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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... party , and if necessary fight it out . · For it was clear that the party in power under President Busta- mante would grant little that Texas wanted . Bustamante's laws of April 6 , 1830 , reduced Texas to a mere source of revenue that ...
... party , and if necessary fight it out . · For it was clear that the party in power under President Busta- mante would grant little that Texas wanted . Bustamante's laws of April 6 , 1830 , reduced Texas to a mere source of revenue that ...
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... party of traders wrote to the United States minister in Mexico , asking him to obtain redress for them from the central government ; but never received any . For in Mexico it was angrily believed that the insurrection had been fostered ...
... party of traders wrote to the United States minister in Mexico , asking him to obtain redress for them from the central government ; but never received any . For in Mexico it was angrily believed that the insurrection had been fostered ...
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... parties on the plains and one small party in cells at San Miguel , were rescue and something to eat . On the morning of their arrival at San Miguel , Kendall and his three fellow prisoners looked out the window of their cell and saw a ...
... parties on the plains and one small party in cells at San Miguel , were rescue and something to eat . On the morning of their arrival at San Miguel , Kendall and his three fellow prisoners looked out the window of their cell and saw a ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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