INDEX TO VOLUME XX Aberdeen, Lord, letters 50, 59, 94, 162, 165, 174, 189, 389, 399.

Acta Constitutiva, Sources of the Mex ican, 19-27. Act to incorporate the Texas Mining and Emigrating Company, 70.

Adams, Ephraim Dougl ass, British Cor respondence concerning Texas, 50-95, 154-193, 277-307, 381-403; elected Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, 419.

Addington, H. A., letters, 159.

Affairs of the Association, 417.

Albright, George L., 416.

Allen, Ebenezer, characterization of, 89 90, letters, 155.

Allen's Military School at Bastrop, 148.

Amory, Nathaniel, Texan Secretary of legation at Washington, 251.

Amsler, Marcus, 28.

Anderson, August, book reviewed, 410.

Annexation, Texan attitude toward in 1845, 60-62, 67-69, 71-81, 160-161; Convention called, 161, 171, 173, 181; the Convention accepted annexation, 282, list of members with biographical data, 303-305, ; opposition to annex ation, 386, 393, 395, 396, 397; politi tians anxious to claim credit for, 401.

Annexation of Texas, British desire to prevent, see British mediation. Annexation of Texas, influence on price of slaves, 192.

Archer, Branch T., military plans, 400.

Arispe, Miguel Ramos, chief draftsman of the Mexican Acta Constitutiva, 22, sketch of, 26.

Atwood Marion John, The Sources of the Mexican Acta Constitutiva, 19 27.

Austin, Stephen F., Recollections of, 369-380. Austin, Stephen F., early visions of the Santa Fe-Chihuahua trade, 252; re lations with Anthony Butler, 370, 375 ; imprisonment in Mexico, 372 375; called the Duke, 375; his death, 377-380; letters, 411.

Baker, Moseley, in the first Congress, 317, 320.

Bankhead, Charles, British minister to Mexico, letters, 55, 157, 167, 187, 188.

Barker, Eugene C., Don Carlos Barrett, 139-145; book reviews, 198, 199, 308.

Barr, Robert, postmaster general, 107.

Barrett, D. C., report on postal system, 105; picture of, 417.

Bee, Barnard E., Texan minister to the United States, effort to negotiate commercial treaty with Spain, 250.

Ben Ash, Indian chief, 273.

Berleth, Rosa Groce, Jared Ellison Groce, 358-368. Bernardo, Jared Groce's home, 360.

Birdsall, John, acting secretary of state in Texas, 334.

Bolton, Herbert Eugene, Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century, review, 96 ; research lecture at University of California, 415.

Book Reviews and Notices : Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century (Bol ton), 96; Early Diplomatic Relations between the United States and Mexi co (Manning), 194; Anglo American Isthmian Diplomacy (Williams), 198; History of Arizona (Farish), 199 ; Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker ( Knox ) , Woodrow Wilson as Presi dent (Brooks), 201; Elisabet Ney, Sculptor (Taylor), 308; Viajes de Misioneros Franciscanos á la Con quista de Nuevo Mexico (Maas), 310; Historical Polk County (Hill, Alexander et al.) , 311; The Founding of Spanish California (Chapman), 404; Governor's Messages, Coke to Ross (Moreland), 406; San Antonio de Bexar (Wright), 409; Brief His tory of Lower Rio Grande Valley (Pierce), 410; Hyphenated (Ander son), 410; A. Foundation Builder (Mc Arthur). 411.

Boundary of Texas, no basis for Rio Grande claim, 176, 294; Houston ve toes claim to Pacific, 176.

Bourgeois, Alexandre d'Orvanne, con tract to introduce colony, 351 ; rela tions with Solms-Braunfels, 354.

Bowman, Lieutenant James M., escort in Santa Fe trade, 246.

Braunfels, Prince Charles of Solms, 354; his colony, 355.

Brenham, Richard F., commissioner to British Correspondence concerning Santa Fé, 258.

Texas, 50-95, 154-193, 277-307, 381 403.

British mediation (with France) to se cure recognition of Texan indepen dence by Mexico, 55-58, 78-82, 84 93, 158, 163, 165; Mexico consents to recognize independence, 168, 187.

Browder, Edward M., Peter H. Fullin wider, 202.

Bryan, Joseph, 103.

Burnley, Albert T., Texan Loan Com missioner, 220, 228.

Butler, Anthony, relations with Stephen F. Austin, 370, 375.

California as cause of the Mexican war, 382, 388; foundation of, 404; his torical commission, 414.

Callahan, J. M., book review, 194.

Calvit, Alexander, 367.

Calvit, Mary Ann, married Jared E. Groce, Jr., 367.

