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Texas Rising

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by Stephen L. Moore


  Houston, Sam, 2, 58–61, 65, 68, 78, 89–94, 103–4, 107, 114–15, 125, 129–34, 140–54, 158–82, 185–213, 216–17, 220–21, 224–28, 235, 238, 240–48, 251–53, 256–57, 262–63, 280–81, 312, 316–18, 323, 326–30, 338–40

  Houston, Tex., 47, 78, 254, 265, 318

  Howard, George T., 278, 284, 290–92, 328

  Huerta, Carolino, 157

  Hunter, Robert Hancock, 68–70, 163, 182

  Hunter, William L., 157

  Huntsman, Adam, 92

  Huntsville, Tex., 338

  Huston, Felix, 249, 298–300

  Ioni Indians, 14, 103, 256, 258, 264, 279

  Indians, 7–12, 18–19, 43, 339; see also specific tribal groups

  Isomania, Chief, 287, 292

  Jack, Patrick, 27–28

  Jack, William H., 68–70

  Jackson, Andrew, 59–60, 92, 146–48, 159, 229, 246, 263

  Jameson, Benjamin, 89, 98, 105, 115

  Jaques, Mrs. William B., 328

  Jarvis, Pen, 50

  Jenkins, John, 129–33, 298

  Jett, James Matthew “Matt,” 304, 313–14, 327, 330

  Jett, Stephen, 304, 314, 320, 327

  Jett, William, 327, 330

  Jewell, George Washington, 241–42

  Joe (slave of Travis), 98, 120, 124–25, 131

  see also Travis, William Barret

  Johnson, Frank, 28–29, 64, 70, 73, 89–90, 104, 110–11

  Johnson, John B., 102, 109

  Johnston, Albert Sidney, 243, 248–49, 253, 271, 275–77, 280–82, 289

  Jones, Anson, 61, 151, 162, 174, 312, 335, 338–40

  Jones, David, 172

  Jones, William Jefferson, 264, 270

  José María, Chief, 264–65, 284

  Karankawa Indians, 20, 23–26

  Karnes, Henry, 50, 68, 73, 130–32, 141, 144–47, 186–87, 192, 199–201, 205–7, 210, 219, 224, 243, 246, 249–54, 264, 268–70, 274–75, 284–89, 293, 303–4

  Kellogg, Elizabeth, 234

  Kemp, Thomas, 172

  Kent, Andrew, 108

  Kent, David Boyd, 134

  Kentucky, 11, 93, 127, 148, 172, 202, 212, 222

  Kerr, James, 52, 67

  Kerr, Peter, 151

  Key, Chief, 276

  Kichai Indians, see Caddo Indians

  Kickapoo Indians, 56–57, 103, 258–60, 271–72, 279

  Killough, Isaac, 257

  Kimbell, George C., 108–9, 112, 132

  Kimbro, William, 161, 181

  King, Amon B., 135

  Kiowa Indians, 294, 331

  Kuykendall, Robert, 25–27

  Labadie, Nicholas, 161, 172, 193, 200, 218–19

  La Bahía del Espiritu Santo, see Goliad, Tex.

  Lafitte, Jean, 42

  La Grange, Tex., 10–13, 266

  Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte, 2, 78, 174, 199–202, 210, 228, 257, 262–68, 271, 274–75, 280–84, 289, 302, 308, 312, 338

