Surry of Eagle’s Nest: 55
Sunday School: attendance at, 81, 143–145 passim
Swiss Family Robinson, The: enjoyment of, 49, 50, 51, 74
Tamaulipas, Mexico: 15
Tarrant County, Texas: 4
Taylor, Alex: 31
Taylor, Dow: friendship of, 96, 101, 175; on hunting, 105; mentioned, 31, 52, 172
Taylor, “Jeems Henry”: 31
Taylor, Paul: friendship of, 96, 101, 175; mentioned, 31, 52
Taylor, Sally: 31, 52
Taylor family, the: 31, 37, 74, 103
Tell, William: 83
Tennessee: settlers from, 26, 27, 32; culture of, 36, 145, 150; mentioned, 28, 143
Tennyson, Alfred: 140
Texas: settlers in, 4, 14, 32, 100, 159, 160; culture of, 36, 89, 121, 126, 175; boundary dispute of, 53; mentioned, 3
Texas Panhandle, the: 96
Texas Republic, The: 11
Thrown on the World: 57
tobacco: use of, 96, 156–157
“tobe”: chewing of, 157
Toilers of the Sea: 57
tools: for farming, 63–64, 65, 67
“town ball”: 41, 83–85, 86, 93
toys: types of, 81–83, 97, 99, 136. SEE ALSO games; play
Trader Spy, The: 48, 74
Trail Elk Creek: 168
Train to Mauro, The: 153
tramps: visit Dales, 33–34
transportation: by farm wagon, 14, 64; by train, 30, 52, 54, 77; by covered wagon, 59, 174–175; by wagon and team, 77–78, 160–161
Trappers of Arkansas, The: 56
Travis, William B.: 175
trees: in Cross Timbers, 5, 6
Trinity River: 116
Turk (dog): 50, 175, 176
Upper Cross Timbers: 4, 59, 68
Van Winkle, Rip: 140
Verne, Jules: 79
Vernon, Texas: train to, 54, 77, 111, 173; as home of Brown family, 76; Ike Dale at, 160–161; mentioned, 14, 53, 59
verse, quoting of: 18–20
Vick, Betty: 157
Vick, Nathan: 37
Village Blacksmith, the: 140
Virginia: 3
Virginia Piedmont: 165
“vittles”: 35
Walnut Creek, Texas: camp on, 68–69, 70, 71, 111, 135
Walton, Izaak: 124
Warren, Texas: 163
water: supply of, 13, 170
Webster’s Blueback Speller: 130
“We’re Marching Down to New Orleans”: 150
West, Evie: 24
West, Jake: 24, 173
West, “Pet”: 24, 96
Western Trail, the: 53
“What’s My Line?”: 91
“what’s-your-trade”: 91
wheat: growing of, 64, 74
Whittier, John Greenleaf: 140
Wichita Falls, Texas: 14
“Widder Spriggins’ Daughter, The”: 152
Williams, Fletcher: 24, 118
Winter, John Strange: 57
Wise County, Texas: 20
women: money-source of, 27–28; social activities of, 145–146
work: on farm, 62–63, 67, 170; labor for, costs of, 69, 71; stories told during, 73–74, 76–77, 79, 102
“work-up”: 85, 86
Youth’s Companion: 55, 56
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