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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... taken out of the Palace , and at the site of a sentry post three hundred yards from the plaza , were beheaded , while the Governor breathed in a state paper , " May God grant that this spectacle , so sad for peaceful New Mexico , be the ...
... taken out of the Palace , and at the site of a sentry post three hundred yards from the plaza , were beheaded , while the Governor breathed in a state paper , " May God grant that this spectacle , so sad for peaceful New Mexico , be the ...
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... taken up again by moonlight , while fifers and drummers , " with a perfect vim , " did their best to inspirit their fellows with the tune of " The Girl I Left Behind Me . " It was necessary , though dangerous , to rely on Mexi- can ...
... taken up again by moonlight , while fifers and drummers , " with a perfect vim , " did their best to inspirit their fellows with the tune of " The Girl I Left Behind Me . " It was necessary , though dangerous , to rely on Mexi- can ...
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... taken from real life . . . with bibliographical study and introduc- tion by J. Frank Dobie and drawings by Tom Lea . New York , William Sloane Associates , 1950 . Sitwell , Osbert . Winters of content , and other discursions on ...
... taken from real life . . . with bibliographical study and introduc- tion by J. Frank Dobie and drawings by Tom Lea . New York , William Sloane Associates , 1950 . Sitwell , Osbert . Winters of content , and other discursions on ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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