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| Legends of Buried Treasure and Lost Mines | |
| An Inquiry into the Sources of Treasure Legends of Texas | p. 3 |
| The Legend of the San Saba or Bowie Mine | p. 12 |
| Lost Gold of the Llano Country | p. 20 |
| Lost Mines of the Llano and San Saba | p. 24 |
| Treasure Legends of McMullen County | p. 28 |
| Legendary Spanish Forts Down the Nueces | p. 43 |
| Treasure Chest on the Nueces | p. 49 |
| The Battlefields of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma | p. 51 |
| How Dollars Turned into Bumble Bees and Other Legends | p. 52 |
| Native Treasure Talk up the Frio | p. 57 |
| The Silver Ledge on the Frio | p. 60 |
| Lost Mine Near Sabinal | p. 62 |
| The Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend | p. 64 |
| Mysterious Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains | p. 67 |
| Lost Copper Mines and Spanish Gold, Haskell County | p. 72 |
| Lost Lead Mine on the Brazos, King County | p. 77 |
| The Accursed Gold in the Santa Anna Mountains | p. 78 |
| The Hole of Gold Near Wichita Falls | p. 80 |
| Buried Treasure Legends of Cooke County | p. 81 |
| The Treasure Cannon of the Neches | p. 84 |
| The Dream Woman and the White Rose Bush | p. 89 |
| Steinheimer's Millions | p. 91 |
| The Snively Legend | p. 95 |
| Buried Treasure Legends of Milam County | p. 99 |
| The Wagon-Load of Silver in Clear Fork Creek | p. 103 |
| Moro's Gold | p. 104 |
| Legends of the Supernatural | |
| The Legend of Stampede Mesa | p. 111 |
| The Woman of the Western Star: A Legend of the Rangers | p. 115 |
| The Devil and Strap Buckner | p. 118 |
| The Legend of Cheetwah | p. 130 |
| The Mysterious Woman in Blue | p. 132 |
| The Headless Squatter | p. 135 |
| Mysterious Music in the San Bernard River | p. 137 |
| The Death Bell of the Brazos | p. 141 |
| The Legend of the Salt Marshes | p. 143 |
| Rhymes of Galveston Bay | p. 143 |
| Legends of Lovers | |
| The Enchanted Rock in Llano County | p. 153 |
| Francesca: A Legend of Old Fort Stockton | p. 157 |
| Lover's Retreat and Lovers' Retreat, Palo Pinto | p. 159 |
| Lover's Leap in Kimble County | p. 163 |
| The Waiting Woman | p. 167 |
| Lover's Leap at Santa Anna | p. 169 |
| Antonette's Leap: The Legend of Mount Bonnell | p. 171 |
| Pirates and Pirate Treasure in Legend | |
| From Sunset in August: Galveston Beach | p. 179 |
| Life and Legends of Lafitte the Pirate | p. 179 |
| The Uneasy Ghost of Lafitte | p. 185 |
| Lafitte Lore | p. 189 |
| The Pirate Ship of the San Bernard: A Legend of Theodosia Burr Allston | p. 191 |
| Legendary Origins of Texas Flowers, Names, and Streams | |
| An Indian Legend of the Blue Bonnet | p. 197 |
| How the Water Lilies Came to the San Marcos River | p. 200 |
| The Legend of Eagle Lake | p. 201 |
| The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches | p. 204 |
| Indian Bluff on Canadian River | p. 205 |
| How Medicine Mounds of Hardeman County Got Their Name | p. 207 |
| The Naming of Metheglin Creek | p. 208 |
| How Dead Horse Canyon Got Its Name | p. 209 |
| How the Brazos River Got Its Name | p. 209 |
| How the Brazos and the Colorado Originated | p. 218 |
| Miscellaneous Legends | |
| The White Steed of the Prairies | p. 223 |
| The Legend of Sam Bass | p. 226 |
| The Horn Worshipers | p. 230 |
| The Cave of Montezuma | p. 233 |
| The First Corn Crop in Texas | p. 236 |
| La Casa del Santa Anna | p. 237 |
| Lost Canyon of the Big Bend Country | p. 238 |
| A Tradition of La Salle's Expedition into Texas | p. 241 |
| Big Foot and Little Foot | p. 242 |
| The Wild Woman of the Navidad | p. 242 |
| Bibliography of Texas Legends | p. 255 |
| Contributors | p. 261 |
| Proceedings of the Texas Folk-Lore Society | p. 263 |
| Members of the Texas Folk-Lore Society | p. 264 |
| Index | p. 271 |
| Illustrations | |
| The Magic Circle: A Chart of the Blanco Mine | p. 25 |
| The Spider Rock | p. 73 |
| Stampede Mesa | p. 113 |
| Lower's Leap: Junction, Kimble County | p. 152 |
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