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 476
... Mexican administrator at San Antonio . The remorseless Nixon per- sisted in his defamations , even though a Mexican friend assured Austin that his protestations were " falso y falsisimo . " But every whisper of ill will only increased ...
... Mexican administrator at San Antonio . The remorseless Nixon per- sisted in his defamations , even though a Mexican friend assured Austin that his protestations were " falso y falsisimo . " But every whisper of ill will only increased ...
Page 748
... Mexican army of eleven hundred men - lancers , cavalry and infantry - with a howitzer . They advanced steadily , coming along a high level parallel to the river and to mountains that rose a few miles away as the eastern limit of the ...
... Mexican army of eleven hundred men - lancers , cavalry and infantry - with a howitzer . They advanced steadily , coming along a high level parallel to the river and to mountains that rose a few miles away as the eastern limit of the ...
Page 749
... Mexican front rolled back at some distance before it , as though blown over the ground by a shock wave . By the time the Americans reached the high level of the first Mexican stand , the Mexicans were nowhere to be seen . At a full run ...
... Mexican front rolled back at some distance before it , as though blown over the ground by a shock wave . By the time the Americans reached the high level of the first Mexican stand , the Mexicans were nowhere to be seen . At a full run ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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