Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... Land - hungry people noted that the land occupied by the Apaches was good land - much too good for Indians , they thought . And worst of all , many of the officials and agents of the Indian Bureau were small politicians who were ...
... Land - hungry people noted that the land occupied by the Apaches was good land - much too good for Indians , they thought . And worst of all , many of the officials and agents of the Indian Bureau were small politicians who were ...
Page 124
... lands in the Republic . In the state of Durango , for example , ten persons owned almost 7.5 million acres of land . In the same state , 97 per cent of the population did not possess land at all ; in short , to survive , they had to ...
... lands in the Republic . In the state of Durango , for example , ten persons owned almost 7.5 million acres of land . In the same state , 97 per cent of the population did not possess land at all ; in short , to survive , they had to ...
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... land- ing parties , who were not trained for land warfare , and were marched in what was practically a parade formation . On the first day ( April 21 , 1914 ) the objectives of the land- ing force were strictly limited ; they were the ...
... land- ing parties , who were not trained for land warfare , and were marched in what was practically a parade formation . On the first day ( April 21 , 1914 ) the objectives of the land- ing force were strictly limited ; they were the ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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