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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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PART V.
THjE REPUZBLIC, FROi 1837 TO 1846.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE.
Houston's Administration.-Congressional Proceedings.-Land Laws.
The Navy.-Government Removed to Houston. - - - 291
CHAPTER II.
Lamar's Administration.-Trouble at Nacogdoches.-A New Navy.-Austin
Selected as the Permanent Capital.-New Colonies.-Republic
of the Rio Grande.-Santa Fe Expedition.-Its Miscarriage and the
Causes. - - - .. 302
CHAPTER III.
Houston's'Second Administration.-State of the Public Finances.-Raids
of Vasquez and Woll.-The Archive War.-Somervellin the Southwest.-Mier
Expedition.-Its Disasters.-The Snively Expedition.Santa
Anna's Proposal through Robinson.-The Navy. ? - S$19
CHAPTER IV.
Jones' Administration.-Texas Prosperous.-Annexation Again Agitated.-England,
France and the United States Interested.-Action of
the Texas Congress.-The Convention Accepts the Terms, July 4th,
1845.-Vote of the People. - - - - 341
PART VI.
TEXASY AS A STATE, l FBOlf 1847 TO 1878.
CHAPTER I.
Henderson's Administration.-Courts.-Public Domain.-Texans in the
Mexican War.-Horton Acting Governor -Wood's Administration.Public
Debt.-Santa Fe Again.-Bell's Administration.-The United
States Propose to Buy Santa Fe.-Pearce's Boundary Bill.-Santa
Fe Sold.-Disputes About Land in Peter's Colony. - - 57
CHAPTER II.
Pease's Administration,-Debt of the Old Administration scaled and
settled.-Mexican Cart War.-Taxes Relinquished to Counties.Political
Parties.-Runnell's Administration .-Railroads.-Indian
Reservations.-Cortina in Brownsville.-Houston's Administration.
-Political Excitement.-Cortina Again.-Frontier Defence.-Houston's
Message to the Legislature.-Secession Convention.-Ordinance
Passed.-r-Texas Unites with the Newly-formed Confederacy.-Houston
Deposed. * - 369
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/11/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .