Recollections of MexicoWiley and Putnam, 1847 - 304 páginas |
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... believe that any one of them gave less than five hun- dred dollars and some of them twice that sum to the Texan prisoners during their confinement in Mexico . The stage leaves Vera Cruz at eleven o'clock at night , and arrives the next ...
... believe that any one of them gave less than five hun- dred dollars and some of them twice that sum to the Texan prisoners during their confinement in Mexico . The stage leaves Vera Cruz at eleven o'clock at night , and arrives the next ...
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... believe , forty dollars per annum for a hundred head . I do not know that I have ever seen a more beautiful spot than the city of Jalapa . When the atmosphere is clear you may see the shipping in the harbor of Vera Cruz with an ordinary ...
... believe , forty dollars per annum for a hundred head . I do not know that I have ever seen a more beautiful spot than the city of Jalapa . When the atmosphere is clear you may see the shipping in the harbor of Vera Cruz with an ordinary ...
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... believe entirely , by the Mexicans in making tor- tillas . There is not a corn - mill in Mexico . The tortilla is the bread , and the only bread of the great mass of the people . The grain is softened by soaking it in water , it is then ...
... believe entirely , by the Mexicans in making tor- tillas . There is not a corn - mill in Mexico . The tortilla is the bread , and the only bread of the great mass of the people . The grain is softened by soaking it in water , it is then ...
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... believe that it is true , and it is most remarkable if true , that there is not in the world such a thing as a railroad in any country where the Spanish language is spoken , with the exception of a short one in Cuba , which owes its ...
... believe that it is true , and it is most remarkable if true , that there is not in the world such a thing as a railroad in any country where the Spanish language is spoken , with the exception of a short one in Cuba , which owes its ...
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... believe , the highest upon this continent , and covered with perpetual snow , ten thousand four hundred feet higher than the city itself . As you ap- proach the city from the direction of Vera Cruz , there are a few small mountains ...
... believe , the highest upon this continent , and covered with perpetual snow , ten thousand four hundred feet higher than the city itself . As you ap- proach the city from the direction of Vera Cruz , there are a few small mountains ...
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