The Junior Historian, Volume 8, Number 4, January 1948 Page: 24
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THE JUNIOR HISTORIAN
I)ack to the United States rapidly, and
the Mexican War was the first in his-
tory comprehensively covered in daily
newspapers. -Ie witnessed nearly every
battle that took place from Vera Cruz
to, Chapultepec. At the battle of Chapul-
tepec he was slightly wounded in the
knee.
I)During every battle he took notes, as
he did on the Santa Fe expedition, and
made sketches of the landscape. He took
his sketches to France, where Carl
Nebel, a Belgian artist, did them in
water color. During his stay in France
he married Adeline de Valcourt; five
years later they returned to America
with their five-year-old child, Gloria.
Kendall left his family at Mobile while
he hastened to find a house for them
in New Orleans. After searching for
two weeks he finally found lodgings in
the home of a Mrs. Rice on Julia Street.
near St. Patrick's Church. He rented
the second and third stories of the
house.
Kendall traveled around the country
to collect news for the Picayune. -He
was in San Antonio to witness the ar-
rival of the caravan of camels, with
their Arab attendants, which Jefferson
l)avis, secretary of war, imported in
hope they would prove the solution to
the transportation problem of the arid
West. By this time Kendall's family
had moved to Oaks Springs ranch in
Comal County, where he began raising
sheep. lie gave up his position as co-
partner in the Picayune but still re-
tained an interest in it. On his ranch
Kendall pioneered in the breeding of
Merino sheep.
lie continued to do his writing, al-
though engaged in the business of
ranching. On October 14, 1867, he
wrote in his diary, "Dark, damp, and
showery this morning, with occasional
sharpish showers. No great amount of
rain fell, but sufficient to do a good deal
of good. Commenced laying--"
Kendall laid down his pen, to write
nothing more. On Monday, October 21,his w fe picked up the tiny black vol-
ume Of Kendall's diary for 1867, and
wrote:
My dear husband died at a quarter to nine
o'clock 1'.ir. on the 21st of October, 1867,
of congestion of both lungs. Dr. Murse tried
every 'emedy he knew, but he could not save
him. I sent to San Antonio for another doctor,
l)ut he came at half past ten, it was too late!
Tl'he history of the Mexican War.
entitled "''he War Between the United
States and Mexico." illustrated by
Nehel, remained unfinished until his
soan, I'letcher, wrote the final chapter.
"l'his ended the career of George
\Vilkins Kendall. When a new county
was organized from Kerr and Blanco
counties in 1862, it was named Kendall
in honor of this great journalist,
rancher, and pioneer.
NAMES ON THE LAND
!Continued from Page 2 of Cover)
I'icach, hMountains in 1871. 'Texas historians
knew Snively well as an important figure
during the Texas Republic and the leader of
the Snively Expedition; the Barnes' note was
a true boon to them in telling what ultimately
became of the frontier figure.
Too few of the pioneers had time to
record their experiences, and information
passed down by word of mouth gets garbled.
Young historians, especially those in the
western and Panhandle counties of Texas,
where the old-timers and local founders are
now still alive, should waste no time in
recording permanently the actual origins of
their local place names. They will be making
a historical contribution, and they will doubt-
less b able to say with Francis Bacon,
"Name, though it seem but a superficial and
outward matter, yet it carrieth much impres-
sion and enchantment."
"I'here is nothing that solidifies and
strengthens a nation like reading the
nation's history, whether the history is
recorded in books, or embodied in cus-
toms, institutions, and monuments.-
J. An derson.
I h ive read somewhere or other - in
I)ionx sius of Halicarnassus I think -
that HIistory is Philosophy teaching by
examl1es.-Bolingbroke.24
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