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Texas by Teran : the diary kept by General Manuel de Mier y Teran on his 1828 inspection of Texas / edited by Jack Jackson ; translated by John Wheat ; with Botanical Notes by Scooter Cheatham and Lynn Marshall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mier y Teran, Manuel de.
- Series:
- Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 2.
- The Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mier y Teran, Manuel de--Diaries.
- Mier y Teran, Manuel de.
- Generals--Mexico--Diaries.
- Generals.
- Texas--Description and travel.
- Texas.
- Texas--History--To 1846.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Texas was already slipping from the grasp of Mexico when Manuel Mier y Terán made his tour of inspection in 1828. American settlers were pouring across the vaguely defined border between Mexico's northernmost province and the United States, along with a host of Indian nations driven off their lands by American expansionism. Terán's mission was to assess the political situation in Texas while establishing its boundary with the United States. Highly qualified for these tasks as a soldier, scientist, and intellectual, he wrote perhaps the most perceptive account of Texas' people, politics, natural resources, and future prospects during the critical decade of the 1820s. This book contains the full text of Terán's diary—which has never before been published—edited and annotated by Jack Jackson and translated into English by John Wheat. The introduction and epilogue place the diary in historical context, revealing the significant role that Terán played in setting Mexican policy for Texas between 1828 and 1832.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The diary: "Texas by Terán, his journey, 1828"
- Diary: Béxar to Nacogdoches
- Terán's letters from Nacogdoches
- Diary: trip to the Red River
- Diary: trip down the Trinity
- Diary: Nacogdoches to Matamoros
- Diary: up the Rio Grande to Mier
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Pavie's view of East Texas
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[275]-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-77328-5
- 0-292-79900-4
- OCLC:
- 55592548
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