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 552
... Colonel Pérez laid about him with his taxations . Some of his levies affected the foreign traders , who had no recourse but to submit- though , it was said , not without seditious whispers that may have fanned the fires that were ...
... Colonel Pérez laid about him with his taxations . Some of his levies affected the foreign traders , who had no recourse but to submit- though , it was said , not without seditious whispers that may have fanned the fires that were ...
Page 724
... Colonel Archuleta's turn . Magoffin conversed with him separately - probably on the following day . Magoffin immediately saw that " fight was in him . " He was a young man , a veteran of service as captain of the New Mexican rurales ...
... Colonel Archuleta's turn . Magoffin conversed with him separately - probably on the following day . Magoffin immediately saw that " fight was in him . " He was a young man , a veteran of service as captain of the New Mexican rurales ...
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... Colonel Doniphan's orders read to report to General Wool at Chihuahua City , and there he must go to find him . The column straggled on past Doña Ana - the last settlement above El Paso forty - five miles away . The weather was pleasant ...
... Colonel Doniphan's orders read to report to General Wool at Chihuahua City , and there he must go to find him . The column straggled on past Doña Ana - the last settlement above El Paso forty - five miles away . The weather was pleasant ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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