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 661
... bank of the river opposite Matamoros on March twenty - eighth where the Army was camped in a square with its wagons in the middle which seemed to a young officer " a very bad position for defense . " In the after- noon a flag staff was ...
... bank of the river opposite Matamoros on March twenty - eighth where the Army was camped in a square with its wagons in the middle which seemed to a young officer " a very bad position for defense . " In the after- noon a flag staff was ...
Page 662
... bank of the river will regard the passage of any armed party of Mexicans in hostile array across the Rio Grande as an act of war , and pursue it accordingly . ” The interview was over . Worth and his officers were ferried back across ...
... bank of the river will regard the passage of any armed party of Mexicans in hostile array across the Rio Grande as an act of war , and pursue it accordingly . ” The interview was over . Worth and his officers were ferried back across ...
Page 712
... banks . The green mesquite was a slow fuel , and many a boat had to pull into the bank during the day to get up steam before resuming her voyage . If the river was free of snags , it presented a channel that shifted among soft sand bars ...
... banks . The green mesquite was a slow fuel , and many a boat had to pull into the bank during the day to get up steam before resuming her voyage . If the river was free of snags , it presented a channel that shifted among soft sand bars ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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