.
Carroll, Judge, 15.
Carroll, H. B., 76.
Austin Republican, 46.
Carson, Kit, 165.
Austin, Stephen F., 189, 190, 191, called away from army, 192.
Carter, Capt. R. G., 174.
Cass, Lewis, 242, 243.
Austin Statesman, 22.
Castafieda, C. E., 122.
Austin, W. T., 189, 193.
Caughey, John Walton, 302.
Chabot, F. C, 76.
Barker, E. C, 155.
Checklist of Southern Periodicals to 1861, 305.
Barkley, Richard A., letters, 247, 249, 252, 254; 249, footnote; property, 255; treatment of, 253; escape, 254; 262.
Chisholm Trail, 158.
Chisum, John, 159.
Christy, — , 94; and Trespalacios, 95; landed in United States, 96.
Barrett, Lt. Gregory, 34.
Bean, P. E., 117.
Clarendon, court, 7; citizens memorial ize Legislature, 20; welcome to Willis, 25.
Beard, — , death, 254.
Bender, A. P., 135.
Benton, Benjamin Franklin, death, 273.
Clark, George, 22, 23, 52.
Bernardo de Galvez in Louisiana, 1776 1783, 302.
Clark, J. L., 271.
Clitz, Henry Boynton, 34, 36.
Black, John, 256.
Coke, Richard, proclamation about Comanchero trade, 173.
Biesele, R. L., 303.
Black, Reading W., 231.
Coleman, R. M., 257.
Blanton, — , death, 254.
Collinsworth, George M., 187, 188.
Boatwright, Mody C, 156, 230.
Colorado City, 7.
Booker, Dr. — , 247.
Comanche Trail, 143, 147.
Bowie, James, 191.
Comanchero Trade, The 157; in horses and cattle, 157, 160; robes and peltries, 161; later, 163; effect on Goodnight, 166; and frontier defense, 165; breaking of, 174.
Boyce, Mrs. Inez Glimp, 247.
Boyd, W. H., 159.
Boynton, Mrs. Alice, 271.
Brackenridge, George, 8.
Bradburn, Juan Davis, 100.
Comanchero Trails, 161, 162.
Bradley, Colonel, 266, 267, 268.
Confederate Congressman, diary of, 1862-3, 270.
Brents, Samuel, 177, 178.
Brown, G. A., 5, 11, 24.
Congress, Confederate, sessions, 272; power to abolish slavery, 239.
Brown, T. J., 4, 6.
Browning, J. N., 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, re turned to House, 11; attitude toward impeachment of Willis, 13; 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 26.
Constitution, Texas, 48, 50, 51.
Cooper, Camp, established, 137.
Cooper, Colonel Samuel, 135, 136.
Corbin, Henry C, 36.
Bryan, Francis T., 137.
Corpus Christi, 76.
Buchanan, James, 242, 243.
Cos, Martin Perfecto de, 184, 185, 187, 189.
Galveston News, editorial on Willis, 14, 21.
Crimmins, M. L., 28, 76.
Galvez, Bernardo de, 302.
Crocket, George L., 271.
Gambrell, H. P., 156.
Cross, Edward, 120.
Garner, W. F., 76.
Curlee, Abigail, 74.
Garver, Lois, 79, 177.
Gass, W. T., grass commissioner, 6, 13.
Czech Pioneers of the Southwest, re viewed, 303.
Gentry, Al, 20.
Gilmer, Gertrude, 305.
Dallas, George M., 242, 243.
Give Way to the Right, reviewed, 232.
Dallas News, 11.
Glimp, D. C., 247.
Davis, J. H., 14, defense of Willis, 15.
Goliad, 187, storming of, 189.
The Dawson Men of Fayeite County, 246.
Goodnight, Charles, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, findings concerning, 17; 21, 23, 24, arrested, 26; 157, claims for stolen stock, 160; coming to Panhandle, 161; 166.
