Table of Contents
Illustrations ix
Introduction 3
Chapter 1 Mirabeau Lamar's Buffalo 7
Chapter 2 The Nomadic Government 11
Chapter 3 False Start 26
Chapter 4 The Raven and the Poet 34
Chapter 5 Selecting a Site 48
Chapter 6 Waterloo 59
Chapter 7 Road to Austin 67
Chapter 8 Building a City 76
Chapter 9 "There Will Be a Public Sale of Lots" 92
Chapter 10 Lamar's Triumph 105
Chapter 11 The Fourth Congress 117
Chapter 12 Frontier Capital 128
Chapter 13 Moccasin Tracks 138
Chapter 14 The Pig War 148
Chapter 15 Fiasco 160
Chapter 16 Return of the Raven 168
Chapter 17 Chaos 174
Chapter 18 Desolation 189
Chapter 19 Salvation 199
Epilogue 217
Notes 223
Bibliography 267
Index 277