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 476
... central government viewed affairs above the river , and in December , 1826 , a crisis came . It arose between the Mexican government and the settlement made near Nacogdoches by American immigrants under Benjamin Edwards , who had ...
... central government viewed affairs above the river , and in December , 1826 , a crisis came . It arose between the Mexican government and the settlement made near Nacogdoches by American immigrants under Benjamin Edwards , who had ...
Page 544
... central authority in Mexico , first under the Spanish viceroy , and now under the president and congress of the republic , for more troops , more money , more administrators , more clergy , more courts of law , more educational ...
... central authority in Mexico , first under the Spanish viceroy , and now under the president and congress of the republic , for more troops , more money , more administrators , more clergy , more courts of law , more educational ...
Page 727
... central Mexican gov- ernment . Step by step , he described the measures he had taken to save his province . He recorded how ardently he desired to defend it ; he made plain that defense was impossible because reinforcements could not ...
... central Mexican gov- ernment . Step by step , he described the measures he had taken to save his province . He recorded how ardently he desired to defend it ; he made plain that defense was impossible because reinforcements could not ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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