  Lampasas River, 283

  Landrum, Willis, 275, 277

  Lane, Walter, 200–201, 218, 258

  Laredo, Mexico, 85–86, 90, 247, 304–5, 323–24

  La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de, 20

  Leclerc, Frédéric, 254

  Lee, James, 333

  Lemsky, Frederick, 147

  Leon River, 57

  Lewellen, Captain, 73

  Lewis, Mark B., 270, 275

  Linn, John, 52

  Linney, Chief, 261, 276

  Lipan Indians, 252, 253, 308–10

  Little River, 56, 240, 244, 250, 272

  Llano River, 287, 309, 330

  Lockhart, Andy, 327

  Lockhart, Byrd, 95, 108, 289

  Lockhart, John W., 330

  Lockhart, Matilda, 261, 289–90, 327

  Logan, William, 160

  Lonis, George Washington, 216

  Louisiana, 20–22, 42–43, 87, 153, 176–77, 243, 262

  Luckie, Sam, 321, 327

  Luelmo, Santiago, 204

  Lynch, Joseph P., 126

  Lynch’s Ferry, 187, 191–94

  Mabbitt, Leonard, 257

  McAllister, John, 159

  McCarley, Samuel, 180

  McCormick, Arthur, 192

  McCormick, Margaret (“Peggy”), 191–92, 204, 211, 227–28

  McCoy, Jesse, 33–34, 108

  McCulloch, Ben, 294–96, 321, 328–31, 334–36, 340

  McCulloch, Henry, 297–99, 321

  McCulloch, Samuel, 37

  McDonald, John, 313

  McDonald, William, 72

  McFall, Samuel, 12, 15–16

  McGregor, John, 112

  McLean, Ephraim Walton, 316

  McLeod, Hugh, 252, 256–61, 275, 280–82, 289–91

  McNutt, Robert, 127, 188–89

  Magill, William, 17

  Mann, Pamelia, 181–82

  Mare, Achelle, 213

  Marlin, John, 13, 264

  Martin, Albert, 34–35, 105, 108–9, 112

  Martin, Wyly, 146, 159, 166, 173, 177–78

  Matagorda, Tex., 37–39, 46

  Matamoros, Mexico, 44, 75, 89–90, 94–95, 111, 155, 176, 255, 268–70

  Mataquo Indians, 279

  Mathews, William A., 95

  Maverick, Mary Ann, 275, 289, 308

  Maverick, Samuel, 62, 70–71

  Mayfield, James S., 275–77, 322

  Medina River, 97, 247, 254, 274, 321–23, 328

  Memphis, Tenn., 92–93

  Menard, Peter J., 47

  Menchaca, José Antonio “Tony,” 126–27, 150, 187–90, 319

  Menefee, Laban, 285

  Mercer, Eli, 181

  Mexico, 1, 6, 19, 22, 30–31

  see also specific cities

  Mexico City, 20–22, 84–87, 325, 338

  Mier y Terán, Manuel de, 27

  Milam, Benjamin Rush, 37, 40, 70–74, 79

  Milam, Tex., 95, 114, 243

  Miles, Alfred H., 251

  Miles, Ed, 213

  Millard, Henry, 170, 206, 216

  Millen, Bill, 221

  Miller, Joseph, 308

  Miller, Thomas R., 109

  Miller, Washington, 296

  Mina (Bastrop), Tex., 11–14, 17, 35, 76, 96, 108–9, 143, 232, 243, 267

  Miracle, Julian Pedro, 255–57

  Mission Aguayo, 49

  Mission Capistrano, 49

  Mission Concepción, 49, 63, 316

  Mission Espada, 48–49

  Mission River, 135

  Mission Rosario, 135

  Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, 292

  Mississippi, 20, 37, 177, 246

  Mississippi River, 20, 42, 93, 162, 263

  Miñon, José Vicente, 101, 106

  Monclova, Mexico, 87, 96

  Monroe, Daniel, 250

  Monterrey, Mexico, 336

  Moore, John Henry, 10, 12–17, 35–36, 126, 142–44, 266, 284, 300, 322

  Moore, Thomas, 214

  Moore, William H., 266

  Moore’s Fort, 10–12

  Morales, Juan, 119–21, 128

  Moreland, Isaac, 160, 196–97, 200, 338

  Morgan, Abel, 155

  Morgan, George, 264

  Morgan, James, 183–85, 195, 211, 227

  Morgan’s Point, 183–85

  Morrell, Zachariah, 322

  Morris, Robert, 70–71

  Morrison, Moses, 25–26

  Mottley, Junius William, 212–13

  Muestyah, Chief, 254

  Muguara, Chief, 254, 290–92

  Murchison, John, 260

  Murphree, David, 145, 216

  Murphy, Daniel, 157–58, 172

  Nacogdoches, Tex., 20–21, 28, 43–46, 57, 78, 93, 178, 181, 189, 234, 237, 247, 255–56, 260–62, 276

