Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... seemed to point toward increased aggressiveness by the Coman- ches and other Plains tribes . There was a report of a large band of Comanches who had established themselves in Chihuahua , but if the report was true , it could be no more ...
... seemed to point toward increased aggressiveness by the Coman- ches and other Plains tribes . There was a report of a large band of Comanches who had established themselves in Chihuahua , but if the report was true , it could be no more ...
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... seemed , for a while , that the whole operation would be accomplished peacefully , but be- fore evacuating , General Maas had released and armed the pris- oners in the jail . They roamed the streets , doing some plain and fancy looting ...
... seemed , for a while , that the whole operation would be accomplished peacefully , but be- fore evacuating , General Maas had released and armed the pris- oners in the jail . They roamed the streets , doing some plain and fancy looting ...
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... seemed to feel . Through a mutual friend , he sent word to Scott , suggestion that they meet privately and secretly at some place where they would not be subjected to pressure . Making their way , in the best " cloak and dagger ...
... seemed to feel . Through a mutual friend , he sent word to Scott , suggestion that they meet privately and secretly at some place where they would not be subjected to pressure . Making their way , in the best " cloak and dagger ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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