The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume VIII

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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON

equipment required, 3:36, 48, 56, 62; 4:79, 80, 88, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 102, 104, 105, 113, 115, 154; Houston favored volunteers for the Mexican \Var, 4 :504; opinion of volunteers, 7 :55, 60; tribute to, 7 :308 Waco Convention, Houston's opposition to, 7:28; 8:294 Wnde, John M., 7:374 Waite, Charles A., Jetter to, 8 :294 Walker, A.G., Jetter to, 7:511; 8:120 Walker, B. W., letter to, 7 :529 Walker, D., letter to, 7 :476 Wulker, Heigh, 2:7 Walker, John W., sketch of, l :15 Walker, Joseph, Jetter to, 3:483; 8:143, 170, 213; sketch of, 3 :484 Walker, LeRoy l'ope, Jetter to, 8:268; sketch or, 8:271 Walker, Robert John, Jetter to, 4 :501; sketch of, 4 :502; statement concerning, 6:182 Walker, Tipton, Jetter to, 8:111 Wallace, Benjamin C., letter to, 4 :12; sketch of, l :328, 330, 332 Wallace, B. Rush, letter to, 5 :259; sketch of, 5 :260 Wallace, General Daniel, letter to, 5 :231, 335, 336 Wallace, Dr. J. H., sketch of, 1 :67, 111 Wallace, John P., pardon for, 1 :503 Wallace, Mary Houston, 2:352; 5:67 Wallace, William S., 3:97, 101 Wallach, W. D., letter to, 2 :367; sketch or, 2:369 Walling, Jesse, letter to, 2 :364 Waples, Joseph, Jetter to, 2:478; 3:86, 133; sketch of, 2 :478 Ward, Cambridge, 3 :184 Ward, Matthias, sketch of, 7 :216 Ward, Thomas William, 3:17, 164, 229, 499; 4:149, 279; sketch of. 3:18: debt to Houston, 5:447, 448, 450, 465, 456, 457, 458; mentioned, 3:26, 492, 5:62 Ward, William, commander of Georgia battalion, sketch of, 1 :342; mentioned, l :346 Warren, John, letter to, 4 :155; order to fortify Velasco, 3 :298 . Warrick, a Tonkawa Indian, 4:243 Washington City, police bill, 7 :61; military guard, 7 :64 Washington, George, his farewell address, 7 :434 Washington, Lewis M. H., letter to, 3 :56, 62, 127: 4:91; sketch of, 3:16, 37; opinion of, 3:16, 127 Washington Monument Society, 5 :56 Waterhouse, Jack, letter to, 8:171 Watkins, H. M.. letter to, 8 :102 Watkins, William M., letter to, 8 :10 Watrous, Nathaniel, death of, 3:169 Watrous, John C., resolution against him, 6 :512; biographical dnta, 7 :236, 297 : Houston's speech, 7 :233-300; denuncia- tion of, 7 :857 Watson, D. G.. Indian agent, 2 :246 Watson, Pleasant C., letter to, 3:314, 3 1 15 ; identification of. 3 :277 Watson, Robert H., 2:164 Watson, Thomas G., letter to, 3 :367 Watson, William, letter to, 8 :78; sketch of, 8:78 Weatherhead, Francis M .. 2 :475 W ebb, J a mes, Jetter to, 3 :93: sketch of, 3:94; Houston's opinion, 4:123; Jetter to Houston, 4 :124; mention~d. 3 :222, 488 Webster, Daniel, extract from his speech, 1 :92: peace between Mexico and Texas, 3 :138; H ouston's tribute, 7 :439 Webster, William G., letter to, 4:450 Weller, John B.. 5 :468

Wells, F. T., 4:269 Wells, James, sketch of, 2:287 Wells, Lysander, sketch of, 2 :268, 296 Wells, Robert B., letter to, 7 :485 ; sketch of, 7 :485 Welschmeyer, John G., letter to, 2 :242: mentioned, 2 :164 West, James H., 2:97 West, N. P., letter to, 8 :167 West Point Military Academy, Houston's opinion of, 6 :474; 7 :364 Western, Thomas G.. letter to, 2 :511; 4 :311, 330, 333, 345, 349 '"Wetumpka," Houston"s pet name for David G. Burnet, 2 :371 Whalebone, a saddle horse, 2 :13-1, 226 Whaley, D. M., Jetter to, 8:11, 202; sketch of, 8:11 Whnrton, John A., letter to. 1 :293, 412, 501; sketch of, 1 :295; letter to Houston, 1 :230; letter to William T. Austin, 4 :21; mentioned, 1 :373, 38:l; 2 :33G; 5 :300 Wharton, William H.. biographical data, I :294, 483; mentioned, 1 :486, 624; 2 :104; 5 :365 "Wharton Party," 5 :368 Wheeler, R. T .. 2 :•130 Wheelock, E. L. R., Jetter to, 3:413; 4 :108; sketch of, 3 :414; mentioned, 5 :9 Wheelwright, George W., sketch or, 2:42, 200 Whistler, William, sketch of, 4 :23 White, Benjamin J., Jetter to, 2:51; for identity or see W. C. Binkley, Official Corrcs11ondcnci• of t.Jt,: Texan llcvolut ion, 1895-JSSG, 1 :l 04. The sketch in Tho Writings is for the wrong man. White, David, letter to, 4:27; identification of, 2 :72: mentioned, 1 :600 White, E . D., letter to, 2 :147 White, Francis M., 7:-160 White, Hugh L awson, 1 :66, 72, 113, 146 White, John W., 2:538 While, Robert M., Jetter to, 7 :460, 466, 476 White, Thomas M., letter to, 4:98 White, William A.. 1 :ll4 White, House of Texas, 2 :161. 190, 409 Whiteside, J. T., letter to, 4:331 Whitfield, John Wilkins, sketch of, 6 :136, 16G, 163; opinion of, 6:163 Whiting, Hervey, 4 :27 Whitis, Charles, sketch of, 8 :60 Whitney, Eli W., letter to, 7:618 Wichita and Waco Indians, enemies to the Texans. 4 :349: 7 :167, 169; pathetic story of a Wichita chief. 6 :l 22. l 66; Wichita chief's offer to guide Texans to the hide- out of depredating Indians, 8 :62 Wickliffe, Charles A., sketch of, 7 :17; opin- ion of, 7 :15 Wigfall, Louis T., sketch of, 7 :28. 31 : Houston's opinion. 7:28. 31, 627; 8 :63 Wiggington, H. R. A.. letter to, 4 :107 Wil"htmnn, John, 1 :371 Wilbur, Mrs. Nancy, 6 :29, 62 W iley, A. P .. letter to, 6 :447 Willie, Asa H., sketch of, 7 :658: letter to, 7 :558 Wilkie, H., letter to, 7 :400 Williams, Albert. Jr., "- :12!1. 1GO Williams, Augustus, 3 :114 Williams, Brooks. 2 :22 Williams, Franklin, collection of Hous- toniana. See Prefaces nnd footnot~s Williams, Henry H., sketch, 2:20G; 3:482 Williams, John, letter to, 7 :490; 8 :66 : sketch of, 7 :490 Williams, Colonel John, sketch of, 1 :7 Williams, Joseph C.. sketch of, 1 :4!19 Williams, Leonard ~-• mission lo Indians, 3 :330; payment for, 3 :468 ; letter to: 4:293, 313, 329: sketch of, 3:53; 4:296, mentioned, 4 :l 60, 280, 281

Welles, Gideon, letter to, 5 :364 Wellford, John S., 1 :6G, 112

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