  Nacogdoches Indians, 20, 27

  Napoleon, Bonaparte, 21

  Nash, James, 215

  Natchitoches, La., 177

  Navarro, José Antonio, 114

  Navarro de Alsbury, Juana, 124

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p; Navasota River, 8, 15

  Navidad River, 141, 145

  Neches River, 47, 77, 259, 277–81

  Neill, James Clinton, 15, 35, 72, 89–92, 99, 128–30, 177, 196–98

  Neill, John C., 284–85

  New Orleans, La., 9, 22, 75, 153, 228, 247

  New Washington, Tex., 68, 179–80, 183–85, 191–92, 211

  New York, 338

  Nichols, Jim, 297–98, 316–18

  Nixon, Sarah Parker, 232

  Nueces River, 52–53, 239, 243, 263, 270, 303–4, 314, 327, 335

  Ogden, Duncan Campbell, 314

  Oklahoma, 303

  Oolooteka, Chief, 59–60

  O’Riley, James, 53

  Owen, Clark L., 296

  Ownby, James P., 270, 275

  Panther, Captain, 262

  Parker, Ben, 232–35

  Parker, Cynthia Ann, 8, 234

  Parker, Daniel, Jr., 78

  Parker, Daniel, Sr., 45–47, 235

  Parker, Dickerson, 78

  Parker, Isaac, 235

  Parker, James, Sr., 7

  Parker, James Wilson, Jr., 8, 46–47, 55–57, 77, 231–35

  Parker, John, Jr., 234

  Parker, John, Sr., 8, 233

  Parker, Joseph Allen, 56, 76–77, 95

  Parker, Lucy, 234

  Parker, Orlena, 8

  Parker, Sally White, 233

  Parker, Silas, Sr., 7, 14

  Parker, Silas Mercer, Jr., 8, 47–48, 55–57, 67, 76–79, 231–35

  Parker’s Fort, see Fort Parker

  Parmer, Martin, 46

  Patton, William H., 71, 93, 147

  Peacock, John W., 72–74

  Pedernales River, 286, 310, 330–31

  Peggy’s Lake, 194, 198, 217–19

  Perry, Cicero Rufus, 239

  Perry, Daniel, 68

  Perry, James Franklin, 64–65

  Perry, James Hazard, 151, 171

  Perry, Rufe, 327, 330, 335–36

  Petty, George M., 143–44

  Peña, José Enrique de la, 88, 96–97, 116–17, 121–23, 176

  Pérez, Antonio, 303–9

  Pia Kusa, Chief, 319

  Piava, Chief, 292–93

  Piedras, José de las, 28

  Placido, Chief, 253, 283, 297

  Plummer, James Pratt, 233–34

  Plummer, Luther Thomas Martin, 7

  Plummer, Rachel Parker, 233–34

  Poe, George, 196–97

  Ponton, Andrew, 34, 101

  Ponton, Joel, 294

  Porter, John W., 9–10

  Portilla, José Nicolás de la, 155–58

  Potsanaquahip, Chief, see Buffalo Hump, Chief

  Potter, Robert, 125, 142, 166, 171–72

  Powell, Elizabeth, 171

  Power, James, 52

  Price, John T., 303–4

  Putman, Elizabeth, 261, 292–93

  Putman, James, 261

  Putman, Juda, 261

  Putman, Rhoda, 261

  Quanah Parker, Chief, 234

  Quapaw Indians, 103, 279

  Quinoñes, Agatón, 305, 327–28

  Rabb, Thomas J., 127, 300

  Ramírez y Sesma, Joaquín, 85–88, 97, 101, 116, 122, 128, 141, 145–48, 169–71, 175

  Reagan, John Henninger, 271, 281

  Redd, William, 292

  Red River, 93, 231, 251, 257, 262–63, 275, 302, 305

  Refugio, Tex., 52, 91, 104, 135–36, 235, 314, 329

  Reyes, Juan, 208, 214

  Reynolds, Dave, 269

  Rice, Christopher Columbus, 162

  Rice, James, 270

  Riley, James, 79

  Riley, Thomas, 79

  Rio Grande River, 20, 74, 85, 88, 90, 97–99, 239, 303, 306–7, 314–15, 322–24, 335

