A pictorial history of Texas by Homer S. Thrall

Author:Homer S. Thrall [Thrall, Homer S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Geschichte
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2018-05-15T22:00:00+00:00

BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON—Was a leading merchant at Natchez, Mississippi. He came to Texas during the Revolutionary period. He was several years Chief Justice of Calhoun county, where he died, in 1863. Jefferson county and the town of Beaumont were named in his honor.

BEE, BERNARD E. SR.—Belonged to a distinguished family of South Carolina. He came to Texas at an early period. He was in the cabinet of Burnet, ad interim, and also in the cabinets of both Houston and Lamar. From 1830 to 1841, he was Minister to the United States. It was mainly through Bee's influence that General James Hamilton, his brother in-law, was induced to take so deep an interest in the affairs of Texas. He died in South Carolina, in 1853.

BELISEE, MONSEUR DE.—A distinguished Frenchman sent in 1719, with a company of about one thousand persons, to plant a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi river. Like the fleet of Lasalle, this fleet was driven too far to the west, and a landing was made for water, on the bay of San Bernardo, (Matagorda). While the sailors were procuring the water, Belisle and four companions went on shore to hunt. According to commonly received tradition, the hunters overstayed their time and the vessels hoisted sail and left them. Bossu, (the marvellous writer who tells the story ot Belisle), says the party were about to starve, hunting, as the reader will bear in mind, in Western Texas, then abounding in game and fish; but as the story goes, they were about to starve, when Belisle gave his dog to his companions to eat. The dog seems to have apprehended his impending doom, and wisely fled to the wilderness. Four of the men starved to death; and Belisle was about to share their fate, when his wonderful dog returned with an opossum in his mouth. After many strange and marvelous experiences among the Indians, Belisle finally made his way to the headquarters of St. Denis, at Natchitoches. In 1721, DeBienville, Governor of Louisiana, sent Belisle a second time to Matagorda bay; this time with men and means to build a fort and hold the country for France. He was not the man for such an undertaking, and finding the Indians hostile, and meeting other discouragements, he soon abandoned the country to the Spaniards, and returned to Louisiana, where he subsequently filled a number of important offices.

BELL, JOSIAH H.—A native of Kentucky, came to Texas among the very first of Austin's colonists. After remaining for a short time in the neighborhood of Washington, he descended the river, and settled in Brazoria county, at Bell's Landing, (now Columbia). When Austin went to Mexico in 1822, he left his colony in charge of Mr. Bell, who was appointed an alcalde by Governor Trespalacios the same year. He died in 1838. Mrs. Bell died in 1856.

BELL, P. HANSBOROUGH.—Was a native of Virginia; landed at Velasco, in March, 1836, and walked up to Groce's, where the army was then encamped. He fought as a private at San Jacinto.

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