The History of Mexico and Its Wars: Comprising an Account of the Aztec Empire, the Cortez Conquest, the Spaniards' Rule, the Mexican Revolution, the Texan War, the War with the United States, and the Maximilian Invasion; Together with an Account of Mexican Commerce, Agriculture ... and the Social Condition of the PeopleA. Hawkins, 1882 - 706 sider |
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Side 41
... building to another flight of stairs , commencing also at the same angle as the preceding and directly over it , and ... buildings within the inclosure of the great temple of Mexico , which with those on the sacred edifices in other ...
... building to another flight of stairs , commencing also at the same angle as the preceding and directly over it , and ... buildings within the inclosure of the great temple of Mexico , which with those on the sacred edifices in other ...
Side 53
... building , and its dimensions on the northern front , measured above the plinth , are sixty - four feet in length , by fifty - eight in depth on the western front . The height be- tween the plinth and frieze is nearly ten feet ; the ...
... building , and its dimensions on the northern front , measured above the plinth , are sixty - four feet in length , by fifty - eight in depth on the western front . The height be- tween the plinth and frieze is nearly ten feet ; the ...
Side 58
... buildings are situated . Here we perceived two ruined heaps of stones , flanking the entrance to a causeway ninety - three feet broad , commencing at four hundred feet from the cliff . " A space of about six acres has been inclosed by a ...
... buildings are situated . Here we perceived two ruined heaps of stones , flanking the entrance to a causeway ninety - three feet broad , commencing at four hundred feet from the cliff . " A space of about six acres has been inclosed by a ...
Side 61
... buildings , at the foot of the eastern brow of the mountain , which rises abruptly behind it . On the eastern face is a platform of twenty - eight feet in width , faced by a parapet wall of fifteen feet , and from the base of this ...
... buildings , at the foot of the eastern brow of the mountain , which rises abruptly behind it . On the eastern face is a platform of twenty - eight feet in width , faced by a parapet wall of fifteen feet , and from the base of this ...
Side 62
... buildings , I can scarcely imagine that the cause- way should have been formed for the purpose of bringing water to ... building , and at about fifteen yards distant , is to be seen the edge of a circle of stones about eight feet in ...
... buildings , I can scarcely imagine that the cause- way should have been formed for the purpose of bringing water to ... building , and at about fifteen yards distant , is to be seen the edge of a circle of stones about eight feet in ...
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advance American army ammunition arms arrived artillery assault attack Aztecs battery battle BATTLE OF CONTRERAS brigade Buena Vista California camp cannon capital Captain captured cavalry Chapultepec charge Chihuahua church Churubusco city of Mexico Colonel column command commenced Commodore companies conquest Contreras Cortes Cruz defence despatched division dragoons eight enemy enemy's feet fire force Fremont gallant garrison guns hill horses hundred immediately Indians infantry inhabitants Kearny killed Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major Matamoras ment Mexican miles military Molino del Rey Monterey Montezuma mountains movement nation night o'clock occupied officers opened Palenque party plaza Point Isabel position prisoners Puebla Quitman reached rear received regiment republic retreat river road Saltillo Santa Anna Santa Fe Scott sent shot side soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish storm Tampico Taylor Texans Texas thousand tion town treaty troops Twiggs United Vera Cruz victory volunteers walls whole Worth wounded
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Side 700 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico, ; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico, (which runs north of the town called Paso,) to its western termination ; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the River Gila...
Side 704 - And if, by these means, they should not be enabled to come to an agreement, a resort shall not, on this account, be had to reprisals, aggression, or hostility of any kind...
Side 704 - If unhappily any disagreement should hereafter arise between the governments of the two republics, whether with respect to the interpretation of any stipulation in this treaty, or with respect to any other particular concerning the political or commercial relations of the two nations, the said governments, in the name of those nations, do promise to each other that they will endeavor, in the most sincere and earnest manner, to settle the differences so arising, and to preserve the state of peace...
Side 705 - ... whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments unmolested in their persons.
Side 704 - ... until the Government of that which deems itself aggrieved shall have maturely considered, in the spirit of peace and good neighbourship, whether it would not be better that such difference should be settled by the arbitration of commissioners appointed on each side, or by that of a friendly nation.
Side 700 - Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila; (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same); thence down the middle of the said branch and of the said river, until it empties into the Rio Colorado; thence across the Rio Colorado, following the division line between Upper and Lower California,...
Side 699 - Immediately upon the signature of this treaty, a convention shall be entered into between a commissioner or commissioners appointed by the general-in-chief of the forces of the United States, and. such as may be appointed by the Mexican government, to the end that a provisional suspension of hostilities...
Side 705 - General Congress; and the ratifications shall be exchanged in the city of Washington, or at the seat of government of Mexico, in four months from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if practicable. In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement; and have hereunto affixed our seals respectively. Done in quintuplicate, at the city of Guadalupe Hidalgo, on the second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand...
Side 701 - The river Gila, and the part of the Rio Bravo del Norte lying below the southern boundary of New Mexico, being, agreeably to the fifth article, divided in the middle between the two republics, the navigation of the Gila and of the Bravo below said boundary shall be free and common to the vessels and citizens of both countries...
Side 705 - ... in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the...