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TABLE OF CONTENTS. ix.
PAGE.
putable Title to Texas.-Colonization.-Keene.--Owen.-Moses Austin
Obtains a Contract.-Dies.-Stephen F. Austin in Texas,Selects a
Location for his Colony--Austin Aided by Hawkins.--Schooner
Lively Lost.-Austin in the City of Mexico. - 1 47
CHAPTER II.
Colonization Law of 1893.-- f 184.--Coahuila in 1825; and aiin
in 1832.-San Felipe Laid Out; Land Office Opened.-In 1824.-Edwards'
Grant and Fredonian Troubles at Nacogdoches.-The Edwards
Contract Annulled by Governor Blanco. .. .152
CLHAPTER III.
Other Contracts.- Thorn.- Leftwich.-DeWVitt.-DeLeon.-Austin's
Second Contract, and others firom 1825 to 1830.-Settlement on Red
River.-In the Southeast-Galveston Bay Companiy.-In the Southwest.
- . - .L--. 163
CHAPTER IV.
Civil Administration --Governors.-Lantd Commissioners.--Alcaldes
Districts.--Ayuntamiento.-Political Chiefs of Departments.State
Congress.-Reflections on Colonization.-Almonte in the Province.-I-His
IPeport - Disturbing Elements.-Taxation.-Slavery.Texas
Coveted by the United States. - - 169
CHAPTER V.
Bustemenltes Famous Decree.-Custom Houses.-Garrisons Established.-Bradburn's
Arbitrary Proceedings at Anahuac.-The Texans
pronounce for Santa Anna and the Constitution of 1824.-Fight at
Velasco.-At Nacogdoches.-Peace Prospects in 1832. - - 178
CIHAPTER VI.
Hostile legislation.-M-ovement for a separation from Coahuila.-Convention
of 1833.-Anstin sent as Commissioner to Mexico.-Santa
Anna deserts the Liberal Party.-Coahuila in a State of Revolution.-Austin
in Prison.-Santa Anna's Ultimatum to Texas. - 187
PART IV.
THtE BRE VOL UTTONi.
CHAPTER I.
Santa Anna developing his New Policy.-Austin still a State Prisoner.
-Citizens Disarmied.--Zacatccas resists the Usurper.-Frauds in
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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/m1/9/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .