CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- LOS TEJANOS FARMING AND RANCHING IN HISPANIC SOUTH TEXAS -- INDIAN AND SPANISH COLONIAL ORIGINS -- MISSIONS AND FARMS ON THE R'O SAN ANTONIO -- RANCHING ALONG THE RÍO SAN ANTONIO -- SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN THE RÍO GRANDE AND RÍO NUECES -- CONFLICT AND DECLINE -- THE TEXIANS ANTEBELLUM FARMERS AND STOCK RAISERS -- GONE TO TEXAS -- PLANTATIONS AND SLAVERY -- HUNTING AND STOCK RAISING -- COTTON, CORN, SUGARCANE, AND WHEAT -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.