On a Mexican mustang through Texas from the Gulf to the Rio Grande [microform]

1883·40.3 MB·English

by  Sweet, Alexander E. (Alexander Edwin), 1841-1901

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ON A MEXICAN MUSTANG,
THROUGH TEXAS,
FROM THE GULF TO THE RIO GRANDE.
BY
A! EX. E. SWEET and J. ARMOY KNOX,
Editors of "Texas Si/iings."
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ILLUSTRATED.
HARTFORD, CONN.:
SCRANTON & COMPANY.
S. S.
HOUSTON AND ST. LOUIS: T. N. JAMES & CO.; SYRACUSE: WATSON
OILL; CINCINNATI: THE CINCINNATI BOOK AND BIBLE HOUSE:
CHICAGO: C. B. BEACH & CO.: PHILADELPHIA: THAYER,
MERRIAM, & CO; SAN FRANCISCO: A. L,
BANCROFT & CO.
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1883.
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Copyright, 1883,
By sweet & KNOX.
RAND, AVBRY, AND COMPANy.
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CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER
I.
— — Pacb.
An Eighte—en-Cara* Desperado. The Man from Texa—s. An Awful Acci-
dent. He—roic Conduct of th—e Man from Texas. —His Ranch on the
R—ioFrio. In—vittdtoTexas. LeavingNe—wYork. Arrival in Texas
Galveston. Strange an—d Unique City. Cos—mopolitan Population
^—Diversity of Languages. —Magnificent Beach. —Tropical Vegetation
"Dre—ams of the Orient."—Board of Health. Disinfecting—Dead
Letters. The Pirate Lafitte. First Gr—eat Fraud in Louisiana. Jeal
—ousy between Galveston—and Houston. Sand-Crabs a—nd Mud-Turtles<
T Yellow-Fever Germs. The Infected Coifee-Bean. Quarantine.
TwoThousandDollars'Worthof Strategy '5
CHAPTER
II.
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Sundayin Galveston. Houses built—on the Sand. Bathi—ng Facilities.—
Expostulating wit—h a Policeman. A Popular F—allacy. Th—e Beach.
Scanty Costume—. The Man with—a Spy-Glass.—The Bar. A Thou-
sandPerCent. Acresof Calico. At Dinner. TheDoctor . . 28
CHAPTER
III.
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The Procession. ExtraordinaryOutfit—. TheDoctor'sArsenal. —Hewant-
ed to b—uyBeads for the—Indians. All Ab—oard for Houston. Buffalo
Bayou.—The Magnolia. Spanish Moss. N—inety-Five Degrees in the
Shade. The—SuperannuatedOld H—en-Coop. Ten Miles—of History.
DrySeasons. "Let'sW—oodUp." ShootingA—lligators. Devastating
the Boat's Commissa—ry. The Journeyof—Life. Bornwith—the Family
PlateinhisMouth. ArrivalatH—cr.ston. Houstonin 184—0. "Infested
with RedAntsand Methodists." Hotel Chair-Sculptors. Competitive
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Lying. The RooterDog. "Green from the States."—Tropical Wel-
come.-One PolicemantoFifteenSaloons 38
CHAPTER
IV.
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"Giving Galveston Hell." Pluribus Unum, Nox Vom—ica, Vox Populi.
Anchoring,GalvestonIslan.iwithanArtesianWell. Houston asaSea-