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Page 74
... Spanish made preparation to retake the stronghold by a surprise attack . The sentinel on the Spanish side had fallen asleep and the attack would have been success- ful had not a Barbary ape , rummaging for food in the camp , knocked ...
... Spanish made preparation to retake the stronghold by a surprise attack . The sentinel on the Spanish side had fallen asleep and the attack would have been success- ful had not a Barbary ape , rummaging for food in the camp , knocked ...
Page 167
... Spanish to the Neches- Angelina tribes and finally to the Hasinai proper . Although French explorers of the La Salle expedition visited the Indians whom the Spanish called the Texas , neither they nor the Eng- lish used this name until ...
... Spanish to the Neches- Angelina tribes and finally to the Hasinai proper . Although French explorers of the La Salle expedition visited the Indians whom the Spanish called the Texas , neither they nor the Eng- lish used this name until ...
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... Spanish until 1716. The cattle brought over by the Spanish explorers and con- querors were of the Andalusian variety and were closely related to the English longhorns and other similar breeds supposedly descended from the most ancient ...
... Spanish until 1716. The cattle brought over by the Spanish explorers and con- querors were of the Andalusian variety and were closely related to the English longhorns and other similar breeds supposedly descended from the most ancient ...
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