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 466
... months the mountain men worked , obedient to animal laws and themselves almost animal in their isolation , freedom and harmony with the wilderness . Their peltries were cached and the piles grew , in the end to be baled with rawhide ...
... months the mountain men worked , obedient to animal laws and themselves almost animal in their isolation , freedom and harmony with the wilderness . Their peltries were cached and the piles grew , in the end to be baled with rawhide ...
Page 473
... months later word went to Texas from across the river that Comanches were on the rampage , stealing horses and mules , killing soldiery , and committing " excesses against some poor women " who were alone on a ranch far removed from the ...
... months later word went to Texas from across the river that Comanches were on the rampage , stealing horses and mules , killing soldiery , and committing " excesses against some poor women " who were alone on a ranch far removed from the ...
Page 484
... months , during which the high water would have taken the Ariel most profitably up and down the river , his men were all inca- pacitated , and she lay idle at Matamoros , while salaries continued , and expenses of upkeep . Morosely he ...
... months , during which the high water would have taken the Ariel most profitably up and down the river , his men were all inca- pacitated , and she lay idle at Matamoros , while salaries continued , and expenses of upkeep . Morosely he ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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