The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume VIII

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INDEX

Dashiell, Jeremiah Yellott, aketch or, 7:407 Dashiell, William C. V., 3 :492 Davidson, William L., 7 :664: aketch or, 7 :664 Davia, James, letter to, 3 :46, 61, 68, 99, 134; 4:87, 116, 116, 119, 121; identifica- tion of, 3:37, 44, 133; 8:3 Dawson, Frederick, sketch of, 2 :464; 3 :243, 248; letter to, 4 :600; statement about Texas, 4:196 Dawson, Nicholas, 1 :380 Dawson, William C., biographical data, 5:164 Dealey, Al, collection of Houston materials, 3~6. 189, 226, 231, 273, 298, 306, 308, 314, 319, 322, 328, 331; 4:368 Dun, Nicholas, letter to, 5 :297 Debray, Xavier D., letter to, 8 :46; sketch or, 8 :46 Debt o! the Republic of Texas, aee Texas debt; also, Debt, under the caption Hou•ton Decker, Mrs. Jennie, donor or a Houston letter, 6 :28 Declaration of the Texas independence, 1:360; 3:285; 5:31; 6:3; 7:308 De Cordova, J. D.. map of Texas, 5 :66 DeGrafTenried, W. K., letter to, 7 :655 Demorse, Charles, change or name, 2 :414; sketch of, 3 :66 Democracy, the corruption of, 7 :124 Democratic party, Houston'a remarks on, 6 :204, 221, 227, 359, 361, 381, 388, 394; 7:344, 346; divisions in 6:221, 227, 369 Denison, Franklin L., 8 :104, 182; sketch or, 8 :104 Depresaion in Texas in 1841, 7:6 De Roll, ···--·-··• Captain, Jetter to, 2 :603 De Serin, Count Leon, letter to, 2 :489 Despalier, Charles, 4 :18 DeWitt County, vote on bill !or the judicial organization or, 2 :469 Devine, Thomas J ,. Jetter to, 8 :253; sketch of, 8 :266 De Visaer and Villarubia, account of, 7 :104, 107 Devlin, John, relief or, 5 :63 DeWitt, Green, mentioned, 1 :371 De Zavala, Lorenzo, requisition on hie household goods, 1 :602 Dexin, Philip, 7 :4 88 Dickerson, Mrs. Almeron (family says the name ia spelled Dickinson, not Dickerson), 1 :363, 373, 375 Dictators, Houston's opinion of, S :199 Diggs, G. P., 4 :22 Dillard, Dr. Thomas, 1 :264 Dimmitt, Philip, letter to, 1 :366; 2 :22, 66, 76 ; mentioned, 1 :340, 344 Dimmitt's landing, importance or, 1 :379, 383 Dinsmore, Silas, judge or Matagorda County, 1 :514; 2 :79 Dix, Colonel, service o(, 2 :206 Dobbie, James, 3 :148 Dobbins, Jamee Cochrane, sketch or, 8 :228, 230, 234 Dodson, George, mentioned, 2 :207 Doleman, John, eommiasary or aubslstence, 2 :104 Domlnituez land grant. 1 :229, 233 Don Carlos, Indian chief, 4:133 Donelson, Andrew Jackson, biographical data, 1 ;74; letter to, 4:410; 7 :11, 12, 14, 15; hie address upon being presented to Houston, 4 :391 "Donelson Humbug.'' S :309, 310, 316 Doom, R. C., 2 :06 Dor, John M., 1 :476, 477, 481; 2:36, 36, 38, 3!1, 76 Douglas, Kelsey H., Indian commiaaioner, 1 :480, 4!15: sketch or, 1 :480 Douglass, Stephen A., his part in the Kansas-Nebraska issue, 6:213; Houston'■ opinion of him, 7 :184

Doyle, Percy W., 6:82, 94 Drennan, John, 1 :206 Duane, William, 2:46 Dumon, Manly E., letter to, 8:16; aketch of, 6:17 Dundua, William H., letter to, 7:461 Dunlap, John, 4 :154 Dunlap, Richard G., letter to, 1 :431; ■ketch or. 1 :432 Dunn, John, judge or Refugio County, 1 :614; 2 :70 Durbin, Ba■ il, helped lay out DeWitt'■ colony, 1 :371 Durant, J. W., letter to, 4 :4!19 Durham, George, letter to, 11 :107; ■ketch of, 8:107 Du Pont, Captain S. F., Hou ■ton'a argu- ment against, 6 :246, 251, 252, 259, 276, 282, 283, 295, 308, 310 Durst, E., letter to, 7 :519 Durst, Joseph, sketch of, 3:63; payment of, 3:459; 4:160 Duval, Burr H., victim or the Goliad ma■• sac re, 5 :4 60 Duval, John C., e■caped the Goliad mauacre, · 5:450 Duval, Thoma■ H., United State■ di■trict judge, 5 :460 Duval, William Pope, ■ketch of, 5:U9, 467, 458 Du Val, E. William, sketch or, 1 :161, 162, 164, 256 Dwyer, Edward, 3 :394 Dye, George, letter to, 8:218 Orleans, 1 :4 7 9 Earle, Paul H .. surgeon in Texaa nl\·y, 5 :231 Earle, R. E. W., sketch of, 1:16; 2:178 Eaton, John Henry, letter to, 1 :134, 139, 152; sketch or, 1:18 ; mentioned, 1 :151, 246, 262, 253, 265; 2 :12 ; Houston's state- ment concerning their friendship !or one another. 2 :14; 5 :5 Eaton, William, 1 :329; 4:14 Editorial appreciation of Houston, 11 :347 Edmunds, P., 2 :453 ; letter to, 4 :80 Edwards, H. H., 1 :475 Edwards, Hayden, letter to, 3 :545; identifi- cntion or, 3 :546 Edwards, Monroe, citation to bioirraphical data, 1:441, 442 Education, Houston's idea concerninir, 7 :363, 416; provisions for in the constitution or Texas, 7 :380, 363-365; succus of the common school system, 7 :415; Hou■ ton'■ appreciation, 8 :33 Egerton, Henry, 1 :226 Eldredge (also spelled Eldridge). Joseph C., biographical data, 3 :358, 360; letter to, 3 :35!1, 370, 428, 507; Houston'■ recom- mendation of, 4 :4 73. Eldridge, Joshua, 2:32 Election proclnmations, 1 :475, 483; 2 :66, 66. 70, 78. 136, 143, 161, 177, 187, 193, 198, 264, 306; 3:69, 104, 163. 169, 200, 216, 217, 222, 408, 506; 4 :337, 387 Dyer, Horton, 2 :!17 Dynoswski, John, free pusairc to New Eliot, Charle■, letter to, 3:161, 191, 2!10, 385; 4:197, 211, 213, 21!1. 224, 24!1, 264, 284, 288; akdch or, 3 :303: Hous ton'■ opinion of, 3:153, 223, 447, US, 4:640 Eliot, W. H., 7 :369 Eliza lluuell Incident, Hou1ton'1 report or, 2:157; 4 :137 Elliot, William, 3 :3!14 Ellis, Joseph, letter to, 4 :360. 361: 7 :462; identification of, 5:14: 7 :462 Ellis, Richnrd, president or the Convention, March, 1836, 1 :361 Ellsworth. Henry L., lt-tter to. 1 :361, 272, 274; identification of, 1 :271. 27, Embry, J. W., 7 :486 Empresarlo claims, 3:253

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