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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... night kept their fires flaring with the tops of green cedars . As soon as they could on the following days soldiers ranged through the town and some wrote notes on what they saw . Santa Fe was shabby , with no signs of either taste or ...
... night kept their fires flaring with the tops of green cedars . As soon as they could on the following days soldiers ranged through the town and some wrote notes on what they saw . Santa Fe was shabby , with no signs of either taste or ...
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... night he had a companionable visit from the old Mexican soldier who was his man of all work- " cook , butler , sacristan . " It was a lovely night , and the missioner was taking his ease in the garden of his rectory where he had ...
... night he had a companionable visit from the old Mexican soldier who was his man of all work- " cook , butler , sacristan . " It was a lovely night , and the missioner was taking his ease in the garden of his rectory where he had ...
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... night during or just after the full moon . The upper Comanche Trail to Mexico was a famous thoroughfare . To a ... night after night as the moon rose later and fuller , until in its fall of turquoise light the whole fantasy of the rocky ...
... night during or just after the full moon . The upper Comanche Trail to Mexico was a famous thoroughfare . To a ... night after night as the moon rose later and fuller , until in its fall of turquoise light the whole fantasy of the rocky ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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