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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Paul Horgan. among high slopes and rocky screens . If two worked as a pair , they sought for a concealed place where ... slope of the shore , and , a little removed , they fixed a pole in deep mud and chained the trap to it . They ...
Paul Horgan. among high slopes and rocky screens . If two worked as a pair , they sought for a concealed place where ... slope of the shore , and , a little removed , they fixed a pole in deep mud and chained the trap to it . They ...
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... slopes where he descended with his haul . At five dollars a pound it would bring him two thousand dollars in the market . But once again in Taos , he might then meet trouble with the Mexican authorities . Now that he had his cargo ...
... slopes where he descended with his haul . At five dollars a pound it would bring him two thousand dollars in the market . But once again in Taos , he might then meet trouble with the Mexican authorities . Now that he had his cargo ...
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Paul Horgan. whose mild slopes and level floor recalled its origin as a huge lake . Through it the river ran a gentle ... slope of the continental divide . By 1870 there was enough traffic along the headwaters of the Rio Grande to call ...
Paul Horgan. whose mild slopes and level floor recalled its origin as a huge lake . Through it the river ran a gentle ... slope of the continental divide . By 1870 there was enough traffic along the headwaters of the Rio Grande to call ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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