The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-13

mer boy who would kin bird, Is there
Well. will close by wishing you all a
happy vacation. AS ever true Hap;
p. ST. am thirteen years OLD l.
Brenham, Texas.--Dear Haphammer: I
! have been reading The Post for quite a
while and have become deeply interested
in the Haps' page desire TO become one
OF your members. I see SO many nice, in
teresting letters that l am afraid this will
not be accepted. ] am II years old,
Father has been a subscriber for The
Post for quite while, and there Is nothing
II enjoy reading better than the Haps'
page l think they all write very nice.
interesting letters. | am here now for
while. I guess like 1t here very much.
| I've spent most of my time travelling. l
like to travel very much and see different
places and things, l have no brothers
Or sisters. ! failed to see last Sunday s
Post, as one of the neighbors borrowed it
and never returned It; l wanted to see
what the contest Is to be. have sub
ject think would be very nice for con-
test, but ! VIII wait and see what the
subject Is or what the Haps say. Well.
as this Is my first attempt to write, l
won't stay long but will call again. l
would like to correspond with some of
the Haps OF my own age. new Hap,
Lillian Bell.
Terry, Texas.-Dear Haphammer: Good
morning, Mr. Hap; here comes another
15-year-old boy 10 join your happy band
I of boys and girls live in the country
and like country life very much. ! have
lived in Houston and Beaumont. would
\ rather live in Houston than Beaumont |
know some of you Haps would have en-
joyed yourselves If you had been with me
yesterday. My stepfather branded seventy
! calves. I certainly enjoyed myself throw
ing calves down. How many of you boys
! like to hunt, Ash and swim? ! for one do.
/ | like to ride horseback and run cattle.
Well, it is hot enough here to roast an
4 egg in the sand, One night not long ago
neighbours house. and we started back be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clock. When we got
about 600 yards from the house we had to
go through gate. The woods were thick
and the road went by a slough. When we
/ came through the gate | said to my cousin.
Look at that coon going down the road
right ahead of u.s. He said he couldn I
see anything, as he was behind me, SO we
went about twenty steps further, and the
coon jumped up from the side of the road,
| and he said, Lets take after IT. So he
started and / followed him. | thought 1t
looked mighty big for coon. We went
after 1t, shaping our hands and helloing
at 1t, but 1t didn't go out of trot. We
| We're gaining on It fast, and when we got
right close to 1t 1t stopped and sat down
in the road and turned around and looked
at us. And, of course, nobody had to tell
us to stop We stopped. We thought II
was a big wildcat so we began to run our
hands into our pockets and get our knives
to fight 1t with, and began to back up the
road. 1t followed US till we got into an
open place, then we stopped and it came
rio nlo .fa Va GOD
there a while, and it never did move. But
We didn't go and jump ON it. We went
home. We never did know what it was
hut ! think 1t was dog. / will take my
gun along next time | so along there ut
night. Good bye, Your wouldbe Hap
John Eugene Harris.
Plano.-Dear Haphammer: As did
not see my last letter in The Post I
thought ! would try to write again Well,
Haps, the contest is over. | did not vote,
but will only ask permission TO SPEAK a
little while on the subject ! don't think
that William Barrett Travis did any more
than many others would have done in
his place, while General Sam Houston
was not only heroic. but we should look
upon him as the Father of Texas. Just
think, if General Houston had lost his
noble victory on that sad day for Santa
Anna what an awful slaughter 1t would
have been for our people. Think OF the
poor women and little children that were
fleeing for their lives; how General Hous-
ton stood between them and the very jaws
OF death, which thirsted for the life's blood
of our dear ones, My great grandparents
were In hearing Of the battle OF San ia
cinto, like many others, fleeing for their
lives, hoping and longing that their Vie
tory might be won II dear Haphammer
and the Haps don't object will some
~ oil
of a wagon they travelled In TO keep out
of the way of the Mexicans. This has
been a most interesting contest. Yes,
Mary Lee Hudson. for one miss our dear
Guys letters very much. Well. ! must
close. A true Hap,
We would like very much to be told
about the wagon.-Editor.
Nogal, N. M.--Dear Haphsmmer: !
wrote from White Oaks last winter de-
scription of the Nal Pals, and intended
TO write again to tell you about GFand
Quivere which is buried city at the
head OF the volcanic eruption Every
reader OF old Spanish history has heard
OF the lest treasures OF Grand QulVere.
Mention is frequently made OF Il In The
old Spanish chronicles and many persons
have sacrificed their lives seeking for ils
hiding place. According to the old Span
ish chronicles Grand Quivere Is located
ABB vi ITS northeast OF III Paso, on the
western border OF Lincoln county New
Mexico. The outlines OF the once large
town of Pueblo are still plainly ylslpie
The walls OF the old ad be church are stu
standing and the outlines OF the otneI
4 buildings are plainly dlscernablc. HIS oly
and tradition of this cid town are potn
corrob rated by the surroundings the
old Spanish history tells us that here wai
located the seat OF government Of New
Spain, where all the wealth Of the conn-
try was brought and turned in treasure
vaults Of church and state. According Y.
the Spanish records Grand Quiyere wa'
a large Indian village at the time OF I'M
first Spanish conquest and was wresle,
from It's Indian occupants about the yea
1916. In 1861 came the great Pueblo In
dian uprising, when the Span!ards wel'
driven out OF the country as ehsn Il
driven befare q wind De Vargls IN
writer Of the chronicle says: We Tay
eled 10 the southwark. hghtlng all ta'
way. We have 270 burro loads OF treas
ure. We buried II between two little hills
burning brush over the spot The Span
iards were driven cut of the country a
far south as the Gulf Of Mexico" Whsr