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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... Point Isabel , a little port nine miles up the coast from the Rio Grande , in a harbor formed by reaches of low land divided by a narrow entrance from the sea , called Los Brazos de Santiago - the Arms of Saint James . Here General ...
... Point Isabel , a little port nine miles up the coast from the Rio Grande , in a harbor formed by reaches of low land divided by a narrow entrance from the sea , called Los Brazos de Santiago - the Arms of Saint James . Here General ...
Page 611
... Point Isabel was bracketed from sea and land . Saying good - bye to his little monopoly , Captain Rodríguez set fire to the customs house and as many other huts as possible , and with General García and the Mexican troops , ran away ...
... Point Isabel was bracketed from sea and land . Saying good - bye to his little monopoly , Captain Rodríguez set fire to the customs house and as many other huts as possible , and with General García and the Mexican troops , ran away ...
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... Point Isabel . Communications with the base were already pre- carious . So many Mexican troops were massing on the coast that reports came into camp telling how Point Isabel had already been attacked . Not Chapita , but his nephew , had ...
... Point Isabel . Communications with the base were already pre- carious . So many Mexican troops were massing on the coast that reports came into camp telling how Point Isabel had already been attacked . Not Chapita , but his nephew , had ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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