[5]Charles II.
[6]The name more probably was derived from the Tehas Indians, a tribe whose central village was built on the present site of Mound Prairie.
[7]Alamo, cottonwood.
[8]These Spanish and Indian builders were called “The Children of San José.”
[9]A Mexican dance.
[10]Salcedo, the Spanish commander at Monterey, said that if “he had the power he would stop even the birds from flying across the Sabine.”
[11]Nolan afterward claimed to have made this map for the benefit of the United States government in case of a war with Spain. He wrote, upon the eve of this journey: “Will we have a war? At all events, I can cut my way back and you can rely upon me.” (Letter to General Wilkinson, June 10, 1797.)
[12]Ellis Bean’s diary.
[13]Burr at this time was suspected of a design to separate the southwestern states from the Union and found a new government.
[14]Charles IV. and Maria Louisa of Parma.