The Fredericksubrg Manuscripts, Volume 1 -- Table of Contents

Volume 1: Table of Contents

Hin nach Amerika! Off to America!

THE GERMANS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
Die Friedrichsburger Manuskripte
The Fredericksburg Manuscripts
by Kenn Knopp

1 MS I. THEY CAME BEFORE THE GERMANS
1. The Lure of the Texas Hill Country… The Spaniards Arrive… 6
The Indians Defend Their Turf…11
2. The Mystical Secrets of the Texas Hill Country… 12
3. Polly Rodriguez (1829-1914)… Tejano Pioneer and Texan Surveyor… 14
4. The Rendons of Spain, Early Hill Country Pioneers, Welcome the Germans… 16

1 MS II. GERMANY, LOVE IT, OR LEAVE IT!
1. Persecution & Privation from All Sides… 19
2. The Monarchy’s Final Solution: The Adelsverein Scheme… 26
3. Prince von Solms & Baron von Meusebach: Leaders of the Adelsverein in Texas… 37
4. The Huaco Indian Treaty & the Involuntary Hair Wash… 46
5. The Founding of Friedrichsburg, Texas, May 8, 1846… 48
6. The Infamous “Doctor” Schubert: In Reality, Friedrich A. Strubberg!... 56
7. The Tragic Story of Friedrichsburg First Founder, Swiss Artist and
Master Engraver, Conrad Caspar Rordorf… 69
8. The First Real Doctor Arrives in Friedrichsburg: Dr. med. Wilhelm V. Keidel… 74
9. Steinert’s 1849 Report on His Visit to the Texas Hill Country… 80

1 MS III. IN THE COMANCHE STRONGHOLD
1. The New German-Texans Meet Their Comanche Neighbors… 84
2. The Friedrichsburg-Indian Peace Treaty of May 9, 1847… 87
3. Encountering Diverse Bands of Indians… 90
4. Rudolph Asewaynah Fischer… German Comanche Warrior;
Dr. Guenther Fischer of Baden-Wuerttemberg Searches for Comanche Kin… 94
5. Cackeyyeetchy, the Last Indian Child Born in the Texas Hill Country… 102
6. The Utopian Freidenkers Arrive in the Texas Hill Country… 103
7. Baron Emil von Kriewitz, Ambassador to the Comanche Nation… 115
8. Heinrich Mueller: The Last Living Witness to the Peace Treaty… 118
9. Fort Martin Scott, First Federal Fort Established in the Texas Frontier… 121
10. Tribute to Ferdinand von Herff, M.D. --Peacemaker and Healer, Father of
Texas Hospitals… 124
11. Edgar von Westphalen Comes to Friedrichsburg: Will His Sister Jenny and
Her Husband Karl Marx Follow… and Friedrich Engels, Too?... 134
12. a. The Lasting Friendship Pow Wow Celebrates the Never-Broken Peace
Treaty… 145. b. In Praise of the Indian Way… 150

1 MS IV. WAR DAYS IN THE GERMAN HILLS OF TEXAS
1. The Knights of the Golden Circle & The Union Loyal League… 153
2. The American Civil War Begins: Massacre on Murder Dutch Mountain
& the True-to-the-Union Monument; the Comfort Freidenker Strife… 160
3. Die Haengerbanden: Waldrip Finally Gets His Due…175
4. The Texas Hill Country Hoodoo War… 178
5. Capt. Van der Stucken Flees: His Son Becomes the Maestro of Fredericksburg… 183
6. World War I: No Sympathy for the Vaterland! Lt. Louis Jordan, Hero!... 188
Travail of a German-Texan Teacher During World War I… 190
Lutheran Pastor Imprisoned for Preaching in German… 191
The War Ends but the Economies Implode… A Letter Pleads for Help!... 192
7. World War II: Still No Sympathy for the Vaterland!
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Hero!... 196
Rudolf Graichen Stands Firm Against the Nazis… 203