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 576
... prisoners . The Governor's trumpeter sounded the flourishes that always announced him , and the Captain drew up his force in line by the roadside . The Governor rode forward to the prisoners showing all his hearty charm . Without ...
... prisoners . The Governor's trumpeter sounded the flourishes that always announced him , and the Captain drew up his force in line by the roadside . The Governor rode forward to the prisoners showing all his hearty charm . Without ...
Page 584
... prisoners . El Paso could not do enough for the miserable Texans . The citizens fed them , let them bathe , gave them money , clothes and beds . The young parish priest , Father Ramón Ortiz , endeared himself to everyone with his ...
... prisoners . El Paso could not do enough for the miserable Texans . The citizens fed them , let them bathe , gave them money , clothes and beds . The young parish priest , Father Ramón Ortiz , endeared himself to everyone with his ...
Page 599
... prisoner had to be shot fifteen times before he died- and a scramble amidst the Mexican soldiery as one fainted at what he saw and as he fell was caught by the others . So evening came on March 25 , 1843. In the morning the prisoners ...
... prisoner had to be shot fifteen times before he died- and a scramble amidst the Mexican soldiery as one fainted at what he saw and as he fell was caught by the others . So evening came on March 25 , 1843. In the morning the prisoners ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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