[32]Anson Jones died at the Old Capital Hotel in Houston on the 7th of January, 1858. A short time before his death he remarked to one of his friends: “Here in this house, twenty years ago, I commenced my public career in Texas, and here I would like to die.” [33]Diary of Captain Henry, U. S. A. [34]Frost’s _History of Mexico_. [35]G. W. Kendall. [36]_Cabet at ses Icariens._ [37]Williams’ _Life of Houston_. [38]Scharf’s _History of the Confederate States Navy_. [39]Camp Ford, where the Federal prisoners were confined during the war, was situated near Tyler, in Smith County. [40]The bell used on the _Harriet Lane_ is now in the museum of the Houston (Texas) High School. [41]Jefferson Davis, in his _Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government_, says of this engagement: “The success of the single company which garrisoned the earthwork at Fort Griffin is without parallel in ancient or modern war.” [42]Scharf’s _History of the Confederate States Navy_. [43]Ireland died March 15, 1896. INDEX. A A Bold Rider, 14. A Buffalo Hunt, 154. A Cloud in the Sky, 148. A Fatal Venture, 29. A Hurried Ride, 40. A Treacherous Shot, 46. A Voice in the Wilderness, 48. Acequias, 22. Across the Border, 136. Adaes, Mission of, 18, 29. Aes, Mission of, 21, 22, 29. Agricultural and Mechanical College, 170. Aguayo, Marquis de, 21, 23. _Aimable_, The, 2, 4. Alamo, The, 18, 27, 71, 81, 82, 103, 176. Almonte, Colonel, 86, 101, 103, 136. Along the old San Antonio Road, 14, 25, 27, 30, 180. Alvarez, Señora, 95. Ampudia, General, 128, 138. An Unexpected Meeting, 56. Anahuac, Fort, 38, 61. Anastase, Father, 7. Andrade, General, 110. Annexation, 113, 135. Anti-trust Laws, 172. Apaches, The, 19, 24, 30, 142. Arbitration Laws, 172. Archer, Branch T., 59, 74. Archives, War of the, 124. Arredondo, General, 39. Arroyo Hondo, 36. Artesian Wells, 182. Asylums, 141, 172. Aury, Luis d’, 42. Austin, Bursting of Dam at, 175. Austin City, 122, 126, 132, 135, 141, 148, 150, 152, 178. Austin, Moses, 50. Austin, Stephen F., Character and Appearance, 51. —— Contract with Martinez, 52. —— Arrival with Colonists, 52. —— Journey to Mexico, 53. —— Return from Mexico, 55. —— Imprisonment in Mexico, 60. —— Release from Prison, 62. —— In Command of Volunteers, 66. —— Commissioner to United States, 69. —— Secretary of State, 113. —— Death and Burial, 113. Austin’s Colonists, 52.