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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... miles came to a dam of stone and brush that diverted the waters to the El Paso settlements for irrigation . Three miles farther loomed the tower of Guadalupe , at one corner of the plaza . Again the customs inspection delayed progress ...
... miles came to a dam of stone and brush that diverted the waters to the El Paso settlements for irrigation . Three miles farther loomed the tower of Guadalupe , at one corner of the plaza . Again the customs inspection delayed progress ...
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... miles to the north , which sent the river on a wide bend toward the west . Two miles farther north , the mesa ended at another open plain with easy banks at each side of the river , where russet reeds clustered at the water's edge , and ...
... miles to the north , which sent the river on a wide bend toward the west . Two miles farther north , the mesa ended at another open plain with easy banks at each side of the river , where russet reeds clustered at the water's edge , and ...
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... miles from north to south . Ten miles of it lay in the United States ; forty miles of it , sawed off by the river , lay in Mexico . The range was half a mile high and twelve miles wide . Its top was a plateau , tilted slightly to the ...
... miles from north to south . Ten miles of it lay in the United States ; forty miles of it , sawed off by the river , lay in Mexico . The range was half a mile high and twelve miles wide . Its top was a plateau , tilted slightly to the ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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American animals Armijo arms army arrived artillery attack bank battle brought Brownsville Camargo camp Canales canyon Captain Carranza cattle cavalry Chihuahua citizens Coahuila Colonel colony command Congress cow boy crossed desert Díaz Eagle Pass El Paso enemy fight fire forces Fort Bliss Fort Craig frontier garrison gave Governor Gulf heard horse hundred Indians infantry killed knew land later Magoffin Manuel Armijo Matamoros ment Mexican Mexico City Mier miles Monterrey mountains moved nation night officers once Pancho Villa party Paso passed plain plaza Point Isabel prairies President Presidio prisoners pueblos Republic rifle river road Saltillo San Antonio Santa Anna Santa Fe seemed sent settlers Socorro soldiers soon Spanish Stephen Austin Taos Taylor territory Texans Texas thousand tion took town traders troops turned United upriver Veracruz Villa volunteers wagons wrote