Chapter II
It is notorious as the scene of some most cold-blooded and cruel murders, committed in open day, and with—up to that time—perfect impunity. This, together with the detestable traffic I have just alluded, whiskey traffic has brought such a stigma upon the place, that the very name is sufficient for all that is ruthless and vicious.”
W. B. Parker, Notes Taken During the Expedition Through Unexplored Texas, 72.
Notes
1Victor Prosper Considerant, Au Texas, 1st, 1-6. There are two editions of this book, and, unfortunately, notes were taken from both. The editions will be referred to as 1st and 2nd.
2Ibid., 6; Coignet, Victor Considerant, sa Vie, son Oeuvre, 74, states that Considerant came directly to the United States in response to an invitation from Brisbane, intending to establish a colony.
3Considerant, op. cit., 8; Coignet, op. cit., 175.
4Ibid., Part I, especially 16-17.
5Picayune as quoted in the Northern Standard (Clarksville, Texas), May 21, 1853.
6Considerant, Au Texas (1st ed.), 23-28.
7Considerant, The Great West, 4-5; Au Texas (1st ed.), 28-29.
8Considerant, The Great West, 6; Au Texas (1st ed.), 32-33.
9“The town of Preston, from which all this misery for the Red Man emanates, is a collection of low groggeries and a few stores, lining the high bluff bank of the River.
10Letter written June 9, 1853 from Cooke County, quoted in the Northern Standard, June 18, 1853.
11Considerant, The Great West, 9-10; Au Texas (1st ed.), 37-44.
12Ibid., 42. The Icarian movement was an attempt to form a French colony which had preceded Considerant’s colony by several years.
13Ibid., 10-11. Perhaps the tomatoes were of the climbing variety.
14Considerant, The Great West, 10-11; Au Texas (1st ed.), 44-45.
15Considerant, The Great West, 11.
16Ibid., 14.
17Ibid., 20.
18Ibid., 23.