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 565
... Republic of the Rio Grande . Horse- men took copies of the document up and down the flat valley and inland to ranches , villages and towns . On January eighteenth enough delegates were assembled to give form to deliberations and , at ...
... Republic of the Rio Grande . Horse- men took copies of the document up and down the flat valley and inland to ranches , villages and towns . On January eighteenth enough delegates were assembled to give form to deliberations and , at ...
Page 568
... republic lost another defender when Colonel Antonio Zapata was captured near Morelos , and , having refused to turn traitor to his cause , was executed and beheaded . The Centralists brought his head in a barrel of brandy to Guerrero on ...
... republic lost another defender when Colonel Antonio Zapata was captured near Morelos , and , having refused to turn traitor to his cause , was executed and beheaded . The Centralists brought his head in a barrel of brandy to Guerrero on ...
Page 842
... Republic . The results were most promis- ing . The Emperor's army abandoned all of north Mexico as far south as Monterrey . The only imperial garrison was the handful left at Mata- moros with Mejía , and they were confined there by ...
... Republic . The results were most promis- ing . The Emperor's army abandoned all of north Mexico as far south as Monterrey . The only imperial garrison was the handful left at Mata- moros with Mejía , and they were confined there by ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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