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 504
... winter's supply of firewood . " If the payment was made in specie , the traders poured their coins into newly made ... winter in Santa Fe ; for once winter was on the mountains and on the plains , the men could not venture homeward ...
... winter's supply of firewood . " If the payment was made in specie , the traders poured their coins into newly made ... winter in Santa Fe ; for once winter was on the mountains and on the plains , the men could not venture homeward ...
Page 543
... winter came , and snow fell , seen from the height of a valley slope the town , with all its boxlike shapes at odd angles about the formal oblong of the plaza with its continuous roof , looked like a scattering of great ingots of snow ...
... winter came , and snow fell , seen from the height of a valley slope the town , with all its boxlike shapes at odd angles about the formal oblong of the plaza with its continuous roof , looked like a scattering of great ingots of snow ...
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... winter day , with a strong wind blowing that hauled long shifts of dust , and tore away smoke from the muzzles of ... winter's low water . Artillery duels continued across the river until the Union cannon were dragged to the east bank ...
... winter day , with a strong wind blowing that hauled long shifts of dust , and tore away smoke from the muzzles of ... winter's low water . Artillery duels continued across the river until the Union cannon were dragged to the east bank ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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