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 567
... moved . He reassured them of his faith in them , and prepara- tions for an attack upon Saltillo began . The city , too , was busy in the golden October weather . Its flat roofs were prepared for spectators of the coming battle , and ...
... moved . He reassured them of his faith in them , and prepara- tions for an attack upon Saltillo began . The city , too , was busy in the golden October weather . Its flat roofs were prepared for spectators of the coming battle , and ...
Page 624
... moved westward to look once more for a better life . And soon , too , the woods took back what they had lost to the clearings . The post traveller would come upon a little opening of light through the green density and there see a ...
... moved westward to look once more for a better life . And soon , too , the woods took back what they had lost to the clearings . The post traveller would come upon a little opening of light through the green density and there see a ...
Page 812
... moved from Santa Fe to a new site near Las Vegas , where Fort Union was immediately established and construction begun . For thirty years Fort Union was to be the headquarters and supply depot of the Army in New Mexico . All Missouri ...
... moved from Santa Fe to a new site near Las Vegas , where Fort Union was immediately established and construction begun . For thirty years Fort Union was to be the headquarters and supply depot of the Army in New Mexico . All Missouri ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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