In a message dated 1/12/00 8:12:52 PM Central Standard Time, EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << To add to the discussion of where the boundaries of the areas are, let me interject a thought. When the Republic joined the US the treaty gave Texas the right to divide into 5 seperate states. If we made the US honor the treaty, Where would the new states boundaries be and what would we call the states?????????? Charles L White >> Now Charles, you know all good Texans would want to retain the name. So I think we would have Texas 1, Texas 2, Texas 3, ---- I imagine they would all want the appellation Texas 1, so someone from each new Texas would have to be available to draw straws! Big advantage of division -- ten Texas senators instead of just Two! love joan