Dawson, Capt. Nicholas, 258.
Dawson Men, letters from, 246; at tempted escape of, 249; treatment of, 250; food, 253; plan of escape, 253.
Goodnight and Loving Trail, 157, 158, 159.
Debo, Angie, 72, 229.
Diary of Adolphus Sterne, 53, 149, 213.
Government Exploration in Texas, 1851 1860, 135.
Diary of a Confederate Congressman, 1862-3, 270.
Graham, Dr. C. C, 111.
Dictionary of American Biography, XIII, XIV, reviewed, 153.
Grant, U. S., 41, 60.
The Grass Lease Fight and Attempted Impeachment of the First Panhandle Judge, 1.
Dills, Lucius, 10, 20.
Disfranchisement, radical, 40; attitude of Texas Press toward, 42; extent of, 43; 45, 46, 49.
Grayson, Peter W., 189.
Green, Duff, 138, trip through Texas, 139.
Dobie, J. Frank, 76.
Donelson, A. J., 240.
Green, Thomas J., 236.
Dorr, John M., 115.
Griffin, General Charles, 40, 41, 42.
Douglas, C. L., 156.
Grigsby, W. H., 5, race for Legislature, 10, 11.
Drennon, John, 87.
Duncan, Jim, 171, 173.
Groom, B. B., 16.
Gutierrez, Bernardo, 87.
East, Jim, 164.
Eastland, -, 248.
Haley, J. Evetts, 1, 73, 75, 76, 157, 231, 232, 233.
Eehols, Wm. H., 143.
Edwards, Bill, 25.
Hall, W. D. C, 189.
Emmett, Chris, 232.
Hamilton, A. J., 47.
Emory, William H., 138, 139.
Hamilton, M. C., 50, 52.
Espinosa, Fr., 124, trip to Texas, 129.
Hancock, Walter E., 156.
Estill, Mary S., 270.
Hanighen, Frank C, 155.
Estill, Mrs. Harry F., 270.
Hare, Silas, 6, 13.
Exter, John, 109.
Harrell, William, 247, 267.
Faires, A. W., 259.
Harriet Lane, 292.
Faison, — , 251, 254.
Hartz, Lt., 143.
Fannin, J. W., 191.
Hatcher, Mrs. Mattie Austin, 247.
Fayette County, 246; petition to citi zens Of, £61 Hazen, Lt. William B., expedition against Apaches, 141.
Fisher, Col. - , 248, 249, 250.
Henderson, J. Pinckney, 270.
Hickok, James Butler, 74.
Foreman, Grant, 71, 73.
Hidalgo, Fray, 123.
Fort McKavett, Texas, 28.
Forts: Bascom, 165, 168, 170, 174; Bliss, 233; Davis, 141, 147; Mc- Kavett, troops stationed there, 35; activity against hostile Indians, 38; plant of, 30, 31; Stockton, 34.
Highsmith, Sam, 259.
Hill, Asa, 262, release of, 265.
Hill, Jeffry, 262, release of, 266; 267.
Hill, John, 262.
Hittson, John, 171, efforts to stop Comanchero trade, 172; 173.
Fuller, John D. P., 235.
Long, James, Expedition to Texas, 82, proclamation, 83; and the Plan de Iguala, 89; letter to Governor Mar tinez, 90; in Mexico, 91, 92; difficul ties with Mexican politics, 93; death, 94.
Hobart, T. D., 11, 25.
Hogg, J. S., 11, 13, in impeachment of Willis, 14; 15, 17, 21, 23, 76.
Holden, W. C, 72.
Houston County, 203.
Houston, Temple, 7, 10; returned to Senate, 11; 14, 15, 16, 20, bill for fencing, 21; 22, 23.
Long, Jane (Mrs. James), 96.
Long, Major S. H., 160.
Louisiana, Bernardo de Galvez in, 302.
Houston, Sam, 256.
Hudson, Estelle, 303.
