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 538
... soldiers , they fired then for the first time and swarmed through the crumbling breastwork in wild power . When the federal soldiers , unable to reload and fire at such close quarters , swung their bayonets into play , the Texans ...
... soldiers , they fired then for the first time and swarmed through the crumbling breastwork in wild power . When the federal soldiers , unable to reload and fire at such close quarters , swung their bayonets into play , the Texans ...
Page 667
... soldiers im- proved . Among the regulars were many soldiers of foreign birth - English , Irish , French , German , Polish . Many of these were veterans of the Napoleonic wars . To them Mexico offered free land - three hundred and twenty ...
... soldiers im- proved . Among the regulars were many soldiers of foreign birth - English , Irish , French , German , Polish . Many of these were veterans of the Napoleonic wars . To them Mexico offered free land - three hundred and twenty ...
Page 811
... Soldiers farmed while Indians ranged . In his boundary report the Commissioner urged that " a change should be made in the system pursued at the frontier posts . Soldiers should not go into quarters , and then quietly remain devoting ...
... Soldiers farmed while Indians ranged . In his boundary report the Commissioner urged that " a change should be made in the system pursued at the frontier posts . Soldiers should not go into quarters , and then quietly remain devoting ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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