The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 1, July 1897 - April, 1898 Page: 127
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Notes and Fragments.
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:Spanish, who wished no more enemies, were disposed to designate
all of them as allies. This disposition was shown especially when
the eastern boundary dispute arose. - W. F. McCaleb, Carrizo
Springs.
RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND CUSTOMS OF TEXAS INDIANs.-The one
single instance known to me of faith in the Great Spirit as a being
of supernatural power is afforded by a trivial incident, often re-
lated in the early days in Austin.
Flacco, a Lipan brave, was listening to a young lady who was
drumming on the piano for his amusement. He was a faithful at-
tendant on Captain Mark B. Lewis, and some one knowing it re-
marked that the young lady was the captain's favorite.
"Oh, no," she said, "I am not tall enough." She was, in fact,
very short and remarkably fleshy.
"Yes," said Flacco in his broken English, "you tall, too, but the
Great Spirit"-here he raised his hand as if indicating the abode of
the Being he mentioned-"he put his hand on head and mash you
down."
The ceremony of calling back the spirit of the dead was wit-
nessed by a friend of mine who was present in a Tonqua camp at
the death of one of the tribe. Without knowing the Indian cus-
tom of using on such occasions a secret name, he described the
calling or rather shouting of the name as one of the most impres-
sive things he ever heard. He regarded it as a kind of mourning
ceremony, the constant calls being kept up all night.--Julia Lee
Sinks, Giddings.
TEXAS IN POORE'S CHARTERS.--Under this title appears in the
Nation of September 16 the following communication:
T'o the Editor of the Nation:
Sir: In the matter relative to Texas in Poore's ' Charters and Consti-
tutions," there are some mistakes, and a seriously important omission,
which are very misleading to those who rely absolutely on the work.
Under the title " Texas Declaration of Independence" is printed (Part II,
pp. 1752-3) the declaration adopted November 7, 1835, by the consultation
at San Felipe de Austin, in favor of the Mexican Federal Constitution of
1824, and against the revolutionary aims of Santa Anna. The foot-note
(p. 1752), which says, "This Declaration of Independence was adopted by
a convention which assembled at Washington, on the Brazos river, March
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