  Robbins, Jack, 220

  Robbins, Thomas, 188

  Roberts, Abraham, 178

  Robertson, Joseph, 267

  Robertson, Sterling, 11, 55, 114, 235–37, 242–44

  Robertson’s Colony, 7, 10, 14, 56, 76, 79, 94, 115, 143, 188

  Robinett, James W., 273

  Robinson, Andrew, 25

  Robinson, James W., 58, 90, 94–95, 110

  Robison, Joel, 225

  Robless, Alexander, 244

  Rodden, Peter, 279

  Rodriguez, Don Nicolás, 52–54

  Rogers, James, 267–68

  Rogers, John, 60

  Rohrer, Conrad, 180–82

  Roman, Richard, 153, 163

  Romero, José María, 119

  Rose, Louis, 116

  Ross, John E., 161, 173, 176

  Royall, Richardson, 46

  Ruiz, Francisco, 114

  Rusk, Thomas Jefferson, 142, 150, 160, 166–70, 173–74, 180–81, 190–92, 199–201, 210–13, 221, 226–28, 235–38, 251, 255–61, 275–79, 339

  Sabine River, 76, 143, 177, 251

  Sadler, William Turner, 78, 143, 147, 188, 215, 225, 241, 259–61, 266, 281, 339

  Salado River, 124–25, 315, 327

  Saltillo, Mexico, 86–88, 325

  San Antonio, Tex., 1, 22–26, 37–40, 44, 48, 63–65, 68, 73–74, 89–91, 94, 98, 109, 112–13, 124, 143, 164, 239, 243, 247–49, 253–54, 270, 274–75, 285–92, 303–20, 323–26, 329–30, 334–35

  San Antonio de Béxar, see Béxar, Tex.

  San Antonio River, 20, 24, 49, 110, 137, 156, 246, 286, 293, 315

  San Augustine, Tex., 93, 237, 256

  San Bernard River, 147, 154, 171

  San Felipe, Tex., 12, 28–29, 35, 45, 52, 57–58, 61–62, 76–79, 89–90, 94, 108–9, 128, 132, 159, 164–66, 227

  San Gabriel River, 67, 79, 238, 266, 270, 283

  San Jacinto, Tex., 204, 217, 222–24, 227–31, 238–41, 248, 251, 264, 277, 280, 313, 316, 337–40

  San Jacinto River, 4, 142, 191, 194

  San Luis, Mexico, 85, 106

  San Luis Potosí, 38

  San Marcos River, 58, 302

  San Patricio, Tex., 52–54, 104, 111, 243

  San Saba River, 43, 266, 286

  Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1–4, 30–31, 36, 41, 44, 48, 75, 84–88, 97, 101, 105–8, 113, 117–20, 123–26, 141, 155, 158, 164–65, 169–71, 175, 179, 184–87, 191–207, 211, 214–17, 220, 224–31, 235, 251, 277, 319, 325, 338

  Santa Cruz, Bernardino, 218

  Sánchez-Navarro, José Juan, 73–74, 123

  Scales, Abraham, 163

  Scott, Winfield, 66

  Scurry, Richardson A., 125

  Seale, Eli, 77

  Secrest, Washington, 145

  Seguín, Erasmo, 41

  Seguín, Juan Nepomuceno, 2, 41, 49–51, 63, 75, 99, 107, 126–28, 187–88, 209, 215, 243, 247, 274, 308, 316

  Seguin, Tex., 329

  Seguín María Gertrudis Flores de Abrego, 307–8

  Seminole Indians, 15, 78

  Sewell, Marcus, 108

  Shackelford, Jack, 137, 154

  Shain, Charles, 138–40, 155–58, 172, 216

  Sharp, John, 145

  Shawnee Indians, 103, 261–62, 271, 276, 279–80, 284, 312

  Shelby, Tex., 243

  Sherman, Sidney, 2–3, 127, 130, 146–54, 170, 174, 180, 187–92, 197–202, 206, 208–12, 215, 220–21, 228, 337

