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17 Bremen, from which they plan to sail to Texas (to America). This fact is worth mentioning because, as is known, Slavic people are so attached to their native land that their emigration is unusual.^^ When the Silesians reached Bremen, they boarded the bark Weser on which they sailed to Galveston. 33 This vessel had made numerous trips between Bremen and Galveston, making the journey at least as early as 1843. Completing the crossing in about nine weeks, the Weser arrived in Galveston on December 3, 1854, docking at the Merchant's Wharf.-^^ The founders of the first Polish colony in America had arrived in the New World. 32 Gwiazdka Cieszynska, October 7, 1854, p. 555, in Andrzej Brozek, "Poczatki Emigracji z Gornego Slaska do Ameryki w Swietle Wspo^czesnej Prasy Polskiej na Slasku" [The Beginning of Immigration from Upper Silesia to America as Seen from the Viewpoint of the Polish Press of Silesia], Kwartalnik Historyczny, LXXV, No. 1 (1968), p. 5. 33 Przygoda, p. 5. 34 The Civilian and Gazette (Galveston), (June ?), 1843, unpaged. 35 Galveston Weekly News, December 5, 1854, p. 3; Ethel Handler Geue, New Homes in a^ New Land (Waco, Tex.: Texian Press, 1970), p. 40.
CHAPTER II <strong>PANNA</strong> <strong>MARIA</strong> 1855-1861 The immediate need of the Silesians upon arrival at Galveston was to get in touch with Father Moczygemba. However, the good father was not there to meet them. His absence may have been caused by the fact that he had only recently assumed additional duties as the superior of the Conventual Franciscan missions in Texas. Whatever the reason, the Silesians were on their own in Galveston. Their subsequent lack of an adequate interpreter may explain why Customs Collector H. Stuart at Galveston classified them as "from Germany" in his quarterly report 37 to Washington. The Silesians made their way toward San Antonio, where they hoped to find Father Leopold. Travelling either on foot or in hired Mexican carts, the colonists went first down the Gulf coastal plain to the town of Indianola, a port on Lavaca Bay. This first stage of their travel in 36 Swastek, p. 6. 37 U. S., 33rd Congress, 2nd Session, House Executive Document No. 77 [Letter from the Secretary of State Transmitting the Annual Report of Passengers Arriving in the United States] (Washington, D. C: A. 0. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855), pp. 34-35. 18
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through Berlin in September 1854, a
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CHAPTER VI PANNA MARIA AS THE MOTHE
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91 to San Antonio. Since San Antoni
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Czestochowa, only five miles north
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95 which draw large numbers of visi
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97 from one region of one Prussian
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Brozek, Andrzej, and Borek, Henryk.
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Haiman, Miecislaus. Polish Past in
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Lyssy, Albert. Military Service Rec
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105 Randel, Jo Stewart, and Carson
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