Cartwright, John, owner of the first cotton gin in Texas, 361.

Castro, Henri, sketch, 344; makes col onization contracts, 344; report of activities, 346; obstacles to coloni zation, 348.

Castroville, founded 1844, 347.

Cattle Industry in the Southwest, 1-18. Cattle ranges, regulation of, 4-11. Chapman, Charles Edward, book re viewed, 404, 415.

Christian, Asa Kyrus, The Tariff His tory of the Republic of Texas, 315 340.

Cook, A. H., 38.

Cooke, Louis P., introduced Texan Homestead law in Congress, 35; sketch of, 37.

Cooke, Colonel W. G., commissioner to Santa Fé, 258.

Coles, John P., 140.

Colonization in Texas, French, 341.

Commerce, Treaty of with France, 223; negotions with Spain, 250.

Commercial aspects of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 242-259. Commerce and shipping, laws concern ing in 1845, 285-290; chambers of commerce at Galveston, 289.

Commerce of the Prairies, by Josiah Gregg, 42.

Cotton, Jared Groce the first planter in Texas, 361.

Cotton gin, the first in Texas, 361.

Coy, Owen C., The Last Expedition of Josiah Gregg, 41-49. Cramayel, Count, French chargeé d'af faires to Texas, 236.

Cullinan, J. S., erects monument to mark place of Santa Anna's surren der in 1836, 102.

Daingerfield, W. H., Texan chargé d'af faires to Netherlands, 239.

Daniels, Joseph, 107.

Darby, W. W., grandson of Governor Wood, 266.

Darnell, N. H., candidate for governor, 262.

Davis, Colonel James, 262.

Diplomatic Relations between France and the Republic of Texas, 209-241, 341-357. Donelson, A. J., pledges to win support of Texas for annexation, 397.

Dryden, Captain William G., Texas agent to Santa Fé, 248.

Ducos, Amand, contract to introduce colony, into Texas, 351.

Dueling in Austin, Texas, 136.

Dunn, William Edward, book review, 96, 310, 404.

Edwards, Herbert Rook, Diplomatic Re lations between France and the Re public of Texas, 209-241, 341-357. Elliot, Charles, British chargé d'affaires in Texas, letters, 60, 63, 64, 67, 70, 71, 75, 81, 82, 83, 84, 172, 176, 179, 181, 185, 191, 277, 282, 290, 293, 295, 296, 299, 300, 381, 384, 387, 388, 391, 392, 395,, 397; Mission to Mex ico to obtain recognition of Texan independence, 84-93, 172, 189, 282; views on Texan boundary, 176 ; re ports movement of United States troops to Nueces, 381; attack on Ken nedy, 389; acted without authority in leaving Texas before annexation, 390, 392, 399.

Engelking, F. , 31.

Ernst, Fredrich, 28.

Evans, L. D., opposes U. S. troops in Texas, 387.

Farish, Thomas Edwin, History of Ari zona, reviewed, 199.

Fence cutting, 4-11. Fordtran, Charles, 28.

France, diplomatic relations of Repub lic of Texas with, 209-241; commer cial treaty with, 223 ; refusal to guar antee Texan loan, 239 ; efforts of to prevent annexation of Texas by United States, see British mediation; commercial treaty with, 336-337. Franco-Texienne bill, 253, 342.

French colonization in Texas, 341.

Fullinwider, Peter H., 202.

Fulton, Courtney Ann, wife of Leonard Waller Groce, 367.

Galveston Civilian, best' WC= conducted and most '/> newspaper in Texas in 1845, 61.

Gant, W. W., member of Congress from Washington county, 323.

German, S. H., Governor George Thomas Wood, 260-268. German Settlers of Millheim before the Civil War, The, 28-34. Gindrat, David S., Henry A., step-sons of Governor Wood, 265, 273.

Gindrat, Martha, married George T. Wood, 261.

Gomez-Farias, Vice president of Mex ico, characterization of, 374.

Green , Duff, President of Texas Trading, Mining, Emigrating Company, 70.

Green, Thos. Jefferson, difficulties with President Houston, 64; takes oath as citizen of Texas, 64; military plans, 400.

Gregg, Josiah, last expedition of, 41 49; his Commerce of the Praries, 42 : in the Santa Fé trade, 246.

Gritten, Edward, 141.

Groce, Jared Ellison, 358-368. Groce, Leonard W., 364.

Groce's Retreat, 364.

Hackett, Charles W., 416.

Hall, John, 107.

Hamilton, General James, Texan Loan Commissioner, 220, 229, 336.

