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 584
... El Paso could not do enough for the miserable Texans . The citizens fed them , let them bathe , gave them money , clothes and beds . The young parish priest , Father Ramón Ortiz , endeared himself to everyone with his handsome face ...
... El Paso could not do enough for the miserable Texans . The citizens fed them , let them bathe , gave them money , clothes and beds . The young parish priest , Father Ramón Ortiz , endeared himself to everyone with his handsome face ...
Page 786
... El Paso the travellers camped near the town but on an island— La Isla - made by a division of the river's flow round a sandspit " from 2 to 4 miles wide & about 20 miles long . " On it were the three ancient mission towns of Isleta del ...
... El Paso the travellers camped near the town but on an island— La Isla - made by a division of the river's flow round a sandspit " from 2 to 4 miles wide & about 20 miles long . " On it were the three ancient mission towns of Isleta del ...
Page 995
... El Paso ( American town on right bank , and region of ) , 96 , 166-74 , 229 , 248 , 260 , 264 , 265 , 271 , 275 , 278 , 292 , 294 , 298 , 300 , 301 , 305 , 347 , 348 , 395 , 418 , 462 , 465 , 483 , 498 , 503 , 541 , 542 , 584 , 745 ...
... El Paso ( American town on right bank , and region of ) , 96 , 166-74 , 229 , 248 , 260 , 264 , 265 , 271 , 275 , 278 , 292 , 294 , 298 , 300 , 301 , 305 , 347 , 348 , 395 , 418 , 462 , 465 , 483 , 498 , 503 , 541 , 542 , 584 , 745 ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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