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 471
... supply of good fresh meat . They made the surround , the drive began , and the slaughter followed . Busy at the jobs of skinning and butchering their supply , they did not know what watched them from the hills that bounded the plain ...
... supply of good fresh meat . They made the surround , the drive began , and the slaughter followed . Busy at the jobs of skinning and butchering their supply , they did not know what watched them from the hills that bounded the plain ...
Page 593
... supplies piled up , and by nightfall were nearly com- plete , when it was found that teams and wagons to haul them ... supply delivery had been halted by General Ampudia and General Canales , who had arrived at Mier with seven hundred ...
... supplies piled up , and by nightfall were nearly com- plete , when it was found that teams and wagons to haul them ... supply delivery had been halted by General Ampudia and General Canales , who had arrived at Mier with seven hundred ...
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... supplies , he must move . But one more woe beset him . A furious norther blew in on February twelfth . Sand flew ... supply depot , and the forgotten regiment on the tide - washed wastes at the river mouth . All through the weeks of ...
... supplies , he must move . But one more woe beset him . A furious norther blew in on February twelfth . Sand flew ... supply depot , and the forgotten regiment on the tide - washed wastes at the river mouth . All through the weeks of ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
Copyright | |
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