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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... climbed forty feet down the bluff , moved up the creek a little distance , and forded it waist - high . During this movement Don Juan , the mayor , made his escape . Coming up to the town they met a Mexican picket , opened fire , and ...
... climbed forty feet down the bluff , moved up the creek a little distance , and forded it waist - high . During this movement Don Juan , the mayor , made his escape . Coming up to the town they met a Mexican picket , opened fire , and ...
Page 651
... climbed through primitive generations or centuries toward a flowering of refined art based on their utilitarian creations . But there were two reasons why such a sequence was not necessary . First , the set- tlers were not socially ...
... climbed through primitive generations or centuries toward a flowering of refined art based on their utilitarian creations . But there were two reasons why such a sequence was not necessary . First , the set- tlers were not socially ...
Page 681
... climbed across one another to swim . Many were drowned , including wounded who were carried in sacks on muleback . It was like a mindless swarm of brown - skinned animals that ran breathless before a prairie fire . It was not long until ...
... climbed across one another to swim . Many were drowned , including wounded who were carried in sacks on muleback . It was like a mindless swarm of brown - skinned animals that ran breathless before a prairie fire . It was not long until ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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