Preface 
IX 
Finally, the editor desires to make grateful acknowledgments to Pro¬ 
fessors Herbert E. Bolton, Charles E. Chapman, and Herbert I. Priestley 
of the University of California, all of whom, in the earlier and more 
critical stages of the work, gave many helpful suggestions as to organiza¬ 
tion, form, and subject-matter. Dr. Priestley and Mrs. Sánchez in trans¬ 
lating, and Mrs. Cornish in typing, never wearied or slackened in their 
efforts to co-operate with the editor in every possible way. In the Uni¬ 
versity of Texas the editor has had the advice and assistance of Dr. Eugene 
C. Barker, chairman of the school of history, and of Mrs. Mattie Austin 
Hatcher, archivist. My wife has constantly encouraged and helped in the 
work from the outset. 
Charles Wilson Hackett. 
Austin, Texas. 
