A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879
The book A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879 was written by author Thrall, Homer S., D. 1894. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879 a good or bad book?
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Powers, James— An Irishman, by birth; m 1828, engaged with Dr. Hew- itson in a colonization contract ; was a member of the Convention of 1836 ; was captured by raiders at his home, at Live Oak Point, but was immedi- ately released by order of Santa Anna. Putnam, Mitchell— A p/ivate in Captain Hurd's company, at San Ja- cinto. In 1838, he settled near Gonzales, and the same year the Comanches carried ofi" four of his children. In March, 1840, when the Comanches came into San Antonio to make a tr...eaty, they brought in one of Mr. Mitchell's children. After the fight in the Council House, another was surrendered. One died soon afler being carried ofi". An interesting little girl was still missing, and for twenty-six years her father and family were ignorant of her fate. In 1865, Judge John Chenault, who had been an Indian Agent in Missouri, immigrated to Texas and settled in Gonzales. There was a woman, an inmate of Judge C.'s family, then thirty j^ears old, whom he had ran- somed when a little girl from the savages.
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