Hammeken, George L., sketch, 369 : Recollections of Stephen F. Austin, 369-380. Henderson, J. Pinckney, Commissioner to France and England, 209; in the Mexican War, 263.

Homestead law, author of the Texas, 35-40. Hood, J. S., 103.

Hospital at Galveston, 289.

Houston, A., 104.

Houston, Sam, attitude on annexation, 88; coquetted with United States, 167; letters, 148-9; contributes to de feat of Governor Wood, 264; invited to Texas by Wm. H. Wharton, 366; declares that he favored annexation but coquetted with England, 401.

Houston, Sam, and Williamson Simpson Oldham, 146-150. Howard, Major George T., 242.

Hunt, Memucan, minister to United States, 330.

Hyde, H. C., 107.

Hyphenated, reviewed, 410.

Ikin, Arthur and Jonathan, connected with Texas Trading, Mining, and Emigrating Company, 70.

Independence of the Republic of Texas, conditions upon which Mexico would recognize in 1845, 58; how it could make independence permanent, 393-7. Jack, Spencer H., introduces D. C. Bar rett, 140.

Jassaud, John, colonization contract with President Houston, 344.

Jones, Anson, letters, 83, 178; minister to the United States, 217; attitude toward annexation, 73-80, 84, 87, 93, 160, 178, 180, 393.

Jones, John Rice, postmaster general, 104.

Jones, Dr. Levi, attends Stephen F. Austin at his death, 379.

Kendall, George Wilkins, Texas Santa Fé Expedition, 242.

Kennedy, William, British consul in Texas during the Republic, letters, 72, 73, 154, 159, 171, 173, 175, 186, 280, 285, 306, 385, 394, 400; attacked by Elliot, 389.

Kleberg, R. J., and Louis, 28.

Kloss, Alex., E., Robert, 31.

Knox, Helen, Mrs. Percy V. Pennyback er, an Appreciation, reviewed, 200.

Lafitte, J., & Company, negotiate loan to Texas, 231.

Lamar, Mirabeau B., reasons for the Santa Fé expedition, 242, 248-252; ef forts to negotiate commercial treaty with Spain, 249 ; views on tariff, 327.

Land office seal, 213.

Leger, Dr., attends Austin at his death, 379.

Liendo, the home of Leonard W. Groce, 364.

Lighthouse on Galveston Island, 288.

Lipscomb, A. S., Texan Secretary of State, 229, 337.

Littlefield, George W., contributions to Littlefield Fund for Southern His tory, 101, 102, 204, 417.

Loan negotiations of the Texan Repub lic, 225-241. Looscan, Adele B., 417.

Love, Clara M., History of the Cattle Industry in the Southwest, 1-18. Maetze, E. G., 29 ; early German School master, 30; sketch of, 31, 413.

Manning, William Ray, Early Diplo matic Relations between the United States and Mexico, reviewed, 194.

Marshall, Hudson B., 132.

Marshall, Colonel John, 132-138. Marshall, Thomas Maitland, Stockton's Ploclamation to the San Diego In surgents, 151-153; Commercial As pects of the Texan Santa Fe Expedi tion, 242-259. Martin, J. A., 416.

McAshan, J. E., 102.

McKinney, Thomas F., introduces D. C. Barrett, 140.

Mexican war, desire of the United' WC= States for California a cause, 382; advan tages of the Mexican situation, 383; object of war to extend slavery, 384; natural difficulties of campaigning in Texas, 384, 400.

Mexico, conditions for recognizing Texan independence, 58; it could pre vent annexation, 393-397. Miller, J. B., candidate for governor, 262.

Miller, W. D., 107, 167.

Mission' WC= as a frontier institution in the Spanish American ' WC= 416.

Molé, Count, French Minister of For eign Affairs, 210.

Moore, Francis, Jr., editor of Telegraph and Texas Register, 325.

Moreland, Sinclair, book reviewed, 406.

Nagel, Charles, 413.

Navarro, José Antonio, Commissioner to Santa Fé, 258.

Nesters and cattle barons, 4-11. Newman, Anna P., 132.

Newsom, W. L., Postal System of the Republic of Texas, 103-131. News Items, 102, 204, 413.

Norton, Judge A. B., editor of the Southern Intelligencer, 136.

Notes and Fragments, 313, 413.

Odin, Bishop, 348.

Oge, Abbé, 348.

Oldham, W. S., Colonel John Marshall, 132-138. Oldham, Williamson S., 146.

Orvanne, Alexandre Bourgeois d', fail ure to obtain loan for Texas, 240.

Padilla, J. A., report on postal system, 105.

