[7]Savardan, _op. cit._, 201-203. [8]_Ibid._, chap. iv. [9]Samuel W. Geiser, “Naturalists of the Frontier,” in _Southwest Review_, October, 1928-July, 1929, XIV, No. 3, 331. An adequate biography of Julien Reverchon is given in this article by Mr. Geiser. [10]_Ibid._ See also Preston Sneed, “Letter signed by Napoleon is in Dallas,” in _Dallas News_, Sunday, May 8, 1927. [11]I have been able to locate only a few detached pages of his diary. These pages were in the possession of a grandson of the La Notte family or Lanotte. [12]Esubia Lutz, “Almost Utopia,” in _Southwest Review_ (October, 1928-July, 1929), Vol. XIV, No. 3, 321-330. Since writing this article Germain Santerre has died. See also George H. Santerre, _White Cliffs of Dallas, the Story of La Reunion, The Old French Colony_, Dallas, 1955, 137-142. [13]Ellis W. Schuler, “The Geology of Dallas County,” in _University of Texas Bulletin_, No. 1818, March 25, 1918. [14]See Appendix A for a partial list of the colonists and see also Eloise Santerre, _Réunion_, a Translation of Dr. Savardan’s _Un Naufrage au Texas_. [15]_Texas State Gazette_, February 10, 1855. [16]The list of names contained in Appendix A was collected from articles, papers, and books written concerning the colony and does not represent any special investigation in unprinted sources. “The story of Old French Town” in the _Dallas News_, March 26, 1922; and also Santerre, _op. cit._, are perhaps the best sources available for names. CHAPTER VI [1]Victor Prosper Considerant, _Au Texas, le premier Rapport a mes Amis_ (1st ed., Bruxelles, 1855), 44; _The Great West, A New Social and Industrial Life in its Fertile Regions_ (New York, 1854), 9-10; _European Colonization in Texas, an Address to the American People_ (New York, 1855), 18. The greater part of this chapter first appeared as an article in _The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly_, XVII, No. 2, September, 1936. [2]_A Petition to the Honorable, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Texas_, Austin, December 10, 1885; Savardan, _Un Naufrage au Texas_ ..., p. 30-31. [3]_Deed Record_, Dallas County, _Book K_, 67-69; also _Book F_, 410-411. [4]Considerant, _Au Texas_ (2nd ed.). [5]Savardan, _op. cit._, v. [6]Phalanstery was the name given to a unit of the colony in writings supporting the movement. [7]Deed filed in Harris County _Record of Deeds, Book D_, 164; see also County of Dallas, _Deeds Record, Book K_, 174-176. [8]Savardan, _Un Naufrage au Texas_, 148-149. [9]_Ibid._, v. [10]_Southwest Review_, (October-July, 1928-1929), XIV, 324-325. A list of the tracts purchased is found in Dallas County, _Deed Record_, Book K, 67-73. [11]Savardan, _op. cit._, 244-246. [12]Compare, _Ibid._, 160 ff. [13]Savardan, _Un Naufrage_, 206-213.