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 544
... town was governed in the pattern of Mexico life - but in skeletal form . Mexican customs prevailed - but with- out a ... town from which lesser towns drew their authority . The capitals were Santa Cruz , Santa Fe and Albuquerque , and ...
... town was governed in the pattern of Mexico life - but in skeletal form . Mexican customs prevailed - but with- out a ... town from which lesser towns drew their authority . The capitals were Santa Cruz , Santa Fe and Albuquerque , and ...
Page 594
... town . The creek was about sixty feet wide , running rapidly over stones with a watery roar that was all that could be heard , for the town was quiet , and the Texans kept a hush . Scouts went out in the rain to find a way down the ...
... town . The creek was about sixty feet wide , running rapidly over stones with a watery roar that was all that could be heard , for the town was quiet , and the Texans kept a hush . Scouts went out in the rain to find a way down the ...
Page 698
... town . The elements on opposite banks moved downriver , and just as the General's forces arrived opposite Fort Paredes , the American flag broke out from the flagstaff of the fort where on the evening before the Mexican flag had hung ...
... town . The elements on opposite banks moved downriver , and just as the General's forces arrived opposite Fort Paredes , the American flag broke out from the flagstaff of the fort where on the evening before the Mexican flag had hung ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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