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 581
... looked hungrily to their custodian for food , and leaped with joy when he called them - all one hundred eighty- seven of them - to gather about him . When he was surrounded , Captain Salazar reached into a receptacle he had , and took ...
... looked hungrily to their custodian for food , and leaped with joy when he called them - all one hundred eighty- seven of them - to gather about him . When he was surrounded , Captain Salazar reached into a receptacle he had , and took ...
Page 840
... looked upon the invasion of Mexico by Maximilian as a part of the rebellion itself , and that our success in putting down secession would never be complete until the French and Austrian invaders were compelled to quit the territory of ...
... looked upon the invasion of Mexico by Maximilian as a part of the rebellion itself , and that our success in putting down secession would never be complete until the French and Austrian invaders were compelled to quit the territory of ...
Page 891
... looked " like a city of fresh cardboard . " The street was all confusion and move- ment . He saw " oxteams , mules , men , and donkeys loaded with ore . . . sinking knee deep in the mud , " and " furniture , and kegs of beer , bed- ding ...
... looked " like a city of fresh cardboard . " The street was all confusion and move- ment . He saw " oxteams , mules , men , and donkeys loaded with ore . . . sinking knee deep in the mud , " and " furniture , and kegs of beer , bed- ding ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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