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INDEX.
CHAPTER I.
General History of German Settlements.
Page
Foreword, - 1
Dawn of Texas' Colonization History, ------- 3
Hecke Gets Enthused and Writes a Book, _---_ __ 5
First German Settlements in Texas, --- --- _ 8
First German Emigration Society Organized, -- - 11
Texas-Mexico War Starts-Germans Suffer; -- - _ 13
German Colony History Under Texas Republic, --- 16
CHAPTER II.
German Emigration Company Organized.
Gets Victimized by a Frenchman and an American, _-22
First Immigrants Arrive-Disaster Befalls Them, - 28
The Adelsverein Fails-Fisher & Miller Show Up Again,.-- 34
The Adelsverein Meant Well-Why It Failed, _ _---- 39
JIeusebach Makes Treaty with Indians, -- ---- 41
CHAPTER III.
Flash Lights of History.
Statistics-Friction-Independent Thought, _ - 48
Germans not Strong on Secret Orders, _--53
Principal German Societies, ---11-- 54
CHAPTER IV.
Civil Wartime Outrages.
The Nueces River Massacre, ---- -- - - 57
What a Confederate Thought of Duff, --- 61
Waldrip and His Gang, __ ------_- 66
CHAPTER V.
Human Interest History.
Trials of a Pioneer Woman, -- ---- -- -- - 73
Boyhood Reminiscences of Early Days, --- ---------- 79
A Great Genius That Turned Hermit,--------- 86
CHAPTER VI.
Scraps of Unusual History.
Old Fort Martin Scott, ---------- --- - 92
The Mormon Colony, --- ------------ 94
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Biggers, Don Hampton, 1869-1957. German Pioneers in Texas; A Brief History of Their Hardships, Struggles and Achievements, book, 1925; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29394/m1/3/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.