INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Q X Y Z

A

Abolitionists, 76, 77

Adair, W., 82

Aims of the colony, 49

Allen, John, 33, 37, 68, 96

Allgemeine Zeitung, 25

Austin, 44, 99, 108

Austin State Gazette (Texas State Gazette), 67, 69, 71-72, 76-78, 83, 94

Azores, 88

B

Belgium, 23, 25, 44, 52, 62, 96

Blanc, Louis, 9

Blummer, 112

Bourland and Manion, letter of recommendation, 40

Brisbane, Albert, 17, 25, 29-33, 54, 85, 100, 111

Brussels, 85, 87, 91

Bryan, 84, 88

Bureau, Allyre, 93

Bussy, A. M., 98, 108-110

C

Cantagrel, Francçois, 85-86, 96, 103, 104, 108

Capitalism, definition, 11, 55-56, 58

Carcassonne, 87

Castroville, 99

Cement City, 95

Chapelle-Guagain, 87

Chateau-Renault, 87

Choctaw Agency, 39

Cincinnati, 38, 86, 95

Colonists, 85-86, 89-94

Communism, 28, 48, 58

Considerant, Victor Prosper, birth and life, 21;

escape, 25;

contributions, 25-29;

first trip to U.S.A., 35ff.;

trip to Texas, ii;

ideas concerning Texas, 40-44;

return to Europe, 44;

ideas on colonization, iii;

leading attacks, 64-66;

attitude toward slavery, 77-78;

plans suicide, 109;

departed in secret, 109.

Co-operative kitchen, 103-104

Cousin, M., 87, 114

D

Dallas, 41, 61, 89, 93, 95, 111

Dallas County, 92, 93, 96, 102;

courts, 111.

Dallas Herald, 67, 75

Daly, M. Cesar, 95

Démocratie Pacifique, 23-24, 25

De Morse, Major, 40

Dickson (of Red River), 82

Dwight, John S., 33

E

Engels, Frederic, 10-14

Erie (Lake), 42

European-American Colonization Society in Texas, 82, 84, 96, 102

Evans, W. M., 82

Experiment in Texas, 48

F

Fort Belknap, 98

Fort Graham, 41, 44

Fort Smith, 38, 39

Fort Worth, 41, 42;

soldiers in, 42, 63, 96

Fourier, Charles Francois, photograph 1; 14, 17;

birth and life, 18;

teachings, 19-20;

writings, 18, 21;

idea tested, 22;

death, 22.

Fourierism, 17, 23, 30, 32-33, 111

Free-soilers, 76

G

Galveston, 88, 89, 91

Galveston News, 67, 74

Godain-Lemaire, 52, 54

Goetsel, Philip, proposed colony, 90

Godwin, Parke, 33

Gouhenans, M., 41, 95

Greeley, Horace, 33, 75, 78

Gregg, G. G., 82

Guillon, Charles Francois, 52

H

Harrison County, 82

Houston, 89, 90, 93, 96, 98, 114

J

James, Henry, 33

K

Kingsley, Charles, 10

Knight, James, 96

Know-Nothing Party, 64, 65-66, 107

L

La Reunion, founders, 15, 17, 91, 93;

population, 94, 95, 97;

remains, 101-102

La Salle, Saint Jean-Baptiste, 10

Lechevalier, Jules, 26

Long, Ben, 93

Lowell, James Russell, 33, 36

M

McDade, Senator, 84

Macy, Captain, 37, 63

Marx, Karl, 14

152

Merrill, Major, 42, 62, 63

Muiron, Just, 18, 21, 22, 26

N

Napoleon, 25

Napoleon III, 91

National Intelligencer, 86

New Harmony, 12, 14

New Orleans, 52, 88, 89, 91

Newton, 111

New York City, 35, 38, 44, 52, 107, 111

New York Tribune, 67, 75, 77, 79

Northern Standard, 75

Nuremberg, 88

O

Owen, Robert, 9, 12-14

P

Paget, Amedee, 22

Paris, 28

Pellarin, 22

Pendleton, 111

Phalanstére, 22, 23, 26

Phalansterians, 22, 49, 99

Phlange (phalanx), 19-20, 22, 23, 36

Philippe, Louis, 25

Preston (Texas), 39-40

R

Raizant, M. M., 90, 113

Reforme Industrielle, 23, 26

Remond, Emile, 92

Renaud, 22

Reverchon, Julien, 91-92

Rodbertus, Johann, 10

Roger, 85, 86, 95, 113

S

Saint-Simon, school, 25, 29

San Antonio, 44, 99, 108, 110

Santa Fe, 37, 61

Santerre, François, 92, 113-114

Savardan, 87-88, 90, 91, 98, 114

Shaw, Francis G., 33

Socialism, definition, 10-11;

types, 11-12;

Marxian, 11;

Utopian, 12; 14, 31

Société de colonisation, 52;

articles of incorporation, 53-55;

concerning capital, 56-57;

groups within, 57-58;

cooperation with other societies, 59-60;

center of commerce, 61;

incorporation, 82-84, 96

Standard (Northern Standard), 75

State Gazette (Texas State Gazette) Texas, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 54, 63

T

Texas settlers, character, 43-44

Texas State Gazette, see Austin State Gazette

Texas State Times, 67, 73

Trinity River, 33, 41, 95

U

Ureidag, 93

Uvalde County, 98-99; 108

V

Vigoureaux, Mme. Clarisse, 21-22, 92

W

Wakefield method, 48

Washington, D. C., 63, 70

Washington Sentinel, 67, 69, 76

Whittier, John G., 33

Y

Young, Arthur, 23

Z

Zurich (Switzerland), 93

LA REUNION, A French Settlement in Texas, by W. J. and Margaret F. Hammond, is the story of one of the great romantic attempts to settle Texas. It is also the failure of several hundred Europeans to realize their dreams.

This venture was led by Victor Prosper Considerant who headed a group of several hundred colonists that came to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 1855 to establish La Reunion a few miles west of Dallas, Texas.

Considerant intended this colony to be an experiment. However, those who joined him thought in terms of actual accomplishments. Most of the colonists were college graduates. Many of them were professional people who were successful in European countries. They knew nothing of Texas Frontier life and were not prepared for the heavy demands the climate would make upon their existence. Even though these factors contributed to the disintegration of the colony and experiment, the chief reason for failure was the contrast of this socialistic dream with an unlimited capitalism.

While La Reunion is a product of historical research, the authors have related the story in an interesting, brisk style. The gathering of all footnotes on specific pages instead of placing them at the bottom of each page will be found to be more convenient in research.