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 507
... Santa Anna had been leading a revolution against President Bustamante . It had started in Veracruz and was now inflaming all of Mexico , and though Austin had hoped to keep Texas above the battle- " what is needed there is a dead calm ...
... Santa Anna had been leading a revolution against President Bustamante . It had started in Veracruz and was now inflaming all of Mexico , and though Austin had hoped to keep Texas above the battle- " what is needed there is a dead calm ...
Page 508
... Santa Anna had engaged him in battle and defeated him . Austin presently heard what had followed on July third . " Teran killed himself at Padilla on the 3 - he ran his sword through his heart on the very spot where Iturbide was shot . " ...
... Santa Anna had engaged him in battle and defeated him . Austin presently heard what had followed on July third . " Teran killed himself at Padilla on the 3 - he ran his sword through his heart on the very spot where Iturbide was shot . " ...
Page 517
... Santa Anna had mentioned a plan to send a corps of four thousand infantry , cavalry and artillery to San Antonio de BĂ©xar to control Texas ; but Austin thought he had dissuaded him . Yet Santa Anna's victories in the civil wars were not ...
... Santa Anna had mentioned a plan to send a corps of four thousand infantry , cavalry and artillery to San Antonio de BĂ©xar to control Texas ; but Austin thought he had dissuaded him . Yet Santa Anna's victories in the civil wars were not ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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