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 482
... looked out darkly . Against her white paint two small brass cannon sparkled at bow and stern . These were on guard against pirates in the Gulf or robbers on land . She pad- dled along bustily like a heavy , changeling swan that could ...
... looked out darkly . Against her white paint two small brass cannon sparkled at bow and stern . These were on guard against pirates in the Gulf or robbers on land . She pad- dled along bustily like a heavy , changeling swan that could ...
Page 581
... looked hungrily to their custodian for food , and leaped with joy when he called them - all one hundred eighty- seven of them - to gather about him . When he was surrounded , Captain Salazar reached into a receptacle he had , and took ...
... looked hungrily to their custodian for food , and leaped with joy when he called them - all one hundred eighty- seven of them - to gather about him . When he was surrounded , Captain Salazar reached into a receptacle he had , and took ...
Page 891
... looked " like a city of fresh cardboard . " The street was all confusion and move- ment . He saw " oxteams , mules , men , and donkeys loaded with ore . . . sinking knee deep in the mud , " and " furniture , and kegs of beer , bed- ding ...
... looked " like a city of fresh cardboard . " The street was all confusion and move- ment . He saw " oxteams , mules , men , and donkeys loaded with ore . . . sinking knee deep in the mud , " and " furniture , and kegs of beer , bed- ding ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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