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 576
... Captain Salazar with a hundred soldiers and five Texan prisoners . The Governor's trumpeter sounded the flourishes that always announced him , and the Captain drew up his force in line by the roadside . The Governor rode forward to the ...
... Captain Salazar with a hundred soldiers and five Texan prisoners . The Governor's trumpeter sounded the flourishes that always announced him , and the Captain drew up his force in line by the roadside . The Governor rode forward to the ...
Page 583
... Captain ordered a soldier to make him keep up . The Texan was unable to do so , and the soldier knocked out his brains with a clubbed rifle , remembering to bring the ears to the Captain . During the crossing of the Dead Man's March the ...
... Captain ordered a soldier to make him keep up . The Texan was unable to do so , and the soldier knocked out his brains with a clubbed rifle , remembering to bring the ears to the Captain . During the crossing of the Dead Man's March the ...
Page 933
... captain who wrote at nine fifteen in the morning on June 21 , 1916 , “ I am hiding in a hole two thousand yards from the field and have one other wounded man and three men with me . " At half past six that morning , having marched since ...
... captain who wrote at nine fifteen in the morning on June 21 , 1916 , “ I am hiding in a hole two thousand yards from the field and have one other wounded man and three men with me . " At half past six that morning , having marched since ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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