Five Years in Texas
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- Or, What you did not hear during the war from January 1861 to January 1866. A narrative of his travels, experiences, and observation
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1. FIVE YEARS IN TEXAS; OR, WHAT YOU DID NOT HEAR DURING THE WAR FROM JANUARY 1861 TO JANUARY 1866.2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. HON. MARTIN P. SWEET—INTERVIEW WITH, AND EULOGIUM.4. CHAPTER II. THE TRIP TO GALVESTON.5. CHAPTER III. SOCIAL TYPES.6. CHAPTER IV.7. CHAPTER V. NEW ORLEANS AND GALVESTON.8. CHAPTER VI. EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON TASTES AND APPETITES.9. CHAPTER VII. TEXAS OATH OF OFFICE10. CHAPTER VIII. THE DOCTOR'S PRIZE-RING ILLUSTRATION.11. CHAPTER IX. BABEL OF TONGUES.—SAM HOUSTON.12. CHAPTER X. SAM HOUSTON'S SPEECH.13. CHAPTER XI. ARGUMENTS ON SECESSION IN OUTLINE.14. CHAPTER XII. TEXAS NEVER INVADED.15. CHAPTER XIII. NICARAGUA SMITH.16. CHAPTER XIV. THE CAPTURED LETTER.—MRS. E.'s EXILE.17. CHAPTER XV. LAWLESSNESS AND CRIME.18. CHAPTER XVI. THE TWO DAYS' MEETING.19. CHAPTER XVII. THE CONSCRIPT LAW AND HOW THE WRITER BEAT IT.20. CHAPTER XVIII. A PLOT AGAINST THE WRITER'S LIFE—MORE ABOUT TEXAS.21. CHAPTER XIX. LEE'S SURRENDER.—EFFECT UPON TEXAS SOLDIERS.—WRITER'S RETURN TO TEXAS.22. CHAPTER XX. GOV. HAMILTON—THE THIRTY NEROS—THE OLD GERMAN AND HIS WIFE—THE FIGHT WITH INDIANS—A NATIVE TEXAN'S OPINION OF GERMANS.23. CHAPTER XXI. NORTHERN TEXAS.24. CANTO I.25. CANTO II.26. CANTO III.