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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... lands for future benefit , I am decidedly of opinion that one league of land well situated in Texas will be worth more than ten on the Rio Grande- The Sun and moon are not more dissimilar than the two countries . . . . " He had really ...
... lands for future benefit , I am decidedly of opinion that one league of land well situated in Texas will be worth more than ten on the Rio Grande- The Sun and moon are not more dissimilar than the two countries . . . . " He had really ...
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Paul Horgan. and all the pleasures of his society " -all for land , new land . If this was a desire deep in the individual , it must reappear as an element in the national character ; and it was seen by some as a driving force behind the ...
Paul Horgan. and all the pleasures of his society " -all for land , new land . If this was a desire deep in the individual , it must reappear as an element in the national character ; and it was seen by some as a driving force behind the ...
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... land they called their own . It would not long be theirs . In 1867 , either by treaty , or by direct order of the President of the United States , the Plains Indian nations were limited to reserved lands . The borderland tribes were ...
... land they called their own . It would not long be theirs . In 1867 , either by treaty , or by direct order of the President of the United States , the Plains Indian nations were limited to reserved lands . The borderland tribes were ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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