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... soldiers and 16 horsemen , together with 200 Cuban Indians ; also ten large and four small cannon . They at once began their march through the unknown land , their progress inland towards Tenochtitlan being one of con- quest and ...
... soldiers and 16 horsemen , together with 200 Cuban Indians ; also ten large and four small cannon . They at once began their march through the unknown land , their progress inland towards Tenochtitlan being one of con- quest and ...
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... soldiers fired and Iturbide plunged forward to the ground , a ragged bullet - hole in his forehead and another through his heart . Padilla is about 150 miles southwest of Brownsville on the road to Victoria , Mexico . Tamaulipas and ...
... soldiers fired and Iturbide plunged forward to the ground , a ragged bullet - hole in his forehead and another through his heart . Padilla is about 150 miles southwest of Brownsville on the road to Victoria , Mexico . Tamaulipas and ...
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... soldiers and nearly 2,515 colonists , Colonel Escandon left Queretaro ( about 165 miles north from Mexico City and 650 miles south of Brownsville ) , bound for the new province , which it was proposed to form in this territory for the ...
... soldiers and nearly 2,515 colonists , Colonel Escandon left Queretaro ( about 165 miles north from Mexico City and 650 miles south of Brownsville ) , bound for the new province , which it was proposed to form in this territory for the ...
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... soldiers who had served in the battles of the country , all vacant lands then found as such between the Rio Grande and the Nueces . Texas and Coahuila was the name of the territory north of the Nueces river , now known as Texas . From ...
... soldiers who had served in the battles of the country , all vacant lands then found as such between the Rio Grande and the Nueces . Texas and Coahuila was the name of the territory north of the Nueces river , now known as Texas . From ...
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... soldiers and sailors who were in temporary charge of the Luisiana to disembark , and there- upon towed the Luisiana away . The Natchez returned on the 12th , and after soliciting permission to communicate with the Captain of the ...
... soldiers and sailors who were in temporary charge of the Luisiana to disembark , and there- upon towed the Luisiana away . The Natchez returned on the 12th , and after soliciting permission to communicate with the Captain of the ...
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1st Lieut 1st Lt 2nd Lieut 3rd U. S. Cavalry afterwards American arrived Article August Bagdad bandits Battalion Adjutants battle Brazos de Santiago Brigade Brown Cameron County Capt Captain captured Charles citizens command Company Confederates Cortina crossed Cruz Don Porfirio Escobedo Federal fired forces Fort Brown Frank garrison George Harlingen HIDALGO COUNTY Imperialists Indians INFANTRY Colonel Iowa Iturbide James John June Kenedy killed land Laredo Lieutenant-Colonel Major March Matamoros Mexican Republic Mexican side Mexico City Mifflin Kenedy miles north miles northwest miles south miles west Monterrey north from Brownsville northwest from Brownsville officers Point Isabel port Present population prisoners ranch rangers Resaca Reynosa Ringgold Barracks Rio Grande City river San Benito Second Lieutenants soldiers STARR COUNTY Street Tamaulipas Tampico Taylor territory Texas side town treaty troops U. S. Infantry United Valley Vera Cruz Villistas west from Brownsville William wounded Zapata County