Chapter 28

           EversinceTexasbecamethesceneofanAnglo-SaxonimmigrationImightgoacenturyfartherbackandsay,fromthetimeofitscolonisationbythedescendantsoftheConquistadoresthesubjectofprimaryimportancehasbeenthedispositionofitsaborigines.

           Whetherthese,thelawfullordsofthesoil,chancedtobeinastateofopenwarorwhether,bysometreatywiththesettlerstheywereconsentingtoatemporarypeacemadebutslightdifference,sofarastheyweretalkedabout.Ineithercasetheywereatopicofdailydiscourse.Intheformeritrelatedtothedangerstobehourlyapprehendedfromthem;inthelatter,totheprobabledurationofsuchtreatyasmightforthemomentbebindingthemtoholdtheirtomahawksentombed.

           InMexicantimesthesequestionsformedthestapleofconversation,atdesayuno,almuerzo,comida,ycena;inAmericantimes,uptothispresenthour,theyhavebeenthethemesofdiscussionatthebreakfast,dinner,andsuppertables.Intheplanter’spiazza,asinthehunter’scamp,bear,deer,cougar,andpeccary,arenotnamedwithhalfthefrequency,orhalfthefear-inspiringemphasis,allottedtotheword"Indian."ItisthisthatscarestheTexanchildinsteadofthestereotypednurseryghost,keepingitawakeuponitsmoss-stuffedmattressdisturbingalmostasmuchthereposeofitsparent.

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