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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON
England, Houston's statements concerning relations with Texas, 3 :448, 460, 463; diplomatic relations with Texas, 2 :88, 189, 260, 428, 469; 3:166, 179, 191, 210, 222, 257, 299, 302, 440, 453, 454; 4:225, 250, 262, 266, 284, 288, 290, 297, 298, 301, 338, 372, 393, 402; attitude con- cerning Oregon, 4 :459; 5:275, 276; at- titude towards the South, 8 :328, 329 Erwin, John P., 1 :151; letter to, 4 :5; Hous- ton's estimate of, 4:4, 5, 7 Este, Edward, sketch of, 1 :394 Ethrcdge, J. C., 4 :354 Eulogium on Indians. 5:436, 440 Evans, Henry F .. relief of, 4 :354 Eve, Joseph, Jetter to, 3 :136. 192, 277, 322: 4:181; sketch of, 3 :135: Houston's regard for, 3:168, 192, 266 Ewing, Doctor A., surgeon general of Texas army, 1:434; 6:190 Ewing, Mrs. E. E., letter to, 6 :239 Exchequer bills, signing or. 2 :445; fluctua- tion in value of, 3:53, 102, 219, 235, 252, 308, 310, 317; 4:163, 167, 179, 187, 191, 203 Executive prerogative, 2 :109, 226, 238, 289, 299, 302, 303, 304, 305, 406. 407; 3:12, 14, 18, 28, 51, 68. 136, 158, 212, 224, 233, 236, 285, 292, 305, 484; 4 :61, 78, 136, 171,302,334,361,401; 6:106 Express service, cost of, 3 :132 Exter & Wilson empresario grant, t :239 240, 261 ' Fairman, A. C .• letter to, 8 :62 Fannin, James Walker, position of Inspector General of the Texas army offered to him, 1 :305; his lack of cooperation, 1 :368 · failure to relieve the Alamo, 1 :367; 4 :18; massacre or his men, 1 :395; 5:272 273· identifi_cation of, 1 :305, 355, 2 :22; 7 :308; authorized to lead expedition against Matamoros, 1 :334. 346, 360, 351; Jetter to, 1 :305, 362, 377; 4 :15, 16; orders to leave Goliad, 7 :311; refusal to obey 7 :311; his disaster, 7 :313 ' Farfas, Gomez, 1 :290 Farley, Massillon, 1 :514 Farmers, ~ouston's policy for protection of, 2 :405; importance of to a nation, 7 :126 Farnese, Count of. Jetter to, 2 :136 Farquar, J. L., letter to, 4:426 Fauntleroy, F. W., sketch of, 7 :510; Jetter to, 7:537; 8:67, 167 Federal homestead law, 5 :113 Fergerson (Ferguson) Lewis C., mentioned, 2 :9 7 ; letter to. 8 :3 Ferns, James, 2 :97 Filisola, Vicente, sketch of 1 :301 Filibustering, Houston's opi 0 nion of 7 :362 Financial situation of Texas, 3 :10,' 66, 11 0, 118, 147, 150, 207, 224, 261, 286, 329 532, 536, 536. See also Financial syste~ under caption Houston. Fisher, Henry W., sketch or. 3 :379, 492 Fisher, John, Jetter to, 7 :487; identification of, 1 :487 Fisher, Samuel Rhoads, Secretary of the Texas Navy, 1 :467, 463; sketch of, 1 :458; Houston's charges against, 2 :14 6; Jetter to, 4 :28; mentioned, 4 :37; dismissal from Houston's cabinet, 6 :~2. ~3 Fisher, William S.. sketch of. 2:67, 91, 172 Fishing bounties, Houston's statements con- cerning, 7 :113 Fitzgerald, John, Jetter to, 4:429 Fiacco (Senor Yawney), chief of the Lipans, letter to, 3 :341 Fiacco, the younger, death of, 3 :341, 344 Fiacco & Castro, letter to, 3 :152 Flag of Texas. of the revolution, 1 :303; to accompany the expedition against Mexico, 1843, 3:129 Flake. Ferdinand, Jetter to, 7 :341 ; sketch of, 7 :341
