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INDEX TO VOLUME II.
ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE
PAGE Bell, Peter H.: elected Governor............ 353
Thomas J. Rusk ............................... 25 enacts laws relating to public debt; ad-
San Jacinto Monument ...................... 39 justment of colonists' difficulties,
M irabeau B. Lam ar ........................... 41 etc................................... 353, 354
Edward Burleson........................... 199 Benevolent secret societies, etc., mention
Anson Jones .................................. 305 made of .................................551-553
J. Pinckney Henderson ....................... 309 Brown, John Henry, author of this history;
Gov. Hardin R. Runnels.................... 351 on its closing page appeals to the youth
Gov. Elisha M. Pease ... .. ................... 367 of the State .............................554, 555
Ex-Governor Edward Clark .................. 405 Brownsville retaken by,Col. Ford............ 427
Fletcher S. Stockdale ........................ 427 Brig Independence captured by two Mexi-
Ex-Gov. Pendleton Murrah.................. 423 can brigs; crew of 140 taken prisoners,
Gov. Richard Coke .......................... 481 etc ....................................... ... 123
State Capital .................................. 485 Boundaries of Texas defined .............344-346
Gov. John Ireland ................. ...... 493 Boundary line between Texas and U. S..183, 184
Gov. L. S. Ross ............................. 495 Burial of Fannin's men: Gen. Rusk deliv-
Gov. James S. Hogg .......................... 497 ers address on .... ..... .............. 70, 71
Burleson. Ed.: Sketch of; his death.... 364, 365
A. c.
C.
Annexation to U. S.: Memucan Hunt ap- Capitol building, a spacious, erected, and
pointed minister to U. S. with view of archives and offices of government re-
urging ... ..... ....... ... 123 moved to Houston......................... 124
opposed by North and East on account Capture of San Antonio and retreat of in-
of slavery................ .... 124 vaders under Vasquez .................211-221
Texas formally withdraws application Cart War: Gov. Pease orders out force to
for . 124 break up ............3..................369, 370
of Texas is made a political issue in the Castro, Henry: Sketch of......... 285, 286, note
U. S. presidential campaign .. ... 299 Cattle, wild, corralled in Goliad, etc......138,139
"Polk, Dallas, Oregon, and Texas" the Chaos in Texas: Caused by surrender of
party cry of Democrats in U. S...... 303 Lee and Johnston; capture of Davis and
rejected in U. S. Senate by a vote of 35 his cabinet, and other events of closing
to 16 .............................. .. ... 429 30
tote6...,.,, 303 of Civil war............................429,430
to U. S formally accomplished on March Cherokee Indians: Their intrigues with
1, 1845 . ..................... .. 305 Cordova and Mexican commanders at
Armistice: Endeavor to affect an, for the Matamoros; their defeat; Cordova starts
establishment of peace ............. 260, 261 for Matamoros; pursued and defeated
entered into, between Texas and Mexi- by Burleson; Caldwell pursues, etc..156-164
co ..................... ............. 260, 261 note
Army of the Republic: Its organization Cholera makes its second appearance in
into regiments ...............1......2.... 1848 in Texas; its victims .............349, 350
reach Buffalo Bayou and cross........... 13 Churches: A chapter regarding .........515, 520
addressed by Houston and Rusk........ 14, 15 Colonies: Fisher & Miller's, grants to...... 281
crosses Bayou below Harrisburg ........ 15 Peters', Castro's and Mercer's .....281, 282
consisted of 783 men in fighting trim... 16 omanches: Raid, particulars of.....178-183
personnel of. challenges comparison Confederate States: Ordinance joining Tex-
with that of any army either in an- as to.......401, 402
cient or modern times ................. 49 Confederate Home established in Austin... 548
Houston's parting with .................. 54, 55 Congress of the Republic: Elects officers
Rusk made Brigadier-General and plac- of Republic and adjourns to meet next
ed in command of ....................54, 55 at Houston .......................... 110-112
Felix Huston becomes commander, is the second; its members ...............131-133
succeeded by Albert Sidney John- the third; its members .................140-142
Mton, and a duel ensues; Johnston the fourth, assembles in Austin; its
wounded .............................. 133 members, etc........................... 168
details of, and changes in ............. 133-1 5 bill passed by, reserving Cherokee lands
Assassination of Col Henry Teal; confes- from location. 169,170
sion of his assassin, and sketch of... 135-137 assemblage of fifth........................ 186
notes legislation on land and money, etc...187,188
Austin: Selected as the capital, and seat of assemblage of sixth. ................. 202
government removed to ................ 145 secret message of President to, relative
in 1872 again elected as capital.......... 352 to annexation.......................292-295
Austin, Stephen F.: Arrives from U. S.; Congratulations from ex-President Andrew
performs important service to the Jackson .........310,311
country; his letter to Gen. Gaines; Convention: Assembles at Austin on July
writes to President Jackson, etc.......89, 90 4, 1845; ratifies terms of annexation....306
selected as Secretary of State............ 113 307, note
his death from pneumonia ............... 114 distinguished men composing ........307, 308
his history; last honors to the deceased ratifies constitution ...... ................308
patriot ........................ .114-117 Constitutional Convention of 1876: Con-
venes at Austin in September; adopts
a new constitution and submits it for
B. ratification by people...................... 485
Counties in Texas: When created and for
Bearer of dispatches: Capture of by Deaf whom or what named ..................540-548
Smith ....................................... 13 Constitution, the new, formally apcepted by
1Bell, Peter H.: Sketch of .................... 364 Congress of U. S. and approved by Pres-
plected tpo Cppprgs........:.............. 364 dent Polk ,........... ....... y ......... 309
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