Flowers and Fruits from the Wilderness: Or, Thirty-six Years in Texas and Two Winters in Honduras,Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1872 - 400 páginas |
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... territory east of the Rio Grande . The supposition then was , based upon these facts , that a pur- chase would soon be made , and Texas would be free from Mexican rule and the tyranny of priestcraft . The map of the country was placed ...
... territory east of the Rio Grande . The supposition then was , based upon these facts , that a pur- chase would soon be made , and Texas would be free from Mexican rule and the tyranny of priestcraft . The map of the country was placed ...
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... territory north of Nacogdoches , and west to the Neches River . From them we purchased some cattle , and moved on as rapidly as possible to the Brazos . On our arrival everything looked lonesome and dreary . With depredations constantly ...
... territory north of Nacogdoches , and west to the Neches River . From them we purchased some cattle , and moved on as rapidly as possible to the Brazos . On our arrival everything looked lonesome and dreary . With depredations constantly ...
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... territory of Texas then inhabited by the Americans , and I have no idea there were over fifteen thousand white people in the country . The number of Indians must have been greatly underrated in this statement . Reaching the colony at ...
... territory of Texas then inhabited by the Americans , and I have no idea there were over fifteen thousand white people in the country . The number of Indians must have been greatly underrated in this statement . Reaching the colony at ...
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... territory , and around that spot has gathered a city of eighteen thousand inhabitants , destined to assume much larger proportions yet , in conse- quence of the fact that it is the great railroad centre of the State . Monday morning ...
... territory , and around that spot has gathered a city of eighteen thousand inhabitants , destined to assume much larger proportions yet , in conse- quence of the fact that it is the great railroad centre of the State . Monday morning ...
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... territory west of this river is denominated Western Texas , and this occupies by far the larger part of the State . Look on your map , and see what a vast territory stretches away to the south - west from the town of Washington on the ...
... territory west of this river is denominated Western Texas , and this occupies by far the larger part of the State . Look on your map , and see what a vast territory stretches away to the south - west from the town of Washington on the ...
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Página 315 - And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage : ^ To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
Página 245 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
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Página 26 - For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; neither doth God respect any person : yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.