CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME 
FIRST DIVISION. 
iraW-yOEK TO el’ PASO, THEOUGH TEXAS. 
CHAPTER I. 
NEW-TORK TO INDIANOLA. 
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Treaty of Peace between the United States and Mexico — Hon. J. B. Wel- 
ler appointed Commissioner to run the new Boundary Line between 
the two Republics — Determines the initial point (?n the Pacific and the 
centre of the mouth of the Gila — Col. J. C. Fremont’s Appointment and 
Resignation — J. R. Bartlett appointed Commissioner — Fitting out and 
Organization of the Expedition — Embarcation of main body of Commis- 
sion from Hew-York — Embarcation of Commissioner and others — 
Water-Spouts — Havana — New Orleans — Arrival at Indianola. ... 1 
CHAPTER II. 
INDIANOLA TO SAN ANTONIO. 
Preparations for the Start — Breaking mules — La Salle and its early His- 
tory — Prosperity of Indianola — Commencement of Survey — Route to 
Victoria — Shoeing mules — Encampment in grove — Military drilling — 
Flourishing condition of Victoria — Primitive legal proceedings — Diffi- 
culties of navigating Espiritu Santo Bay — Description of surrounding 
country — Mexican rancho — Observance of the Sabbath — Justice dispen- 
sed in the matter of a calf — Goliad, its early history and ruins — Mas- 
sacre of prisoners after the battle of Perdida Creek — Leave Goliad — 
Murder of a Mexican by a teamster — Arrival at San Antonio — Another 
murder — Preparations for crossing the Plains — Description of San An- 
tonia — Alamo— Mission Churches 10 
