Identifier: lifewritingsofr00burl (find matches)
Title: The life and writings of Rufus C. Burleson, D. D., LL. D., containing a biography of Dr. Burleson by Hon. Harry Hayens;
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Burleson, Georgiana (Jenkins) Mrs., (from old catalog) comp Haynes, Harry. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Burleson, Rufus Columbus, 1823-1901. (from old catalog)
Publisher: (Waco? Tex.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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What is the size and climate of Texas ? III. What is the history of Texas ?First. What does Texas mean ? Tradition and legend give three meanings to Tehas, or-Texas. 1. The name Texas is derived from the Latin verbterio, I weave, and was so called from the number of spiderwebs found woven over the forests in the bottoms of LowerSabine, Neches and Trinity Rivers. 2. That Texas means friends, or friendly, and was so■called from the fact that when La Salle and his men first 750 The Life and Writings of landed in Matagorda Bay, seeking the mouth of the Missis-sippi River, and the Indians crowded the shore and were askedwhat tribe they belonged to, answered, Tehas, or Texas/or friendly; hence, it has been claimed that Texas meansfriends, or friendly. The third and most probable and beautiful meaning isthat recorded by John Quincy Adams, in his celebrated diplo-matic correspondence with Don Pedro Cerallos and Don Louisde Orris about Texas affairs. That tradition says Texas means Paradise.
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LANDING OF LA SALLE. And that when the roaming bands of prairie Indians,seeking a better hunting ground, came to the range of moun-tains north of San Antonio, JSTew Braunfels and San Marcos,and saw the beautiful, transparent rivers of San Antonio,San Geronimo and San Marcos gurgling from the mountainsides and meandering over the vast prairies, carpeted withunending green and variegated with fragrant flowers, inter-spersed here and there with live oak groves, as the weary rdelighted hunters saw these boundless prairies, covered withvast herds of deer and buffalo, and the streams filled with fish, Dr. Rufus C. Burleson. 751 all refreshed with cool, delightful Gulf breezes, and coveredby a sky of more than Italian beauty, all at once shoutedTehas ! Tehas!I Paradise I Paradise !! for in theancient Aztec language Tehas, or Texas, means paradise. I record these three traditions, and leave every man todecide for himself. I prefer the last. I prefer to believe that Texas means paradise. And I

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