  Shipman, Daniel, 152

  Shoshone Indians, 331

  Simmons, William, 223

  Simpson, Bill, 170

  Slein, John, 308–9

  Smith, Benjamin Fort, 38, 148, 151, 172

  Smith, Bob, 281

  Smith, Erastus “Deaf,” 2, 63–64, 68, 71–72, 130–31, 141, 145–47, 160–61, 186, 199, 205–9, 213, 215, 219–20, 227, 243, 246–48, 304

  Smith, Gertrudes, 130

  Smith, Henry, 58, 89–91, 94, 99, 103, 142–44

  Smith, James, 241

  Smith, John W., 71, 100–102, 109, 112

  Smith, Leander, 162, 169, 173

  Smith, Lupe, 130, 248

  Smith, Mack, 172

  Smith, Simona, 130

  Smith, Susan, 130

  Smith, Travis,
130

  Smith, William H., 128–29, 141, 186, 199, 207, 210, 243–45, 249

  Smith, William P., 35

  Smither, Launcelot, 35, 63, 101, 107–8

  Smithwick, Noah, 39, 50–51, 244–45, 252, 266–67

  Smothers, John, 299

  Snively, Jacob, 259–60, 266

  Somervell, Alexander, 170, 190, 323–24

  Sowell, Andrew, 39, 132

  Spain, 6, 19–22, 30

  Sparks, Stephen Franklin, 1–3, 212, 225

  Splane, Peyton R., 141

  Spohn, Joseph H., 157

  Stafford, William, 179

  Stevenson, Robert, 216

  Stroud, Ethan A., 265

  Sublett, Philip, 64–65

  Sutherland, George, 52

  Sutherland, John, 100–102

  Swearingen, William, 187, 218

  Swisher, James G., 72, 131

  Swisher, John, 152, 163, 168

  Sylvester, James, 224–25

  Tahocullake Indians, 103, 279

  Tallapoosa River, 59

  Tampico, Mexico, 30, 36

  Tarlton, James, 125, 152

  Tarrant, Edward H., 262, 307, 314

  Tawakoni Indians, 14, 23, 26, 47, 258

  Taylor, Creed, 50

  Taylor, Joseph, 56–57

  Taylor, Nancy, 57

  Taylor, William, 219

  Teal, Henry, 147, 170

  Tenaha, Tex., 46

  Tennessee, 7, 59–60, 78, 92–94, 102, 144, 169, 177, 241, 246

  Tenorio, Antonio, 29

  Tenoxtitlan, 9–10

  Thomas, Alexander, 9

  Thomas, David, 142, 173, 178

  Thompson, William, 141

  Tinsley, James W., 243

  Tipp, Peter, 278

  Tolsa, Eugenio, 88, 128, 141, 151

  Toluca, Mexico, 215

  Tonkawa Indians, 23, 253, 266, 307–8

  Townsend, Stephen, 95–96, 143, 147, 188

  Trask, Olwyn, 200–202

  Travis, William Barret, 27–29, 39, 51, 62, 91, 98–120, 226

  Trespalacios, José Félix, 24–25

  Trimble, Robert C., 252

  Trinity River, 15–17, 47, 55, 77–78, 178, 235, 241–42, 251, 268, 285, 302

  Trueheart, John, 309

  Tumlinson, John, Sr., 24–26

  Tumlinson, John Jackson, Jr., 26, 67, 76, 95, 108, 143, 188, 218, 231, 284, 294–96

  Tumlinson, Joseph, 26

  Turner, Amasa, 153, 163, 170, 181, 199, 206, 210, 221

  Ugartechea, Domingo de, 34, 50, 68, 70, 73

  Untanguous Indians, 103

  Urban, Joseph, 46

  Urrea, José, 97, 110–11, 128, 135, 138–41, 155, 176, 227

  Urriza, Fernando, 196–99

  Usher, Patrick, 190

  Utley, Thomas C., 198

  Vanbenthuysen, A. B., 250, 251

  Vansickle, Elias, 257

  Vásquez, Rafael, 303, 314–16

  Vázquez de Coronado, Francisco, 19

  Velasco, Tex., 9, 28, 49, 140, 153, 236, 244

  Veracruz, Mexico, 30–31

  Veramendi, Don Juan Martín de, 43

  Victoria, Tex., 130, 134, 138–40, 164, 295, 314

 

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