THE

RISE, PROGRESS, AND PROSPECTS

OF THE

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

BY

WILLIAM KENNEDY, Esq.

"Texas is one of the finest countries in the world; and yet the Europeans, eager as they
have been to make conquests in America, have seemed, almost to the present day, ignorant of
its existence."

History of Louisiana, by M. de Marbois, Peer of France, First President of the
Court of Accounts, under Napoleon and Louis XVIII.

VOL. II.

SECOND FLITION.

LONDON:

R. HASTINGS, 13, CAREY STREET,

LINCOLN'S INN.

LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,

Stamford Street.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

BOOK II.

CHAPTER VI.

Spanish and Mexican estimate of the Value of Waste Lands

-Increasing Value of Texas from Anglo-American Colo-

nization-Military rule in Texas-Violation of Consti-

tutional Rights and Rising of the Colonists-Defeat of

Ugartechea and Piedras, and flight of Colonel Bradburn-

Plan of Vera Cruz-Expulsion of the Garrisons and

defensive statements of the Colonists-Convention at San

Felipe Petition for separating Texas from Coahuila-

Grievances of the Texans-Stephen Austin's Mission-

Commotions in Mexico-Reception of Austin by the

General Government-His Advice to the Colonists, and

its Consequences

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CHAPTER VII.

Settlements of Beales' and Grant's Concession on the Rio

Grande in 1833-4-Departure of the Amos Wright schooner

from New York and arrival in Aransas Bay-Unpropitious

season-Mexican Coast Guard and Collector of Customs-

Difficulty of Winter Travelling-Refugio and Goliad-

Mexican Rancho-Bexar-Journey to the Rio Grande-

Founding a Town-Departure of the Empresario-Fate

of the Settlement-Superiority of Anglo-American Coloni-

zation.

CHAPTER VIII.

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Continued Imprisonment and Representations of Stephen

Austin-Violent Dissolution of the Federal Congress by

Santa Anna-Effect of Military Usurpation on the Mexi-

can States-Dissensions in Coahuila and Texas-Disso-

lution of the State Government-Measures of the Citizens

-Differences among the Colonists—Unionists and Sepa-

ratists-Restoration of the State Government-Statistical

Report of Texas, by the Federal Commissioner Almonte . 58