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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... river's defenses . On the fifteenth American troops seized the village of Barita , their first conquest on the Mexican side of the river . The village lay a few miles upstream from the mouth , and consisted of a customs station and many ...
... river's defenses . On the fifteenth American troops seized the village of Barita , their first conquest on the Mexican side of the river . The village lay a few miles upstream from the mouth , and consisted of a customs station and many ...
Page 705
... river pouring angrily into the Gulf , and nothing but dunes north of the river , and the village of Bagdad south of it , where smugglers trafficked , and along the shore only wreckage silvered and rotted by the furious sun and the sandy ...
... river pouring angrily into the Gulf , and nothing but dunes north of the river , and the village of Bagdad south of it , where smugglers trafficked , and along the shore only wreckage silvered and rotted by the furious sun and the sandy ...
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... river . The castle's owner watered his park with river water in summer , and in winter took his children on a sled over the river when it froze solid . He wore skates . The sled had wooden runners , and a board bed with a small chair ...
... river . The castle's owner watered his park with river water in summer , and in winter took his children on a sled over the river when it froze solid . He wore skates . The sled had wooden runners , and a board bed with a small chair ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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