Chapter VI

[1]Victor Prosper Considerant, _Au Texas, le premier Rapport a mes Amis_
(1st ed., Bruxelles, 1855), 44; _The Great West, A New Social and
Industrial Life in its Fertile Regions_ (New York, 1854), 9-10;
_European Colonization in Texas, an Address to the American People_
(New York, 1855), 18. The greater part of this chapter first
appeared as an article in _The Southwestern Social Science
Quarterly_, XVII, No. 2, September, 1936.

[2]_A Petition to the Honorable, the Senate and the House of
Representatives of the State of Texas_, Austin, December 10, 1885;
Savardan, _Un Naufrage au Texas_ ..., p. 30-31.

[3]_Deed Record_, Dallas County, _Book K_, 67-69; also _Book F_,
410-411.

[4]Considerant, _Au Texas_ (2nd ed.).

[5]Savardan, _op. cit._, v.

[6]Phalanstery was the name given to a unit of the colony in writings
supporting the movement.

[7]Deed filed in Harris County _Record of Deeds, Book D_, 164; see also
County of Dallas, _Deeds Record, Book K_, 174-176.

[8]Savardan, _Un Naufrage au Texas_, 148-149.

[9]_Ibid._, v.

[10]_Southwest Review_, (October-July, 1928-1929), XIV, 324-325. A list
of the tracts purchased is found in Dallas County, _Deed Record_,
Book K, 67-73.

[11]Savardan, _op. cit._, 244-246.

[12]Compare, _Ibid._, 160 ff.

[13]Savardan, _Un Naufrage_, 206-213.

[14]Considerant, _Au Texas_, _passim_, for definite explanation.

[15]Savardan, _op. cit._, 179 ff.

[16]_Dallas Herald_, November 23, 1859.

[17]_Dallas Herald_, June 1, 1859.

[18]Vincent, "The Story of Old French Town," _Dallas Morning News_,
November 23, 1919.

[19]Savardan, _op. cit._, vii.

[20]_Ibid._, vii.

[21]_Ibid._, 191-193.

[22]_Ibid._, 153-154.

[23]_Ibid._, 179, 180 ff.

[24]

a. Considerant and council of six (supposedly elected by people).
b. A Director, apparently responsible to the Council.
c. Worker's Council (elected from the different groups of
workers). Two from this organization were elected to serve in the
council of six.
d. In addition to these committees there were numerous minor
groups--one of the store, and one of the hotel--each one exerting
some influence on local affairs.

Savardan, _Un Naufrage au Texas_, _passim_.