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 584
... city turned out to see them off , and many residents - the commanding general , the priest , several other leading citizens - rode part of the way with them and hoped that they would come safely to Mexico City and speedy liberation ...
... city turned out to see them off , and many residents - the commanding general , the priest , several other leading citizens - rode part of the way with them and hoped that they would come safely to Mexico City and speedy liberation ...
Page 697
Paul Horgan. go and return from Mexico City " with a view . . . of settling our con- troversy by negotiation ? " No : General Taylor " peremptorily refused , saying that he had once offered that course to Arista , who , supposing that we ...
Paul Horgan. go and return from Mexico City " with a view . . . of settling our con- troversy by negotiation ? " No : General Taylor " peremptorily refused , saying that he had once offered that course to Arista , who , supposing that we ...
Page 709
... Mexico will , of course , be one of those lines . " ... How easy he made it sound ! A brisk walk , the cutting of an arterial highway , and Mexico City must fall . But where was any knowl- edge of the scale of Mexican distance , or ...
... Mexico will , of course , be one of those lines . " ... How easy he made it sound ! A brisk walk , the cutting of an arterial highway , and Mexico City must fall . But where was any knowl- edge of the scale of Mexican distance , or ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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