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 521
... sent a small detachment to take it away . The settlers refused to give it up , captured the detach- ment , sent word to their neighbors that the government was about to attack them , and a force of Texans gathered fast preparing for ...
... sent a small detachment to take it away . The settlers refused to give it up , captured the detach- ment , sent word to their neighbors that the government was about to attack them , and a force of Texans gathered fast preparing for ...
Page 564
... sent three hundred cavalry on a feint to the line , while with the rest of his power he detoured Arista and came to the city itself . Monterrey was his if he but entered . But in another of his complicated decisions he settled in the ...
... sent three hundred cavalry on a feint to the line , while with the rest of his power he detoured Arista and came to the city itself . Monterrey was his if he but entered . But in another of his complicated decisions he settled in the ...
Page 607
... sent orders through Secretary of War Marcy to General Taylor at Corpus Christi to march for the Rio Grande . It was a wet winter on the Gulf Coast . The American troops were delighted when a new indoor diversion was ready for them - an ...
... sent orders through Secretary of War Marcy to General Taylor at Corpus Christi to march for the Rio Grande . It was a wet winter on the Gulf Coast . The American troops were delighted when a new indoor diversion was ready for them - an ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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