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 464
... rifle - never a shotgun , which he scorned as an effete fowling piece . Made in the gun works of the brothers Jacob and Samuel Hawken , of St. Louis , the rifle had two locks for which he kept about him a hundred flints , twenty - five ...
... rifle - never a shotgun , which he scorned as an effete fowling piece . Made in the gun works of the brothers Jacob and Samuel Hawken , of St. Louis , the rifle had two locks for which he kept about him a hundred flints , twenty - five ...
Page 499
... rifle better than the whip , but who nevertheless officiated as wagoners . " Santa Fe had never seen the like . They wore anything and everything . The merchant was the most elegant , in his dark , fustian long coat with its many ...
... rifle better than the whip , but who nevertheless officiated as wagoners . " Santa Fe had never seen the like . They wore anything and everything . The merchant was the most elegant , in his dark , fustian long coat with its many ...
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... rifle . Audubon saw them at it . The rifleman first cleaned his barrel . He then took a ball from his leather pouch , cupped it in the palm of his hand , and from his slung horn poured just enough powder to cover the ball . He poured ...
... rifle . Audubon saw them at it . The rifleman first cleaned his barrel . He then took a ball from his leather pouch , cupped it in the palm of his hand , and from his slung horn poured just enough powder to cover the ball . He poured ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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