Like most State Constitutions, the Texas Constitution conatins a Bill of Rights, separation of powers provisions and articles and provisions for revisions of the Constitution.
It is one of the longest of the U.S. state constitutions and is notorious for its general weakness.
Augustine's starting point for his account of the relationship between men and women is the story of the creation and Fall found in Genesis 2-3.
In Genesis 2: 18 God says “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” From this Augustine concludes that Eve is made to be Adam's helper. He further deduces that her primary role must be procreation as (in his view) a male companion would be better for every other task. Better for physical labour (stronger) better for conversation (more in common).
'If it were not the case that the woman was created to be man’s helper specifically for the production of children, then why would she have been created as a “helper”? Was it so that she might work the land with him? No . . . a male would have made a better assistant. One can also posit that the reason for her creation as a helper had to do with the companionship she could provide for the man . . . . Yet for company and conversation, how much more agreeable it is for two male friends to dwell together than for a man and a woman! . . .
I believe the answer is: They thought it was animals.
At that time, the colonists still haven't been familiar with the local tribes in that area. By the time they realized that that the sound came from the native (as some sort of war cry that they do to initiate an attack) , it's far too late for them to run away.
The 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia is known as bloody Sunday<span />
