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 813
... Apaches cost settlers over fifty million dollars in destruction and theft . New Mexicans , between 1846 and 1850 , according to figures of United States Marshals , lost 453,293 sheep , 12,887 mules , 7,050 horses and 31,581 horned ...
... Apaches cost settlers over fifty million dollars in destruction and theft . New Mexicans , between 1846 and 1850 , according to figures of United States Marshals , lost 453,293 sheep , 12,887 mules , 7,050 horses and 31,581 horned ...
Page 832
... Apaches and Navajos were hereditary enemies , and combining them on a single reservation caused extra prob- lems of supervision . They were dispirited . When the Apaches had finally surrendered to Carleton their leader told him ...
... Apaches and Navajos were hereditary enemies , and combining them on a single reservation caused extra prob- lems of supervision . They were dispirited . When the Apaches had finally surrendered to Carleton their leader told him ...
Page 846
... Apache , " that he merely possesses the teachings of his race , that his cruelties are the results of untaught savage disposition , etc .; but ... is it true policy that intelligent , christian people should be sacrificed , year after ...
... Apache , " that he merely possesses the teachings of his race , that his cruelties are the results of untaught savage disposition , etc .; but ... is it true policy that intelligent , christian people should be sacrificed , year after ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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