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 551
... stopped for a meal or a lodging for the night ; and New Mexican women were gentle with the tall , energetic , and often blond men from the East , some of whom fell in love with the country , and resolved to stay , marry , and make their ...
... stopped for a meal or a lodging for the night ; and New Mexican women were gentle with the tall , energetic , and often blond men from the East , some of whom fell in love with the country , and resolved to stay , marry , and make their ...
Page 575
... stopped it . The officer and his men returned to the street , and there he announced for all to hear that once the Texans were disposed of , he " would return with his troops and would destroy all of us , the strangers . . . . We ...
... stopped it . The officer and his men returned to the street , and there he announced for all to hear that once the Texans were disposed of , he " would return with his troops and would destroy all of us , the strangers . . . . We ...
Page 678
... stopped . It stopped at two o'clock that Friday , and in the deep relief of silence , the garrison heard nothing , for a few moments . And then , from far away , a great meaning trundled through the hot , dense air . The soldiers of ...
... stopped . It stopped at two o'clock that Friday , and in the deep relief of silence , the garrison heard nothing , for a few moments . And then , from far away , a great meaning trundled through the hot , dense air . The soldiers of ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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