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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... garrison . There was every possibility in the encampment across the plain to the south that the Texans would not be content until they took the Álamo also . There were now about a thousand men gathered beyond the Concepción mission with ...
... garrison . There was every possibility in the encampment across the plain to the south that the Texans would not be content until they took the Álamo also . There were now about a thousand men gathered beyond the Concepción mission with ...
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... garrison did not sleep , and looked at one another , and wondered where the General was . The firing went on all morning , Friday , May eighth , in hot , sticky weather . The garrison was tired . They had not even the satisfac- tion of ...
... garrison did not sleep , and looked at one another , and wondered where the General was . The firing went on all morning , Friday , May eighth , in hot , sticky weather . The garrison was tired . They had not even the satisfac- tion of ...
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... garrison at Fort Fillmore . The fort commander was Major Isaac Lynde , a kindly , gray- bearded veteran of thirty - four years in the Infantry , who soon heard that the Texans were coming . In spite of what he knew , he ordered no extra ...
... garrison at Fort Fillmore . The fort commander was Major Isaac Lynde , a kindly , gray- bearded veteran of thirty - four years in the Infantry , who soon heard that the Texans were coming . In spite of what he knew , he ordered no extra ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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