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INDEX
Persifer F., his ranger
Smith, Genernl companies, 8 :243 Smith, Thomas, 2 :07
Stevenson, Andrew, 1 :102 Stevenson, Robert, sketch of, 3 :64 Stewart, Adam D., 2 :3 Stewart, Thomas, 2 :95, 101 Stickney, E. Lawrence, letter to, 399, 446, 477 Stiles, William Kennedy, 2:104 Stockton, Robert Field, sketch of, 7 :17 Stockton, Thomas, letter to, 8 :21 7 Stone, J. W., letter to, 6:108. 166 Stowe, Hnrriet Beecher, Houston's opinion of, 6 :306 Streeter, Thomas W., collection or Hous- toniana, 2:5, 17, 22; 5:14 Stribling, Captain C. K., 6 :267, 268, 271, 272, 329 Stroud, A. M., letter to, 3 :167 Stroud, Beden, lelter to, 3 :359; Houston's estimate, 4 :268 Stroud Brothers (Ethan and Beden), 4:312 Stuart, Hamilton, letter to, 4 :418, 437: 6 :448; sketch or, 4 :420; mentioned, S :94, 338; 6:434; 7:371 St. Louis, Jnmes, pauport, 3 :358 Sublett, Henry W., 2 :430 Sublett, Philip A., identification, 1 :303; 2 :370, 371; letter to. 4 :2•1 Suffrage, control of is a state right, 6:216; 7:74 Suiter, James A., letter to, 7:488 Sullivnn, James S., 2 :472 Supreme Court, of Texas, location or, 3:518; Houston's opinion or the Supreme Court of the United States, 7 :52, 360 Sutton, Jesse, 3 :512 Swartwout, Samuel, sketch of, 2:163; letter to, 6 :2, 16 Swenson, Sven Magnus, letter to, 8:74, 101, 108, 320; sketch o!, 8 :i6: mentioned, 7 :478 Swenson, E. P., letter from, 7 :6: 8 :101 Swisher, John Milton, sketch or, 1 :601; letter to, 6:462; 7:24, 4H, 492; 8:91 Sydnor, John S., letter to, 3 :49; 4 :i0; S :339: sketch or. 3 :4 9 Sylvester, James Austin, tribute to, 1 :435; sketch or, 1 :436; mentionel 2:lil, 228, 230 2 :397, Ta-ba-pat-ka, a Comanche passport, 4 :24 5 Tah-lohn-tus-k>·, Houston's pen nnme, in derense of the Indians, l :165-163, 170- 186 Tnmmany Society, 5:282, 316; 6:20 Tnnkersley, Benjamin F., Houston's opinion, 4:132, 133 Tannehill, W., letter to, 4:2 Tarrifs in Texas, recommendations concern• ing, 2 :404; 3 :3, 79, 80, 110; collection of, 3:149, 208, 237, 230, 467, 469, 470, 472; 4:271, 363; duty on French wines, 3 :239: 4 :226; veto of bill to "niter nnd fix duties on imports," 4:246-249; Texas tariff rntes lower than those of the United States, 4:261; Houston favored return of duty on certain gifts, S :164 Taxes In Texna, proclamation of a law to rnise revenue by direct tnxes, 2 :133; payment of all taxes in promissory notes, gold or silver, 2 :178; burdensome tnxa- tion remedied, 2:403-405; direct and license tnxes differentiated, 3 :316; tax rates rnised for support or the govern- ment, 3:472; hii::h taxes better than hea,·y national debt, 3:470 Taylor, Charles P.. mention or. 1 :290, 514: 2 :295, 299; sketch of, 2 :2S6; memorial concerning Cherokee lnnds, 2 :361 Taylor, John W., sketch of, 2 :200 Taylor, Joseph, lndinn ai,:ent, 3:46, 56 Taylor, 111. A., affidavit of, 8:76 Taylor, M. D. K., letter to, 7 :451: akt!tch of, 7:451 Taylor, Robert, letter to, 7 :395. 491; altetcb of, 7 :396, 491; mention, 7 :UO