Parker, Daniel, report on postal sys tem, 105.

Parker, James W., 254.

Pease, E. M., partnership with D. C. Barrett, 140.

Pierce, Frank Cushman, book reviewed, 410.

Pike, Albert T. , influence on opening of the Santa Fé trade, 244.

Plantation life in Texas, 361.

Polk, James K., desire for California, 382, 388.

Population in 1845, estimated 65,000 whites, distribution of, 301.

Postal System of the Republic of Texas, 103-131. Prices current in Houston in 1837, 324.

Quihi, founded 1845, 347.

Raines, C. W., article on Texas home stead law, 40.

Rains, Judge Emory, his connection with the Texas homestead law, 40.

"Raven's '/> General Houston's home, 265.

Raymond, Mrs. James H., 416.

Recollections of Stephen F. Austin, 369-380. Regenbrecht, Adalbert, The German Set tlers of Millheim before the Civil War, 28-34. Rio Grande Valley, brief history of, reviewed, 410.

Robertson, E. S. C., acting postmaster general, 107.

Roeder, Ludwig Anton Sigmond von, 28.

Rotan, Mrs. Edward, gift to University of Texas, 413.

Rowe, Joseph, Member of Texas con gress from San Augustine County, 320, 323.

Rowland, John, Texas agent to Santa Fé, 248.

"Rustlers' ' WC= 11-13. Saligny, Compte de, representative of France to Texas, quarrel with Bul lock, an Austin innkeeper, 232.

San Antonio de Bexar, review, 409.

Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, condi tions upon which he would recognize the independence of Texas in 1845, 58; monument on spot where he sur rendered in 1836, 102.

Santa Fé expedition, 242-259; trade, 244; Lamar's policy, 248; Stephen F. Austin's views on, 252; congress opposed, 254.

Simmons, James B., 411.

Sinks, George W., 107.

Shipping and Commerce, laws concern ing in 1845, 285-90. Slavery, influence of annexation of Texas on price of slaves, 192; in ne gotiations between France and Texas, 221; object of Mexican war to ex tend, 384.

Smith, Ashbel, attitude toward annexa tion, 73-80, 93; Texan chargé d'af faires to France, 235.

Smith, Ellen Reily, gift to the Associ ation, 417.

Smith, Henry, secretary of the treasury, 322; dfence of the tariff, 327.

Smuggling, 396.

Solms-Braunfels, Prince of, colony in Texas, 175.

Steeruwitz, William R. von, 102.

Stockton, R. F., Proclamation to the San Diego Insurgents, 151-153. Swenson, S. M., life of reviewed, 410.

Tariff History of the Republic of Texas, 315-340. Tariff in negotiations between France and Texas, 223, 239.

Taylor, Bride Neill, Elisabet Ney, Sculptor, reviewed, 308.

Tender'/> but not a legal '/> poem on back of Confederate bill, 413.

Terrell, George W., speech unfavorable to annexation, 394, 395, 400.

Texas Trading, Mining, and Emigrating Company, incorporated, 70.

Thomson, A., 103.

Toler, Dan T., 107.

Trenckmann, A. F., sketch of, 32.

Van Zandt, Isaac, candidate for gov ernor, 262.

Vincent, Louella Styles, Governor George Thomas Wood, 269-276. Wahrenberger, John, Dutch'/> '/> early settler of Austin, 38.

Waller, Leonard, 358.

Waller, Mary Ann, married Jared E. Groce, 358.

Washington, Colonel H., 262.

Washington on the Brazos, want of conveniences at seat of government, 65.

West, Elizabeth H., book review, 201, 417.

West, Captain Washington W., friend to Stephen F. Austin in Mexico, 375.

Wharton, John A., portrait and sketch of, 102.

Wharton, William H., in Texan con gress, 324, 325; minister to United States, 330; invites Houston to Texas, 366.

Whitehead, Elizabeth, step-daughter of Governor Wood, 265, 273.

Whitten, Martha E ., 416.

Wilkinson, A. E., The Author of the Texas Homestead Exemption Law, 35-40. Williams, S. M., Texan Loan Commis sioner, 228.

Williams, Wilhelmine, Anglo-American Isthmian Diplomacy, 1815-1915, re viewed, 198.

Winkler, E. W., Sam Houston and Wil liamson Simpson Oldham, 146-150. Wood, Governor George Thomas, 260 276.

Wood, Mary, daughter of Governor Wood, 266, 269, 274.

Wood, L. K., account of Josiah Gregg's last expedition, 43.

Workman, William, Texan agent to Santa Fé, 248.

Wright, Mrs. S. J., book reviewed, 409.