Forty Years at El Paso, 1858-1898
Recollections of War, Politics, Adventure,
Events, Narratives, Sketches, Etc.
W. W. MILLS
“Around my fire a friendly group to draw
And tell of all I felt and all I saw.”
Copyright, 1901,
W. W. MILLS.
...TO...
Mary Hamilton Mills
These writings are meant to be truthful, but they are too rambling and egotistical to possess much historical value. Few subjects are treated of except such as the writer was personally connected with or in which he felt a special interest. Much that he was tempted to write has been omitted out of consideration for the living and the dead and their relations.
The book will have little interest except for those who know something of El Paso or of the men and events treated of, or of the writer himself.
For such only is it written.
W. W. Mills
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EL PASO IN 1858.
ROSTER OF ANTE-BELLUM RESIDENTS OF EL PASO.
INCIDENTS BEFORE THE WAR AND EARLY IMPRESSIONS.
MURDER AND ROBBERY OF GIDDINGS’ STORE (SHELDON BLOCK).
THE CANBY-SIBLEY CAMPAIGN IN 1861-2.
THE BATTLE OF VALVERDE.
CAPTAIN MOORE.
A STORY WITHOUT A MORAL.
BENJAMIN S. DOWELL.
BRAD. DAILY.
JOHN LEMON.
“BOB” CRANDALL AS A DAMPHOOL.
ROBBERY OF MY HOUSE IN 1865—INDIAN TRAILERS.
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION IN 1867—A MYSTERY.
FATE OF MY CUSTOM-HOUSE DEPUTIES.
CHANGE OF CUSTOMS DISTRICT—SAMUEL J. JONES. (1863.)
CAPTAINS SKILLMAN AND FRENCH.
FURNISHING ARMS TO MEXICO—1865.
PRESIDENT JUAREZ’ GOVERNMENT AT CIUDAD JUAREZ, NEAR EL PASO—1865-66.
A VISIT TO WASHINGTON—POLITICAL CONTESTS.
RECONSTRUCTION—CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1868-69.
HAMILTON-DAVIS CONTEST OF 1869—ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTION.
MARRIAGE AND JOURNEY TO MY EL PASO HOME.
ASSAULT BY KUHN AT FREDRICKSBURG.
THIRD VOYAGE OVER THE PLAINS—ENEMIES AND PLOTS.
A. J. FOUNTAIN—MY WORST ENEMY.
ARREST AT SAN ELEZARIO—ASSAULT BY ATKINSON.
FROM EL PASO TO AUSTIN—STAGE DRIVERS.
SOME TEXAS LAWYERS.
LITIGATION ABOUT EL PASO PROPERTY.
CONFISCATION—AN EXPLANATION—NOT AN APOLOGY.
“STAR” MAIL CONTRACTS—THE FIRST TRUST—1869-70.
VICTORIO, THE GREAT APACHE GENERAL.
THE KILLING OF CLARKE AND WILLIAMS—THE CAUSES—1870.
THE CARDIS-HOWARD FEUD—THE MOB AT SAN ELEZARIO, 1877.
AFFIDAVIT OF ADOLPH KRAKANER.
THE AFTER MATH.
THE BLOODY REIGN OF MARSHAL STUDEMEIER.
LONGMEIER—A CLOSE CALL.
A HOLD UP.
ENEMIES AND PHILOSOPHY.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
