Bastrop and Lee Counties Texas: History of the Wend Colony 1854 - Explore Early Settlements & Pioneer Life in Texas" （注：原标题似乎与跨境电商商品无关，因此调整为更符合历史/文化类商品的标题，并增加了历史探索和早期定居者生活场景的描述。）

On December 16, 1854, the Ben Nevis arrived in Galveston, Texas with 500 "Wends" aboard. They immediately traveled to Houston, Texas to avoid the yellow fever raging throughout Galveston. The Serbo-Lusatians [or, Wends], were led by Lutheran pastor John Kilian. The Wends are said to have come from Prussian and Saxony and are not considered German in origin but descendants of the Polab Slavs and Veneti of the Middle Ages. The Wends were oppressed by the German government, held down economically, and finally forced by the king to join the union of the Reformed and Lutheran churches. This led to the journey to Texas.

This publication contains a wealth of genealogical information on these hearty, adventuresome people including the village, city, and region where each was born, birth-date, and occupation. As a bonus, the author includes remarks [date of death, where buried, etc.]. If your ancestors were passengers on the Ben Nevis, this item is a 'must-have'.

J. McManus

1985, paper, 15 pp.

ISBN: 9780788473975

101E-FI0473