Loving, Joe, 166, 167, death, 168.
Hutcheson, — , 247.
Lubbock, F. R., 6, 8.
Iguala, Plan of, and Long's Expedition, 89.
McCampbell, Coleman, 76.
McClellan, George B., trip through Texas, 137.
Indian Justice: A Cherokee Murder Trial at Talequah in 1840, reviewed, 73.
McClelland, Bruce, 15.
McClelland, T. S., 5.
Indians: Apaches, 141, 159, 167; Caddoes, 135, 136, 160; Comanches, 28, 139, 157; Karankawas, 86, 87; Tejas, 123, 125, 126, 129, 130, 132, 203; as horse and cattle thieves, 160; villages on the Brazos, 135, 136.
McKavett, Captain Henry, biography, 36, footnote. Mackenzie, Ranald S., 30, 36, 174.
McKinney, Annie, 106, 107.
McKinney, Collin, 105.
McKinney, Elizabeth, 106, marriage, 107.
Ireland, Gov., attitude on land leasing question, 6, 7, 8.
McKinney, William C, 106.
Iturbide, and Long's Expedition, 90, 92.
Macomb, David B., 189.
Manton, Ed, 251, 254, 267.
Jenkins, Jess, 13.
Marcy, Captain R. B., 161.
Johnson, — , 42.
Maresh, Henry R., 303.
Johnson, F. W., 185, 193.
Martin, John, 105.
Johnston, Joseph E., trip through Texas, 137.
Martinez, Governor, 90.
Maverick, Sam, 247, 249, left Perote, 250.
Jones, G. W., 41.
Maxwell, Lucien, 171.
Keene, E. Y., 259, 262.
Menard, M. B., 28, 116.
Keene, Richard, 258.
Merriam, Henry C, 36.
Kerr, James, 106.
Mexico, plan of colonizing Texas, 100; attitude toward slavery, 107; toward Indians, 108; territory from, 235; cession to the United States, 244; city of, 261.
Koffman, — , death, 254.
Koogle, Bill, 20.
Kornegay, David, 254, 262.
Lamar, M. B., opinion of Milam and Austin, 86; 156.
Micek, Edward, 305.
Mier Prisoners, 247; release of, 252.
LaSalle, colony in Texas, 122, 124.
Milam, Benjamin Rush, biography, 79; connection with James Long, 82; opinion of Lamar concerning, 86; at Bolivar Point, 86, 88; in Mexico, 91, 92; difficulties with Trespalacios, 93; letter to Iturbide, 94; quarrel with Trespalacios, 95; and Jane Long, 96; return to United States, 96; Coloni zation and Mining Enterprise, 97, declaration to Mexican Government, 98; attitude of Wavell toward, 99; assumes Mexican citizenship, 100; petition for land in Texas, 101 ; con tract for colonization, 102, 103; con tract with Frost Thorn, 104; Las Lenguas, 164.
Las Tecovas, 163, 164.
Lawrence, William, 50.
Lawton, Major General Henry W., 35.
Lee, Robert E., 39.
Legislature, Radical in Texas, 51.
Letters of the Dawson Men from Perote Prison, Mexico, 1842-1843, 246.
Lewis, S. G., 26.
The Life and Diary of Beading W. Black, reviewed, 231.
The Location of the Tejas Indian Vil lage (San Pedro) and the Spanish Missions in Houston County, Texas, 203.
Milam, Benjamin Rush — Continued, appointed agent of Wavell, 105; trip to England, 107; engagement to Annie McKinney, 106; difficulties over slave question, 107; over Indian ques tion, 108; trip to Mexico, 109; to England, 109; mining contract, 109; efforts to sell colony in Eng land, 111; mines possessed, 114; effect of Law of April 6, 1830, upon, 116; difficulties over Arkansas bound ary, 116; navigation of Red River, 120, 177, number of settlers intro duced, 178; titles to land, 178; ex piration of contract, 179; petition to Mexico, 180, 181; memorial to Leg islature, 182; on political situation in Texas, 183; action of Legislature on petition, 184; capture by Cos, 185; escape from Monterrey, 186; and Texas War for independence, 187 ; in command of company of scouts, 189; attitude on storming of San An tonio, 193; dispatch, 196; death, 197.
