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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... Taos near the Rio Grande was the northern town nearest the beaver waters of the mountains , and there came the mountain men to organize their supplies for the trap- ping seasons . They found that some men of the Ranchos de Taos already ...
... Taos near the Rio Grande was the northern town nearest the beaver waters of the mountains , and there came the mountain men to organize their supplies for the trap- ping seasons . They found that some men of the Ranchos de Taos already ...
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... Taos , was awakened , denuded , marched through the village before the rebels who sang as they pricked him with lances and arrows , and scalped alive . Praying them to kill him , he instead received arrows that drove delicately into his ...
... Taos , was awakened , denuded , marched through the village before the rebels who sang as they pricked him with lances and arrows , and scalped alive . Praying them to kill him , he instead received arrows that drove delicately into his ...
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Paul Horgan. 25 . Trial at Taos In Taos the war on the river entered upon its last scenes when the rebel leaders were brought to trial before Judge Beaubien , whose son had been one of their victims . The hearings were opened at nine in ...
Paul Horgan. 25 . Trial at Taos In Taos the war on the river entered upon its last scenes when the rebel leaders were brought to trial before Judge Beaubien , whose son had been one of their victims . The hearings were opened at nine in ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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