The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the Making of Texas

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agriculture: Alabama Settlement, 73, 75–80, 103; commercial success, 90; Robertson plantation, 137, 145 Alabama Settlement: commerce, 75–80; family backgrounds/connections, 56 –59, 68– 69, 80 –81, 156 –57; food crops/housing, 73–75, 77, 79–80; Indian conflicts, 82–86, 117–20; journeys to Texas, 59– 66; Menefee’s history of, 14 –15; Methodism of, 67–72; during Mexican conflict, 76, 77, 88, 91–104, 108–10; political activity , 89–92 Alamo: de la Peña’s account, 97–98; as national story, 106; as rite of passage , 107–108; S. Robertson visit, 132; Sutherland letter about, 101; Sutherland visit, 175; in Texas History Movies, 23, 25, 28–29 Allen, Eliza, 25 Almonte, Juan, 33 Amasavourian meetings, 139 Ambrose, Cile Robertson, 127 Anáhuac arrests, 89 Arnold, Mr., 173 Asbury, Francis, 67 Atkins family, 164 – 65 Aunt Ora, 70 –71 Austin, Moses, 41 Austin, Stephen: empresario contracts, 41–42, 45, 60; historian portrayals of, 31, 37; imprisonment, 51, 90; Indian campaigns, 82–83; Nashville contract, 45–46, 48, 49; political activity, 45, 50 – 51, 52, 89–90; rivalry with Robertson, 37–40, 55; as Texas army commander, 53, 95–96, 97; in Texas History Movies, 24, 25, 29. See also Alabama Settlement Austin, Texas, 134, 135–36 Austin’s colony, map, 39 Baker, Moseley, 98 Baker, Richard, 143 Barker, Eugene, 37, 50 Barr, Robert, 131 Battle, Mr., 123 beekeeping, 137 Bell County Rovers, 121 Belton, Texas, 142, 143–44 Bexar garrison, 95 Biffle, Kent, 29 Black Douglas, 54 blacksmith shop, 79, 80 Bowie, James, 25–28, 29, 47, 52, 108 Box family (Uvalde area), 163, 164, 168 Boy’s Life, 188 Bradburn, John Davis, 88–89 Brammer, Bill, 4 Brazil, perceptions of Texas, 9 Brazos River, 43, 55, 99, 101 Brear, Holly, 107 Briggs, A. C., 160 Brown, John Henry: on Alabama Settlement , 56; Civil War aftermath, 144; on independence movement, 52, 91–92; Indian campaigns, 118, 121; as mythmaking historian, 30 –31; secession debate , 140, 141 Index 212 index Brown family (M. Robertson neighbors), 152–53 Buffalo Bayou, in Texas History Movies, 28 Burruss, John, 68 Bush, George Walker, 106, 186 Butler, Anthony, 50 –51 Caddo Indians, 33 Caldwell, J., 60 Caldwell, Matthew, 14 Campbell, William, 40 Camp Lavaca, 111, 112–15 camp meetings, Methodist, 67–71 Cantrell, Gregg, 37, 46, 48 Carpenter, Liz, 4 –5, 127, 185, 187 Carter, Richard, 61 cattle ranching: Alabama Settlement, 73, 76 –77, 79–80; before/during Civil War, 90, 141–42; Uvalde area, 162, 172, 179–80; vaquero traditions, 32 The Cavalcade of Jackson County (Taylor), 31 cemeteries: centenary anniversary, 10 –11, 185–86; Robertson family, 128; Sutherland family, 80, 155–56, 168 centenary anniversary, 10 –11, 185–86 Chambers, Thomas Jefferson, 46 Chase, Captain, 112, 113–14 Cherokee Indians, 25, 29, 33 chickens, 162, 177 Chief Cloud (horse), 54 childhood/youth, author’s, 4 –9, 19 Childress, George, 52, 107 Childress, Jane (later Marshall), 40 Childress, John, 91 Choctaw Indians, 33 churches/religious practices, 13, 67–72, 159, 174 –75, 177 Civil War and aftermath, 31, 140 –47 Coahuila: Mexican revolution, 47, 50, 92; state formation, 42–43; in Texas History Movies, 25, 28 Cockrill, Mark Robertson, 43 Cockrill, W., 60 coffee incident, 111–14 Coke, Richard, 149 colleges. See education colonization period, Mexican Texas, 32–34, 37–40. See also Alabama Settlement ; Robertson Colony Comanche Indians, 33, 82, 83, 85–87, 117–21 commerce: Alabama Settlement, 75–80; before/during Mexican conflict, 90; during Civil War, 141–42; Robertson households, 137 Confederate Army, 142–43 Cook, Ara, 179 corn crops, 73, 74, 76 Coronado, in Texas History Movies, 23 Cos, Martín Perfecto de, 25, 52, 53, 92 cotton production, 74, 75, 76, 80, 103 cougar story, 7–8 Cow Creek area, 43 Cox’s Point, 65, 75, 103 Crockett, Davy, 25–28, 98, 108 Crockett, Mamie Sutherland, 184 crops. See agriculture Crosby, Mrs., 118, 120 Crozier, Robert, 60 Davis, John, 61, 96 Davis, Louisiana Dever, 61 Davis, Mary, 61, 73 Davis, Samuel, 61 Dawson, Captain, 14 de Bastrop, Baron, 41 de la Peña, José Enríque, 76, 94, 97–98, 111 de León, Alonso, 24 Democratic Party, 5 DeVelbiss, J. W., 69, 89 Dever, Elizabeth, 61 Dever, James, 58–59, 91, 112 Dever, Louisiana (later Davis), 61 Dever, Maria (later Heard), 62 Dever, Martha, 73 index 213 DeWitt, Green, 43 DeWitt colony, 39, 40, 95 de Zavala, Lorenzo, 40...