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 534
... forces at the convention of independence . It was he who led the remaining Texan forces eastward in a scattering retreat after the crucial news of the Alamo , Refugio and Goliad . When the settlers heard of his flight they fled also ...
... forces at the convention of independence . It was he who led the remaining Texan forces eastward in a scattering retreat after the crucial news of the Alamo , Refugio and Goliad . When the settlers heard of his flight they fled also ...
Page 563
... forces for forty days , as October whiled away , and part of November , and the old brown stone town glistened and rang with the colors and music and chatter of the autumn fair with its carnival , and the government forces downriver and ...
... forces for forty days , as October whiled away , and part of November , and the old brown stone town glistened and rang with the colors and music and chatter of the autumn fair with its carnival , and the government forces downriver and ...
Page 838
... forces at Brownsville were withdrawn and only a small garrison was left to hold Point Isabel and the Arms of St. James . The Juárez forces held Matamoros , where Cortina , in one of his periods of official respectability , was the ...
... forces at Brownsville were withdrawn and only a small garrison was left to hold Point Isabel and the Arms of St. James . The Juárez forces held Matamoros , where Cortina , in one of his periods of official respectability , was the ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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