— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 11 May 2014, was last revised on 19 May 2014. © Govinthenews Vol. 5:05(1). ——————————- The Texas state motto, Friendship, was adopted by the Forty-first Texas Legislature in February 1930. The motto is appropriate, because the word Texas (alternately spelled Tejas and pronounced “TAY-hoss”) is the Spanish pronunciation of a Caddo Indian word which, ...