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 594
... followed the left bank of Alcantro Creek . Before them across the creek was the eastern face of the town . The creek was about sixty feet wide , running rapidly over stones with a watery roar that was all that could be heard , for the ...
... followed the left bank of Alcantro Creek . Before them across the creek was the eastern face of the town . The creek was about sixty feet wide , running rapidly over stones with a watery roar that was all that could be heard , for the ...
Page 765
... followed . They took him , threw him down , and tore away his scalp with knives . In the next room the women were digging a hole with a poker and an iron spoon through the earthen wall into the adjoining house . When they could they ...
... followed . They took him , threw him down , and tore away his scalp with knives . In the next room the women were digging a hole with a poker and an iron spoon through the earthen wall into the adjoining house . When they could they ...
Page 887
... followed the base of the mountains to the camps of Pike's Peak and Cherry Creek , where first discoveries of gold were followed by disappointment . Early stories in guidebooks and newspapers , all too often written by men who had never ...
... followed the base of the mountains to the camps of Pike's Peak and Cherry Creek , where first discoveries of gold were followed by disappointment . Early stories in guidebooks and newspapers , all too often written by men who had never ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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