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Cammack at one point during the trial was asked whether she is a citizen of Texas, and responded that she was born in Texas and calls herself a "Texian."

From US News • Oct. 29, 2015

In the 1836 battle between Texian and Mexican forces, the Alamo's vastly outnumbered defenders were routed by Mexican forces in a 13-day siege.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2015

As Santa Anna and the greatest army ever assembled broke through the gallant Texians’ final fort defense, the Texian republicans fought to the very last—this much we know to be true.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2013

He called himself a Texian, adding the i and defining it as "one of the old rocks of the state."

From Time Magazine Archive

Here a squad of Mexicans, here a Texian or two.

From A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by Knowles, J. Harris (John Harris)