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 507
... Santa Anna had been leading a revolution against President Bustamante . It had started in Veracruz and was now inflaming all of Mexico , and though Austin had hoped to keep Texas above the battle- " what is needed there is a dead calm ...
... Santa Anna had been leading a revolution against President Bustamante . It had started in Veracruz and was now inflaming all of Mexico , and though Austin had hoped to keep Texas above the battle- " what is needed there is a dead calm ...
Page 517
... Santa Anna had mentioned a plan to send a corps of four thousand infantry , cavalry and artillery to San Antonio de Béxar to control Texas ; but Austin thought he had dissuaded him . Yet Santa Anna's victories in the civil wars were not ...
... Santa Anna had mentioned a plan to send a corps of four thousand infantry , cavalry and artillery to San Antonio de Béxar to control Texas ; but Austin thought he had dissuaded him . Yet Santa Anna's victories in the civil wars were not ...
Page 777
... Santa Anna's subordinates , under his order , massacred five hundred Texans at Goliad after they had surrendered . The Texans defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto and took him prisoner . Texas , independent , applied for admission to the ...
... Santa Anna's subordinates , under his order , massacred five hundred Texans at Goliad after they had surrendered . The Texans defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto and took him prisoner . Texas , independent , applied for admission to the ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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