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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... thousand square miles . What - intelligent citizens often thought of it - what would happen if an armed invasion , say three or four thousand strong , should appear from the United States ? Even if the whole population of forty thousand ...
... thousand square miles . What - intelligent citizens often thought of it - what would happen if an armed invasion , say three or four thousand strong , should appear from the United States ? Even if the whole population of forty thousand ...
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... thousand strong , the Americans were now known to consist of only twelve hundred regular and volun- teer troops . Properly inspired and energetically led , over four thousand New Mexicans could be raised to save the province even now ...
... thousand strong , the Americans were now known to consist of only twelve hundred regular and volun- teer troops . Properly inspired and energetically led , over four thousand New Mexicans could be raised to save the province even now ...
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... thousand more National Guardsmen . One day later Carranza's troops opened fire on two troops of the Tenth United States Cavalry at Carrizal , in the state of Chihuahua . Word of the engagement in the field before the town went to the ...
... thousand more National Guardsmen . One day later Carranza's troops opened fire on two troops of the Tenth United States Cavalry at Carrizal , in the state of Chihuahua . Word of the engagement in the field before the town went to the ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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