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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... present government . . . Their treason was dis- covered in time and smothered at its birth . Now they are wandering about and hiding from people , but their doctrines are scattered broad- cast among the people , thereby causing ...
... present government . . . Their treason was dis- covered in time and smothered at its birth . Now they are wandering about and hiding from people , but their doctrines are scattered broad- cast among the people , thereby causing ...
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... present a united front . General Pancho Villa marched against Chihuahua City and drove the Federal defenders all the way to the Rio Grande at Ojinaga , opposite Presidio , Texas . Out of ten thousand troops only thirty - five hundred ...
... present a united front . General Pancho Villa marched against Chihuahua City and drove the Federal defenders all the way to the Rio Grande at Ojinaga , opposite Presidio , Texas . Out of ten thousand troops only thirty - five hundred ...
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Paul Horgan. and present an address to the Supreme [ Mexican ] Government . . . . Trans- lated by Samuel C. Ellison , 1884. Original document . San Marino , Cali- fornia , Henry E. Huntington Library . ( Excerpts quoted by permission of ...
Paul Horgan. and present an address to the Supreme [ Mexican ] Government . . . . Trans- lated by Samuel C. Ellison , 1884. Original document . San Marino , Cali- fornia , Henry E. Huntington Library . ( Excerpts quoted by permission of ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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