Excerpt from The History of Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and California, and of the Adjoining Countries, Vol. 1: Including the Whole Valley of the Mississippi, From the Discovery to Their Incorporation With the United States of America The author originally intended to finish this History with the war of Independence; but the want of information as to the true boundaries of Louisiana and Texas, induced him to continue the work. His conclusions may be found to differ from those Of some of our leading statesmen, and even from the declarations of our national authorities; yet, History left him no discretion in forming and announcing his opinions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.