Flood, Mrs. George, Houston's compliment to, 2 :362 Flores, Manuel, sketch of, 2 :56 Florida, Houston's opinion concerning the constitutionality of its acquisition by the United States, 5 :616 Flournoy, George M., letter to, 8:214, 223 Flowers, John W., sketch of, 1 :177 Floyd, John B., sketch of, 1 :7 4; 7 :397; Jetter to, 7:397, 474. 475, 478, 606, 519; 8:13, 63, 110, 117, 204, 214 Floyd, Joseph, his case in court, 5 :27, 28 Foote, Henry Stuart, his Hiatoru of Tezu Forbes, John, Jetter to Andrew Jackson, 1 :301: Jetter to, 1 :401; sketch of, 1 :402; 2 :310; bis exoneration by a court of in- quiry, 1 :423; the Forbes vs. Labadie trial, 7 :187, 370, 391 Forbes, Robert M., c!ected to the Texas Congress, 2:430, 432 Force, Peter. letter to, 5 :3 4 9 Ford, John Salmon, letter to, 7 :391, 444, 490, 541; sketch of, 7 :391, 409, 444, mentioned, 8 :-t 9 Fore, Augustus, Jetter to, 8:28 Foreigners, Houston's remarks concerninir, 6:161, 218, 219, 236; 7 :74 Foreiitn relations of the Texas Republic, aee under caption Houston., President o( the Republic o( Texas Forrest, Moreau, identification of, 2 :218, 219 Forts authorized by Houston, 1 :446 Fort Gibson, 1 :152, 257, 273, 276 Frailey, George Clinton, 2:104 France, diplomatic relations with and Tczans, 2 :396, 3!17 Foote, Robert H., 2 :164 Texas, 2:136, 267, 417, 440, 474, 535; 3:65, 94, 1 oo. 103, 179, 239, 377, 44 6, 463, 464, 534; 4 :155, 214. 226. 266, 298, 301, 338, 372, 374, 393. 402; Houston's opinion con- cerning, 7 :128; attitude toward the Ch·il War, 8 :329, 330 Francis, Robert, 3 :410 Frnnclzen, E., Jetter to, 8 :32 Franklin, Benjamin C., sketch of, 1 :483, 484; mentioned, 4:36; 7 :4 Franks, L. B. , letter to, 2 :420, 461 : 3 :4G, 55,168,196,277; 4:69, 72: sketch, 2:421, 462 Franking privilege, Houston's remarks on, 7:154, 301, 304, 306 Frauds in Indian relations, t :261, 257 Fraudulent land claims, Houston's remarks on, 2 :333, 334 Frazer, Mr., Jetter to, 8 :322 Freedom, the price of, 4 :4 69 Freedom of American institutions, Hous- ton's opinion o(. 5 :331 Freemont, John C., 7:214; 8:314 Free negroes in Texas, 2 :4 77 Free soil, Houston's statements, 5:216, 216, 313, 334, 573 Frontier life, dangers of, 5 :267 Frontier protection, 2 :305, 443, 466, 470: 3:73, 76, 106, 125, 142, 144, 162, 206, 207, 216, 238, 293, 317, 326, 332, 346, 346, 366, 431; 4:61, 144, 399; 5:166, 341, 383, 400, 471, 484; 6:229, 467; 7:6, 7, 18, 19, 381, 386, 391, 411, 480, 502. 507, 608, 509, 511, 520. 626, 538: 8:2, 3, 8. 9, 13. 14, 16, 22, 23, 24, 26. 26, 29, 46, 52, 64, 62. 67. 78; 79, 112, 114. 115, 116, 117, 123, 139, 162, 178, 204. 215, 217, 219, 221, 223, 224, 230. 236, 237. 238, 240, 241, 243 Fuller, Charles, death of, 3 :60 Fuller, Edward H., Jetter to, 3 :50 Fur trade between the Northwest Fur Com- pany and the Indians, 1 :273 Gadsden, James, identification or, 1 :16; 5 :100; Jetter to, 5 :96, ·106; Gad•den treaty, 6 :178, 179; Houston's reference to him, 5 :293, 295, 335
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