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 480
... upriver . Gulf vessels could not come to her riverbanks , for the river's last reaches were shallow , full of difficult bends and bars . Cargo had to be landed on the beaches of the estuary and hauled over- land to the customs houses ...
... upriver . Gulf vessels could not come to her riverbanks , for the river's last reaches were shallow , full of difficult bends and bars . Cargo had to be landed on the beaches of the estuary and hauled over- land to the customs houses ...
Page 708
... upriver " marching by , flags flying , drums beating , and hurrying aboard boats as if they smelled the contagion in our camp or feared an order for them to stop and take our place , was maddening . . . . " They heard little from upriver ...
... upriver " marching by , flags flying , drums beating , and hurrying aboard boats as if they smelled the contagion in our camp or feared an order for them to stop and take our place , was maddening . . . . " They heard little from upriver ...
Page 766
... Upriver at the same time seven Americans were killed and their property burned at Arroyo Hondo , and two at the Red River . In all , twelve were massacred in the uprising of the nineteenth , and at once similar outbreaks followed in ...
... Upriver at the same time seven Americans were killed and their property burned at Arroyo Hondo , and two at the Red River . In all , twelve were massacred in the uprising of the nineteenth , and at once similar outbreaks followed in ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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