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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... Canyon . Las Vegas lay beyond , and Fort Union . Soon the main body of Texans would join the camp at the mouth of the canyon , and the sweep to the northeast would continue . But on March twenty - sixth in the afternoon the Confederate ...
... Canyon . Las Vegas lay beyond , and Fort Union . Soon the main body of Texans would join the camp at the mouth of the canyon , and the sweep to the northeast would continue . But on March twenty - sixth in the afternoon the Confederate ...
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... Canyon , and was soon succeeded by Big Mariscal Canyon , of similar character . The voyagers saw in it " a Rocky Mountain sheep far above ... upon an inaccessible ledge . Serafine took one shot at him , and he tum- bled back in a ...
... Canyon , and was soon succeeded by Big Mariscal Canyon , of similar character . The voyagers saw in it " a Rocky Mountain sheep far above ... upon an inaccessible ledge . Serafine took one shot at him , and he tum- bled back in a ...
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... canyon . " And then the moonlight would creep up the other wall until all was darkness again . They met no obstruction in the Boquillas , and one day never knowing which turn of the dark chasm would at last show them a vista not of ...
... canyon . " And then the moonlight would creep up the other wall until all was darkness again . They met no obstruction in the Boquillas , and one day never knowing which turn of the dark chasm would at last show them a vista not of ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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