Five Years in Texas / Or, What you did not hear during the war from January 1861 to January 1866. A narrative of his travels, experiences, and observation

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. HON. MARTIN P. SWEET INTERVIEW WITH, AND EULOGIUM.

CHAPTER II. THE TRIP TO GALVESTON.

CHAPTER III. SOCIAL TYPES.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V. NEW ORLEANS AND GALVESTON.

CHAPTER VI. EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON TASTES AND APPETITES.

CHAPTER VII. TEXAS OATH OF OFFICE

CHAPTER VIII. THE DOCTOR'S PRIZE-RING ILLUSTRATION.

CHAPTER IX. BABEL OF TONGUES. SAM HOUSTON.

CHAPTER X. SAM HOUSTON'S SPEECH.

CHAPTER XI. ARGUMENTS ON SECESSION IN OUTLINE.

CHAPTER XII. TEXAS NEVER INVADED.

CHAPTER XIII. NICARAGUA SMITH.

CHAPTER XIV. THE CAPTURED LETTER. MRS. E.'s EXILE.

CHAPTER XV. LAWLESSNESS AND CRIME.

CHAPTER XVI. THE TWO DAYS' MEETING.

CHAPTER XVII. THE CONSCRIPT LAW AND HOW THE WRITER BEAT IT.

CHAPTER XVIII. A PLOT AGAINST THE WRITER'S LIFE MORE ABOUT TEXAS.

CHAPTER XIX. LEE'S SURRENDER. EFFECT UPON TEXAS SOLDIERS. WRITER'S RETURN TO TEXAS.

CHAPTER XX. GOV. HAMILTON THE THIRTY NEROS THE OLD GERMAN AND

CHAPTER XXI. NORTHERN TEXAS.

OLD LETTERS.

Transcriber's Notes

FIVE YEARS IN TEXAS;
OR,
WHAT YOU DID NOT HEAR DURING THE WAR
FROM
JANUARY 1861 TO JANUARY 1866.

A NARRATIVE OF HIS
Travels, Experiences, and Observations,
IN
TEXAS AND MEXICO.

BY
THOMAS NORTH.

CINCINNATI:
Elm Street Printing Co., 176 & 178 Elm Street.
1871.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871,
By THOMAS NORTH,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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