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 827
... territory's last defenses stood . Colonel Canby , still immobilized downriver at Fort Craig , had sent orders that a supreme effort must be made to hold Fort Union . If it went , the whole territory went , and Colorado would be next ...
... territory's last defenses stood . Colonel Canby , still immobilized downriver at Fort Craig , had sent orders that a supreme effort must be made to hold Fort Union . If it went , the whole territory went , and Colorado would be next ...
Page 858
... territory overtake and punish the raiders . " As I have heretofore had occasions to observe , " he wrote to the Adju tant General in May , 1877 , " the Rio Grande is a very long and difficult frontier to protect . " Under the ...
... territory overtake and punish the raiders . " As I have heretofore had occasions to observe , " he wrote to the Adju tant General in May , 1877 , " the Rio Grande is a very long and difficult frontier to protect . " Under the ...
Page 1006
... territory , 800-01 boundary with Texas , 799-806 business ; craftsmen , 550 church and school , 547-49 Confederate States Territory , 823 defense , 545-47 division , 800 education , 547-49 , 552 , 866-67 foreigners in , 549-51 Gadsden ...
... territory , 800-01 boundary with Texas , 799-806 business ; craftsmen , 550 church and school , 547-49 Confederate States Territory , 823 defense , 545-47 division , 800 education , 547-49 , 552 , 866-67 foreigners in , 549-51 Gadsden ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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American animals Armijo arms army arrived artillery attack bank battle brought Brownsville Camargo camp Canales canyon Captain Carranza cattle cavalry Chihuahua citizens Coahuila Colonel colony command Congress cow boy crossed desert Díaz Eagle Pass El Paso enemy fight fire forces Fort Bliss Fort Craig frontier garrison gave Governor Gulf heard horse hundred Indians infantry killed knew land later Magoffin Manuel Armijo Matamoros ment Mexican Mexico City Mier miles Monterrey mountains moved nation night officers once Pancho Villa party Paso passed plain plaza Point Isabel prairies President Presidio prisoners pueblos Republic rifle river road Saltillo San Antonio Santa Anna Santa Fe seemed sent settlers Socorro soldiers soon Spanish Stephen Austin Taos Taylor territory Texans Texas thousand tion took town traders troops turned United upriver Veracruz Villa volunteers wagons wrote