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 709
... desert , or recollection of what it took to feed , water and shelter an army ? General Taylor replied at once to the Adjutant General at Wash- ington , determined , " nolens volens , " to describe certain realities . He was already ...
... desert , or recollection of what it took to feed , water and shelter an army ? General Taylor replied at once to the Adjutant General at Wash- ington , determined , " nolens volens , " to describe certain realities . He was already ...
Page 897
... desert , out of reach of the water below - a condition that moved Hill as " shocking and repulsive . " Suddenly they passed out of the canyon , leaving behind vertical walls which continued north and south of the river , and into a ...
... desert , out of reach of the water below - a condition that moved Hill as " shocking and repulsive . " Suddenly they passed out of the canyon , leaving behind vertical walls which continued north and south of the river , and into a ...
Page 902
... desert basins in their course . At the canyon mouth there were a thousand goats with their shepherds and dogs . Startled , all ran away . The flat valley rose in terraces to the bases of mountains on either side . Hill observed , " The ...
... desert basins in their course . At the canyon mouth there were a thousand goats with their shepherds and dogs . Startled , all ran away . The flat valley rose in terraces to the bases of mountains on either side . Hill observed , " The ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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