A new history of Texas : being a narration of the adventures of the author in Texas, and a description of the soil, climate, productions, minerals, towns, bays, harbours, rivers, institutions, and manners and customs of the inhabitants of that country : together with the principal incidents of fifteen years revolution in Mexico : and embracing a condensed statement of interesting events in Texas, from the first European settlement in 1692, down to the present time : and a history of the Mexican war, including accounts of the Battles of Pala Alto, Resca de la Palma and the taking of Monterey.