The Cross Timbers

by Edward Everett Dale

  Surry of Eagle’s Nest: 55

  Sunday School: attendance at, 81, 143–145 passim

  Swiss Family Robinson, The: enjoyment of, 49, 50, 51, 74

  Tamaulipas, Mexico: 15

  Tarrant County, Texas: 4

  Taylor, Alex: 31

  Taylor, Dow: friendship of, 96, 101, 175; on hunting, 105; mentioned, 31, 52, 172

  Taylor, “Jeems Henry”: 31

  Taylor, Paul: friendship of, 96, 101, 175; mentioned, 31, 52

  Taylor, Sally: 31, 52

  Taylor family, the: 31, 37, 74, 103

  Tell, William: 83

  Tennessee: settlers from, 26, 27, 32; culture of, 36, 145, 150; mentioned, 28, 143

  Tennyson, Alfred: 140

  Texas: settlers in, 4, 14, 32, 100, 159, 160; culture of, 36, 89, 121, 126, 175; boundary dispute of, 53; mentioned, 3

  Texas Panhandle, the: 96

  Texas Republic, The: 11

  Thrown on the World: 57

  tobacco: use of, 96, 156–157

  “tobe”: chewing of, 157

  Toilers of the Sea: 57

  tools: for farming, 63–64, 65, 67

  “town ball”: 41, 83–85, 86, 93

  toys: types of, 81–83, 97, 99, 136. SEE ALSO games; play

  Trader Spy, The: 48, 74

  Trail Elk Creek: 168

  Train to Mauro, The: 153

  tramps: visit Dales, 33–34

  transportation: by farm wagon, 14, 64; by train, 30, 52, 54, 77; by covered wagon, 59, 174–175; by wagon and team, 77–78, 160–161

  Trappers of Arkansas, The: 56

  Travis, William B.: 175

  trees: in Cross Timbers, 5, 6

  Trinity River: 116

  Turk (dog): 50, 175, 176

  Upper Cross Timbers: 4, 59, 68

  Van Winkle, Rip: 140

  Verne, Jules: 79

  Vernon, Texas: train to, 54, 77, 111, 173; as home of Brown family, 76; Ike Dale at, 160–161; mentioned, 14, 53, 59

  verse, quoting of: 18–20

  Vick, Betty: 157

  Vick, Nathan: 37

  Village Blacksmith, the: 140

  Virginia: 3

  Virginia Piedmont: 165

  “vittles”: 35

  Walnut Creek, Texas: camp on, 68–69, 70, 71, 111, 135

  Walton, Izaak: 124

  Warren, Texas: 163

  water: supply of, 13, 170

  Webster’s Blueback Speller: 130

  “We’re Marching Down to New Orleans”: 150

  West, Evie: 24

  West, Jake: 24, 173

  West, “Pet”: 24, 96

  Western Trail, the: 53

  “What’s My Line?”: 91

  “what’s-your-trade”: 91

  wheat: growing of, 64, 74

  Whittier, John Greenleaf: 140

  Wichita Falls, Texas: 14

  “Widder Spriggins’ Daughter, The”: 152

  Williams, Fletcher: 24, 118

  Winter, John Strange: 57

  Wise County, Texas: 20

  women: money-source of, 27–28; social activities of, 145–146

  work: on farm, 62–63, 67, 170; labor for, costs of, 69, 71; stories told during, 73–74, 76–77, 79, 102

  “work-up”: 85, 86

  Youth’s Companion: 55, 56