. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... sand horses : soon imuunerable cattle with a letter branded in theirhides to show th-> name of their owner, roamed over the boundless,nnfenced prairies. HitJKj- iiisro/jv ()y MKXTrr) J TO A grfjat many ii<lvf;r) hIho cam*:: , nu-ti who hadbroken the laws of the United States and were afraid of its jiistic*^,so that th<; State, contained many outlawed men, some of whom madetrouble among th<; peaceable, order Jovirif^ col
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... sand horses : soon imuunerable cattle with a letter branded in theirhides to show th-> name of their owner, roamed over the boundless,nnfenced prairies. HitJKj- iiisro/jv ()y MKXTrr) J TO A grfjat many ii<lvf;r) hIho cam*:: , nu-ti who hadbroken the laws of the United States and were afraid of its jiistic*^,so that th<; State, contained many outlawed men, some of whom madetrouble among th<; peaceable, order Jovirif^ colonists. The prin-<;ipal American settler, and one who had broiif^ht a large colonv toTexas, was a man from New England, named Stephen Austin. Jfyou study the map of Texas you will see that he has a county andtown named for him there. The Americans were much more enterjjrising and thrifty thanthe Mexicans. Where they settled, the country soon began to looktrim and neat, with comfortabh; houses and well k«,pt Mexicans were content to live from generation to generationin adobe liouses, houses Vjuilt of rude bncks, made of mud. Mexican Farm-house. dried in the sun. They had little energy, and none of the Yankeeshrewdness which was apt to get the better of them ii. .11 their bar-gains. It was quite natural that they should begin to feel jealous,and a little afraid of these pusliing, enteq^^rising Yankees. Sowhen in 1838 the Americans held a convention, and .sent StephenAustin to the city of Mexico to ask that Texas should be admittedas a State into the Mexican Union, they kept him for months in astate of uncertainty about what answer they meant to make him. S74 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
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