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
... never leave the water , though giving to the sky from her tall black neck a proud and billowing banner of dense smoke shot through with huge sparks of burning wood that crackled upward when the boilers were stocked anew . Her fuel she ...
... never leave the water , though giving to the sky from her tall black neck a proud and billowing banner of dense smoke shot through with huge sparks of burning wood that crackled upward when the boilers were stocked anew . Her fuel she ...
Page 758
... never written . " The second , from New Orleans , was never delivered , because of what Scott later called " gross neglect of the officer who bore it . " The third , from Camargo , reached Taylor on January fourteenth upon his return ...
... never written . " The second , from New Orleans , was never delivered , because of what Scott later called " gross neglect of the officer who bore it . " The third , from Camargo , reached Taylor on January fourteenth upon his return ...
Page 902
... never sleep until the glorious light had ferreted out the shadows from every crevice and driven darkness from the canyon . " And then the moonlight would creep up the other wall until all was darkness again . They met no obstruction in ...
... never sleep until the glorious light had ferreted out the shadows from every crevice and driven darkness from the canyon . " And then the moonlight would creep up the other wall until all was darkness again . They met no obstruction in ...
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