Smith, Thomas I, letter to, 2 :636: 3 :226, 228: sketch of, 2 :536; mentioned, 3 :330; 4:381; 8:41 Smith, W. W. T., consul at Matagorda, 3 :290 Smith, Wnlter, Jetter to, 4 :90 Smith, William P., letter to, 1 :324: sketch of, 1 :324; mentioned, 1 :324; 2 :00 Smith, Truman, 5 :154 Smither, Robert Goodloe, sketch of, 3 :86 Smugglinl!' in Texas, 1 :264; 2 :267, 472, 473: 4:150, 271, 317, 467, 472 Sneed, John H., 3:469 Snell, Martin K., letter to, 5 :61: sketch of, 4:-110 Snively, Jacob, letter to, 2:38, 461, 470; 3 :127; sketch. 2 ::lO, 451 ; mentioned, 2:123, 103, 2GG: 3:270, 465, 603 Snow, Chnrles B., sketch of, 3:504; 4:177; Jetter to Houston concerning the Texas navy, 7:33 Snowe, Thomas, 3 :402 Social life in Texas, 2:190, 310, 322; 5:278 Solms, Prince Charles of Baunfcls, letter to, 4:351 Somervell, Alexander, letter to, 2 :4 92, 505, 500, 630, 531; 3 :50, 170, 177, 193, 197, 20 l: 4 :85; sketch of, 2 :4 93; collector at Port Cnlhoun, 3 :60, 231; lender of cnm- pnign ngainst Mexico, 3 :16, 30, 138, 170, 178, 1 93, 197; relation to the Mier expedi- tion, 6 :89 Sons of Temperance, 5 :93, 282, 283 Soto, Fortuno, identificntion o(, 1 :226 Soule Pierre, identificntion of, 6 :230, 235 Southard, Samuel L., letter to, 1 :64, 83; mentioned, 1 :66, 70, 71, 84, 100 South Carolinn, opposition to the annexntion of Texas, 5 :250, 266, 293, 329. 330, 335, 336; remarks on the constitution of, S :293, 325, 329, 330; secession agitation, S:265; the South Carolina Resolutions, 7 :429 Southern Address, 5 :99, 136, 140, 326, 333 Southern Constitutionnl party, its personnel, 8:162, 168 Southern Convention-Nashville Convention, 5:71, 100, 136, 138, 217, 229, 262; Southern League, advocated, 7 :211 Sparhawk, G. E., letter to, 7 :463 Speculation in Texas lands, 2 :326, 339 Speight, W. R. D., letter to, 4 :122 Spies of the Texan revolution, Texan, 1 :309, 400; Me"<ican, 1 :400 Sprague, Charles, ornlion on the decline of the Indians, 7 :l 36 Squatter sovereignty, Houston's opinion, 7 :349 Stafford, J. C.. letter to, 8 :111 Stambaugh, S. C., 1 :274 Stnnbery, William, letter to, 1 :199; sketch of, 203, 268: chnrges against Houston, 1 :202, 261 Standing Bear, Houston's pen name, t :169, 170: in defense of the Indians, 1 :164- 170 Stanley, E. K., 8 :3 Stnte Baptist Convention, report on Indian missions, 6 :462 Stationnry bill, a matter of jest became the subject or a scandal, 3 :304 State Democratic Committe-the Austin Committee, 7 :217 State sovereignty, 5 :184, 186, 206-11, 320, 330; 7 :396 Stell, John D., sketch of, 8:266: letter to 8 :253 Stephens, Mrs. Ann S., letter to, 6 :290 Stephens ·--···-·• Lieutenant, letter to, 8 :2 Stephens, J. F., 4 :260 Sterne. A<lnlphus A., letter to, 4:342; sketch, 1 :478, 481
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