Pease, E. M., 44.
Pena, Jose, 164.
Parker, Quanah, 175.
Perote, Castle of, 246; sentiment of prisoners toward Texas, 252; from San Antonio, 253.
Plemons, W. B., 26.
Pope, John, Governor of Arkansas, 117, 118.
Prime, Nathaniel, 34.
Pyle, William A., Governor of New Mexico, proclamation against Coman chero trade, 170.
Quitaque, 163, 164, 174.
Radical Disfranchisement in Tessas, 1867-70, 40.
Ramsdell, C. W., 40, 47.
Ramon, Diego, 126, 127.
Randalet, Captain James F., 171.
Red River, navigation of, 120.
Rice, T. B., 76.
Richardson, Eliza, 270.
Milam, Jefferson, 105, marriage, 107; 197.
Richardson, R. N., 230.
Riece, — , release of, 249.
Milam, Laura, 197.
Ripley, General E. W., 85.
Miller, Alsey, 246.
The Rise and Fall of the Ohoctaw Re public, reviewed, 229.
Miller, Major Anderson, 111, 114.
Mills, Anson, 76.
Roberts, Dr. I. J., 274.
Mississippi Verse, reviewed, 233.
Roberts, O. M., 270.
Mobeetie, 10, 25, welcome to Willis, 26.
Robinson, James W., 252, 253.
Moore, Ike, 231.
Roosevelt, Elliott, 34.
Moore, John H., 189.
Ross, L. S., 11.
Mordello, Colonel, 88.
Rucker, Brigadier General Lewis H., 36.
Morgan, Major, 250.
Russ, William A., 40.
Morse, Captain, 49.
Russell, Mrs. R. D., 166.
Munson, W. B., 8.
Murdock, J. G., 18.
Saga of a Frontier Seaport, reviewed, 76.
Murry, Major, death, 254.
St. Denis, Louis, 123, 124, trip down the Mississippi, 125; 130, 131, 132.
Neill, Colonel James C, 195.
Nelson, O. H., 13, 15, 17.
San Antonio, Texas army before, 187, 189, 190, 191; defenses of, 194; attack upon, 195.
New Mexico, and Comanchero trade, 166.
Northwest Texas Stock Association, 23.
Norton, A. B., 166.
Sanger, D. B., 233.
San Pedro, Tejas village, 203, 205.
Oglesby, James, 76.
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 187, 252, weakness of, 253; 256.
Owen, Robert Dale, 236, 238.
Santa Anna, Napoleon of the West, re viewed, 155.
Padilla, Juan Antonio, 103.
Panhandle Stock Association, 16, 19; first judge in, 1 ; attitude toward leasing lands, 9; conditions in 1884, 18; school land, 24.
Scallorn, Newton, 259.
Selers, Harvey, 252.
Sexton, Franklin Barlow, diary, 1862-3, 270.
Patton, F. M., 20.
Sexton, Mamie, 270.
Payne, John Howard, 73.
Sexton, Dr. Samuel, 270.
Payne, L. W., Jr., 233.
Shatter, Wm. R., 36.
Index Travis, W. B., 187.
Sharpe, Dr. Bedford, 31.
Trespalacios, Jose Felix, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, in Mexico, 91, 92; appointed Gov ernor of Texas, 94; complicity in the death of Long, 94; 96; and Milam, 93, 98.
Sheridan, Phil, 42, 44.
Sherman, W. T., 236.
Sibley, Major Henry Hopkins, 136.
Sibley, John, 160.
Silent Years in Texas History, 122.
Trimble, Joseph, 248, 253, 254.
