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 482
... never leave the water , though giving to the sky from her tall black neck a proud and billowing banner of dense smoke shot through with huge sparks of burning wood that crackled upward when the boilers were stocked anew . Her fuel she ...
... never leave the water , though giving to the sky from her tall black neck a proud and billowing banner of dense smoke shot through with huge sparks of burning wood that crackled upward when the boilers were stocked anew . Her fuel she ...
Page 550
... never separated - he was able to leave his employer and take on shepherds of his own whose work would yield him the owner's percentage in his turn . Sheep provided milk , meat and wool to the family ; and lambs that were sold for the ...
... never separated - he was able to leave his employer and take on shepherds of his own whose work would yield him the owner's percentage in his turn . Sheep provided milk , meat and wool to the family ; and lambs that were sold for the ...
Page 758
... never written . " The second , from New Orleans , was never delivered , because of what Scott later called " gross neglect of the officer who bore it . " The third , from Camargo , reached Taylor on January fourteenth upon his return ...
... never written . " The second , from New Orleans , was never delivered , because of what Scott later called " gross neglect of the officer who bore it . " The third , from Camargo , reached Taylor on January fourteenth upon his return ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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