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 538
... killed , wounded or captured . The Texans lost two men killed , and twenty - three wounded , out of seven hundred and eighty- three in the engagement . If his soldiers asked that night where the President of Mexico might be , the story ...
... killed , wounded or captured . The Texans lost two men killed , and twenty - three wounded , out of seven hundred and eighty- three in the engagement . If his soldiers asked that night where the President of Mexico might be , the story ...
Page 766
... killed him with a few final arrows . His body was given to hogs who feasted upon it until in the afternoon Mrs. Beaubien , who had lost her son , dared to see that it was buried . Upriver at the same time seven Americans were killed and ...
... killed him with a few final arrows . His body was given to hogs who feasted upon it until in the afternoon Mrs. Beaubien , who had lost her son , dared to see that it was buried . Upriver at the same time seven Americans were killed and ...
Page 925
... killed him . In another second there was rifle fire from two sides of the camp and the town . Families were awakened by what at first they " thought was hail on the roof . " Then bullets broke against the walls of houses , and screams ...
... killed him . In another second there was rifle fire from two sides of the camp and the town . Families were awakened by what at first they " thought was hail on the roof . " Then bullets broke against the walls of houses , and screams ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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