| INTRODUCTION | xxix |
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| First Came the Spaniards |
xxix
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| The San Gabriel Presidio and Missions |
xxx
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| Then Came the French |
xxx
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| And, Finally, the Anglo-Americans |
xxxi
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| James Wilkinson, the Man with Three Countries |
xxxi
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Philip Nolan, the Man with a Country |
xxxi
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| Philip Nolan, the Man without a Country |
xxxiii
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| The Humboldt Hypothesis |
xxxiv
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| Pike's Peek |
xxxv
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| The Texas Platinum Rush |
xxxv
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| On the Way to Santa Fe - With no Trail |
xxxvi
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| The French Napoleonic Spies |
xxxvi
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| Little Chief Pasagogo and the Land of the Silly People |
xxxvii
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| The Execution of Father Hidalgo and the Death Knell
of Spanish Rule |
xxxviii
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| A Map Leading to the Next World |
xxxix
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| Dick McFarland and the Indians up the Brazos |
xl
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| Captain Johnson's Trading Post at the Falls of the
Brazos |
xl
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| The Texas Association |
xli
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| The Seventy Signers |
xlii
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| The "Unofficial" Seal of Approval |
li
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| Mission to Mexico |
lii
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| Andrew Erwin, Land Speculator and Trader |
lii
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| Abner L. Duncan, Financier |
liii
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| From Nashville to New Orleans |
liv
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| Félix de Armas, Translator and Interpreter |
liv
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| Joseph H. Hawkins, Unrewarded
Benefactor of Moses and Stephen F. Austin |
liv
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| On Board the Schooner "Hope,"
With Loss of Rudder |
lv
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| Arrival at Vera Cruz |
lvi
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| From Vera Cruz to Mexico City |
lvi
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| Juan Davis Bradburn |
lvii
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| Secret Agent No. 13 |
lvii
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