The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft . 21-43; Id., Pub-lic Lands and Debt of Tex., 16 pp.; PalacioLeyes, 1844-6, 115-17; Otero, Obras,MS., 1. 313-17; ii. 1-4; Tex., Ult. Comunic, Mex., 1846, 22 pp.; DemocraticRev., 1839-45; Pap. Var., 75, no. 14, 85, no. 15, 106, no. 7, 111, no. 1, 143,no. 19, 149, no. 12; Mayer s Mex. War, 54-66, 74-5; Id., Mex. as It Was andIs, 312; Rouhan, Regions Nouvelles, 27; Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., xiii. 202-44;Fisher s Memorials, 3-87; De Bows Stat. View, 32-168; Edinburgh Rev., , p. 266, no. 157, p. 180-2; North Amer. Rev., xliii. 251-7; Hunts , ii. 264-5


The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft . 21-43; Id., Pub-lic Lands and Debt of Tex., 16 pp.; PalacioLeyes, 1844-6, 115-17; Otero, Obras,MS., 1. 313-17; ii. 1-4; Tex., Ult. Comunic, Mex., 1846, 22 pp.; DemocraticRev., 1839-45; Pap. Var., 75, no. 14, 85, no. 15, 106, no. 7, 111, no. 1, 143,no. 19, 149, no. 12; Mayer s Mex. War, 54-66, 74-5; Id., Mex. as It Was andIs, 312; Rouhan, Regions Nouvelles, 27; Lond. Geog. Soc. Jour., xiii. 202-44;Fisher s Memorials, 3-87; De Bows Stat. View, 32-168; Edinburgh Rev., , p. 266, no. 157, p. 180-2; North Amer. Rev., xliii. 251-7; Hunts , ii. 264-5; iv. 564; xvi. 486, 557; xviii. 504; Amer. Rev., 75-81; GougesFiscal Hist. Tex., 54-102, 292-318; Goulds Alamo City Guide, 23-7; PutnamsMonthly Mag., iii. 183-94; iv. 639^t4; Hobbs Wild Life in Far West, 18-32;Reids Tramp, 42-5, 52; Paynes Hist. European Colonies, 310-11; HardmansFrontier Life, 197-248; Muller, Reisen en Mex., iii. 315-17 In connectionwith the preceding, a large number of newspaper authorities have been CHAPTER XV TEXAS AS A STATE. 1846-1859. :Social Condition of the Texans—Population—Position of Male-factors—Simplicity of Households—The Literate Element—Gov-ernor Hendersons Inauguration—Texans Doings in the MexicanWar—Woods Administration—Dispute about the Possession ofSanta Fe—Governor Bell—The Texan Debt—Pearces Bill—TheSanta Fe and Public Debt Questions—Scaling the Debt—PeasesAdministration—Prosperity—Indian Depredations—Native Colo-nies—Prospects of Success—Vicious Indian Settlers—AngryFrontier-men—A Barbarous Massacre—Removal of the IndianColonists—Final Adjustment of the Public Debt—FinancialMatters—Hostility to Mexicans—The Cart War—Political Par-ties—Biography of Rusk—Administration of Runnels—TheSlavery Agitation—Houston Elected Governor. Texas now entered upon a new phase of had presented to the world the extraordinaryspectacle of a nation voluntarily surrenderin


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