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Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Nuñez, 58–64, 86 arrival in Culiacan, Mexico, 64 first encounter with native Americans, 60 healing the sick, 63 landfall at “Malhado,” 60 map of route, 61 “region of the prickly pears,” 63–64 Relación of 60–64 Cabo rojo, 58, 104, 206, 240 Cade, C. t. (high Island, texas) 30 Calderón de la Barca, Francis (19th-century chronicler of Mexico), 200, 201 Camargo, Diego (expedition of), 184 Campeche (headquarters of Jean Lafitte), 44 Caney Creek, 76, 77, 78, 79 Carbonera, tamaulipas, 168 Cardenas del río, Lazaro, 212, 213 Cartier-Bresson, henri (photographs of Galveston), 46 Caracol development (Port O’Connor, texas), 96 Cárdenas del río, Gen. Lázaro (monument to), 212, 213 Carvajal, tamaulipas, viii, 168, 168–71, 169, 170 Casitas, Veracruz, 216, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223 Castillo del teayo, Veracruz, 208–11, 210 Cempoala, Veracruz, 240, 243 Cerro del Metate, 227, 228, 229 Chapa, Alfred (Indianola, texas), 94 Chapman ranch, texas, 128, 129 Chinquapin, texas, 80, 81 Clayton, Nicolas J. (Galveston architecture), 45 Clements, Joey (King ranch), 136 Columbia Bottomlands, 74–76 Columbia historical Museum (West Columbia, texas), 72–74 Page numbers in bold type refer to illustrations. Adams, Jeanne (Corpus, Christi), 114–16, 115 Aguilar, Jerónimo de (interpreter for Cortés), 237–38 Alamo, Veracruz, 206, 206, 207 Alvarado, Veracruz, 278, 279 Álvarez de Pineda, Alonso, 116, 182–84 Alligator head ranch (Port O’Connor, texas), 96, 98 Amichel (province of), 184 Antigua, Veracruz. See Las Antigua, Veracruz Aransas National Wildlife reserve, 100–103, 101, 102, 103 armadillo (observed by Spanish explorers), 188 Atakapan Indians, 3 Aubry, William P. (Corpus Christi, texas), 107 Audubon Village development (Gilchrist, texas), 33 Aury, Louis (French pirate), 44 Ballí, José Nicolás (Padre Island), 118 Barra de Palmas, Veracruz, 216 Bay City, texas, 76–86 Baywater Villas (Galveston Island), 58 Bellisle, François Simars de, 3–4 Boca Chica Beach, 135, 142–47, 140, 145, 146–47 Bollaert, William, 44, 47 Bolivar ferry, 40, 41, 44, 45 Bolivar Peninsula, 31, 33–40, 32, 34, 35, Brazoria County, texas, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79 Brazos river, 70–71 origin of name, 70 Brazosport, texas, 67 Broussard, B. J. (Port Arthur, texas), 12 BUC-eeS bait and convenience store, 67–68, 62 Columbia, texas, 72 (last load of slaves to arrive in North America). See also West Columbia, texas Columbus, Christopher, 232 Códice Durán, 237, 239, 252–56 Códice Florentino, 240 conquest of Mexico, 238–43, 236, 237, 239, 240, 242 Córdoba, Francisco hernández de. See hernández de Córdoba , Francisco Corpus Christi, texas, 107–16, 109, 111, 112 Adams, Jeanne, 114–16 deepwater port, 108 history of, 107–108 hurricane of 1919, 108 Old Bayview Cemetery, 112, 113–14 Quintana-Perez, Selena, 110, 111 Cortés, hernándo, 58, 182–84, 188, 226, 237–43 Casa de Cortés (La Antigua, Veracruz), 245, 244 ruins of fort at Villa rica, 228, 229 Costa esmeralda, 212, 216, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225 Crystal Beach, texas, 32, 34 Cuellar, Serefino and Margarita (Port Lavaca, texas), 90, 91 Cuellar, Jose reyes and Domingo (gravestone of), 89, 90 Díaz del Castillo, Bernal. See Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, The. Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, The (Díaz del Castillo), 229 (building the fort at Villa rica), 242 (first view of the Valley of Mexico) Dow Chemical Company (Freeport, texas), 67 Dowling, Lt. richard. See Dowling Park (Sabine Pass, texas) Dowling Park (Sabine Pass, texas), 2, 18 Dunn, Patrick (“Duke of Padre”), 119 Index echevarria, Maria Borrell de (gravestone of), 270–72, 273, 344 edington Courts (Port Arthur, texas), 11 el Barrancón del tío Blas, 163–67, 165, 166 el Mesquitál, tamaulipas, 151–61, 154, 156–57, 159, 160, 161 emilio Carranza, Veracruz, 221 escondón, José de, 107 espinosa, Alfred (Veracruz), 260–64 evia, Don José de, 44 (Spanish mapping expedition of 1785) ex-voto painting (from Veracruz, Mexico) 114–16, 115 Firehouse restaurant and Bar (Gilchrist, texas), 33–38 Follett’s Island, 58, 64 Fontenot, Jerdy (Port Arthur, texas) 13–18, 15. See also under Jerdy’s Barber Shop Freeport, texas, 64, 65, 66–67, 69 fruit stands (near rancho Viejo, texas), 136, 137 Galveston Bay, 44, 46–47 Galveston, texas, 46–58, 49, 50, 51, 59 east end historical District, 46, 54, 336 Laffite’s Cove, 48 Mardi Gras in, 52, 53 oak trees near Stewart road, 55...