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 502
... moved on again , and saw how one little river town after another , only a few miles apart - Peralta , Valencia , Tomé , Adelino - seemed isolated from one another , with local differences in building style , costume and church ...
... moved on again , and saw how one little river town after another , only a few miles apart - Peralta , Valencia , Tomé , Adelino - seemed isolated from one another , with local differences in building style , costume and church ...
Page 567
... moved . He reassured them of his faith in them , and prepara- tions for an attack upon Saltillo began . The city , too , was busy in the golden October weather . Its flat roofs were prepared for spectators of the coming battle , and ...
... moved . He reassured them of his faith in them , and prepara- tions for an attack upon Saltillo began . The city , too , was busy in the golden October weather . Its flat roofs were prepared for spectators of the coming battle , and ...
Page 594
... moved to the crest of a meandering bluff that 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 ...
... moved to the crest of a meandering bluff that 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 ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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