Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 476
... Mexican administrator at San Antonio . The remorseless Nixon per- sisted in his defamations , even though a Mexican friend assured Austin that his protestations were " falso y falsisimo . " But every whisper of ill will only increased ...
... Mexican administrator at San Antonio . The remorseless Nixon per- sisted in his defamations , even though a Mexican friend assured Austin that his protestations were " falso y falsisimo . " But every whisper of ill will only increased ...
Page 748
... Mexican army of eleven hundred men - lancers , cavalry and infantry — with a howitzer . They advanced steadily , coming along a high level parallel to the river and to mountains that rose a few miles away as the eastern limit of the ...
... Mexican army of eleven hundred men - lancers , cavalry and infantry — with a howitzer . They advanced steadily , coming along a high level parallel to the river and to mountains that rose a few miles away as the eastern limit of the ...
Page 817
... Mexican food , and see bullfights , and hear the music of the Mexican army band " -so sweet and thrilling- " , and watch the " superb drilling of Mexican soldiers , who marched and countermarched for at least an hour without a single ...
... Mexican food , and see bullfights , and hear the music of the Mexican army band " -so sweet and thrilling- " , and watch the " superb drilling of Mexican soldiers , who marched and countermarched for at least an hour without a single ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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