A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . e three hundred familieson a tract of territory lying beside Vehleins colony, along theNavasota and Trinity Rivers and the old San Antonio Road. In1830, Zavala, Vehlein, and Burnet assigned their contracts to acompany in New York, called the Galveston Bay and Texas LantlComj)any, which issued a great deal of worthless land scrip,damaging Texas and scandalizing the original emprcsarios. Be-sides the above-mentioned colonies, partial settlements were alsomade, between 1825 and 1835, under the colonial contracts ofCameron, Beale,
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . e three hundred familieson a tract of territory lying beside Vehleins colony, along theNavasota and Trinity Rivers and the old San Antonio Road. In1830, Zavala, Vehlein, and Burnet assigned their contracts to acompany in New York, called the Galveston Bay and Texas LantlComj)any, which issued a great deal of worthless land scrip,damaging Texas and scandalizing the original emprcsarios. Be-sides the above-mentioned colonies, partial settlements were alsomade, between 1825 and 1835, under the colonial contracts ofCameron, Beale, Grant and Beale, Padillo and Chambers, Thorn,Wavel, Woodbury, and Wilson. The activity of the colonial period rapidly increased thepopulation and developed the resources of Texas, and but for MEXICAN RULE. 149 the j)olilical troubles brought on by Mexican tyranny and revo- Period 11, , . , . r 1 1 • 1 1 • f Mexican Rule lution, the prosperity of the colonies would in a very tew years — have converted the entire province into a peaceable, wealthy, ^ ^^ 1836. and prog;ressi\e community. As it was, there intervened nearlya decade of civil commotion, revolutionary excitement, andfinally bloodshed, before the Americans could follow their ap-pointed destiny. QUESTIONS. Who was Martin de Leon ? When and how did he secure his con-tracts to colonize in Texas? How many families did he introduce, wherewas his colony located, and what town was its capital? When was GreenDewitts colonial contract ,u:ranted? Where was his colony located, andwhen and how was it ^un ? Who assisted him in planting the colony ?Describe its early troubles and situation, and What occurred in conse-quence. Wlien was permission to found a colony granted to HaydenEdwards, how many families did it include, and where was it to be estab-lished? Describe its location and surroundings, and what difficulties didit encounter in consecjuence of these things ? What was the character of 150 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEX
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