Slavery Propaganda during the Mexican War, 235.
Trimble, William, 265, footnote; 266.
Trueheart, James L., diary, 75.
Slavery, attitude of Mexico toward, 108; of press toward, 240, 241; un fitness of certain sections for, 240.
Trujillo, Juan, 164.
Twiggs, David E., 142.
Smith, Erastus, 194.
Velasco, Dr., on Texas, 130.
Smith, Henry, 181, recommendation con cerning land titles, 182; 199.
Viele, Charles DeLaven, 36.
Vinton, David H., diary of expedition, 1859, 146.
Smith, John L., 268.
Smith, John W., 194.
Smith, Persifor F., trip through Texas, 137, 138.
Wade, Houston, 246, 265.
Wagner, Robert, 48, footnote. Smither, Harriet, 53, 149, 213.
Walker, Robert J., 243.
Snyder, D. H. and J. W., 159.
Wallace, H. H., 13.
Somerville, Alexander, 189.
Walton, W. M., 6, 8, 12, 14, 15, 22.
Spellmann, L. U., 247.
Wavell, Arthur G., 98, 99; appointed Milam his agent in colonization of Texas, 105; 106, 115, 116.
The Spur Ranch, reviewed, 72.
Starr, James F., 291.
Sterne, Adolphus, diary, 53, 149, 213.
Webb, W. P., 76.
The Story of Ft. Bliss, reviewed, 233.
Weiser, J. P., 5.
Sublett, Philip A., report on attack upon San Antonio, 191.
Western Colonization and Mining Com pany, contract, 112.
Wharton, W. H., 189.
Tafoya, Jose Pieda, 165, 175.
Whitmore, 52.
Tall Tales from Texas Cow Camps, re viewed, 230.
Wild Bill and His Era: The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok, reviewed, 74.
Tascosa, 10, 13, 18, 163.
Tascosa Pioneer, 24.
Williams, Earl Stanley, 105.
Taylor, Henry, 5.
Williamson, R. M., agent for Milam, 178.
Templeton, John D., 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 19, 20, 21.
Willingham, Cape, 13.
Tenorio, Capt., 187.
Willis, Frank, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, at tempt to impeach, 13; counts against in impeachment trial, 14; case sent to Senate, 15 ; findings of House com mittee concerning, 16; demurrer to Senate, 17; 18, 20, 21, 24, 25.
Teran, Manuel de Mier y, 115, 119.
Texas: Land Board, 2, 8, 19, 21; school land, 4, 8, 12; constitution, 48, 50, 51 ; Spanish-French activities in, 122, 127; exploration of, 1848-61, 135; roads, 136, 139, 140; 147, 148, 157, 158; map showing expeditions, 1848 61, 144-5; camels in, 142, 146; an nexation of slavery, 235, 236 ; efforts against Mexico, 251 ; and Yucatan, 253.
Wilmot Proviso, 235, 236, 237, 241, 242, 244.
Woldert, Albert, 203.
Wood, Lieutenant R. C, 140, journal, 141.
Woodman, W. H., 3, 5, 11, 13, 16, 20.
The Texas Frontier, 1848-1860, 135.
Woods, Henry Gonsalvo, 246, 247, 252, 262; letter, 267; marriage, 269.
Live Stock Association, 7, 23.
Texas State Historical Association, affairs, 76; treasurer's report, 77.
Woods, Jane Wells, 246, 269.
Woods, Norman, 246, 248, 249 ; exempt from chains, 254, 255, 256, 257, foot note; wounds, 258 ; business affairs, 260, 261; letters, 257, 260, 263, 265; death, 267.
Thompson, Ben, 12.
Thompson, Waddy, 241, 251, 253; efforts to obtain release of Perote prisoners, 254, 261, 262.
Thorn, Frost, contract with Milam, 104.
Throckmorton, James W., 6, 40, 42, 44.
Yucatan, 252, 253.
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