January, 1851, Ordered to El Paso--Capt. Sitgreaves--Sail for 107
Havana--Barnum and Jennie Lind--Sail for New Orleans--By Steamer
to Galveston--On the Gulf for Indianola--San Antonio--Report of
Expedition--Unprecedented March without Water--Indians--With
Gen. Jesup--Hartford Convention--Battles on the Canadian
Frontier--Gov. W. P. Duval (Ralph Ringwood)--United States
Senators--Clay's Magnetism--His Duel with John Randolph--Lieut.
R. F. Stockton, United States Navy, Duel with English Officers
at Gibraltar--John Howard Payne--Commodore Van Rensselaer
Morgan--My Marriage--Assigned to Fort Smith, Ark.--Trips to
Washita, Fort Gibson, and Towson--Choctaws and Cherokees--John
Ross--Journey from Fort Smith to Natchez, Miss.--A
Misanthrope--Gen. John A. Quitman--Death of Mrs. Roberts--Tender
My Resignation--Go to My Plantation--Go to San Antonio--Death of
Mrs. French--Sail for Europe--John Brown's Raid