A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier: With a Statistical AppendixDix, Edwards & Company, 1857 - Počet stran: 516 Excerpt from A Journey Through Texas; Or a Saddle-Trip on the South-Western Frontier: With a Statistical Appendix At the same time, I do not desire to engage in it, as I hardly need assure you, in a spirit at all inconsistent with a desirable friendship. Rather, in explaining the significance which, in my own mind, attaches to my narrative of facts, relative to the question upon which we have the misfortune to be divided in judgment, I shall hope 'to lessen. Instead of aggravating, the causes of our difference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... road are soon in operation , and with them is brought rapidly into play other social machinery , which makes much luxury common and cheap to all . The Texan , if solicited to assist in similar enterprises , answers truly , that cotton ...
... road . He will content himself with his pioneer's log - cabin , and wait the pleasure of nature at the swamp and the ford . His whole income will be reinvested in field - hands . He plants cotton largely quite all that his laborers can ...
... Road before us , 53 : Piney Wood Travel ; Emigrant Trains , 55 ; A Yellow Gentleman ; Road Talk , 57 ; Land Locating ; Cotton Hauling , 59 ; The Entertainment for Man and Beast , 60 ; Worn - out Land ; The People , 62 ; Spanish Remains ...
... Road ; The Cibolo , 147 ; Chaparral ; Mesquit ; San Antonio , 149 ; Economical Testimo- nial of Respect ; The Missions , 154 ; The Alamo , 155 ; The Environs ; San Antonio Spring , 156 ; Bathing , 157 ; Town Life ; Street Affrays , 158 ...
... Roads , 238 ; The Courtesy of the Road ; Dead Cattle , 239 ; Slave Emi- grants ; Cool Prospects for a Night ; Victoria , 240 ; Night on a Plantation ; Negro Servants again , 241 ; Cotton - growing- Profits ; Sugar , 244 ; Expulsion of ...