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共 72 段- This appeared to ensure a Puro triumph, yet there were serio
- Such was the inner state of things, and the external course
- Most of this labor had to be done at night, and the utmost p
- Measures to defend the route had been set on foot by Mexico
- At seven or eight o'clock the next morning Twiggs advanced.
- His next care was to gather provisions, determine whether su
- Happily a wiser mind and steadier hand now took charge. Unti
- The state of things that ensued was indescribable. Nothing e
- Soon after passing the ugly little town of San Martín, twent
- Zigzagging, scrambling, leaping, and sliding as best they co
- But finally, between three and four o'clock, the spell broke
- Aspiring, as he said, to influence the course of the world b
- The Mexican leader also shrank from drawing the sword. But o
- The preparation of Chapultepec for defence had begun in May,
- Meanwhile, events had occurred on Scott's other wing. Trousd
- Brevet Colonel McIntosh and his inexperienced officers, who
- At about the time this order overtook him, the Huamantla aff
- On the other hand, the representatives of the United States
- Only one important fortified place on the Gulf, Tuxpán, now
- Tampico, to say nothing of the drills and parades, offered e
- Another feature also of the American occupation came out wit
- The conditions threatened a long, expensive, demoralizing oc
- Trist had substantially embodied Polk's terms in the treaty,
- Where, then, were funds to come from? The currency had been
- Some of this money went directly to supply needs of the army
- Those who raved against Polk and his "tribe" for driving the
- To replace it, however, calm the "Proviso men," and avert a
- The mother-country, Spain, would naturally have been expecte
- The treaty of peace caused no serious trouble. As early as J
- The soldiers, of course, did not equal their chief commander
- 21.8. The law, if fully enforced, would no doubt have done m
- 22.16. With some light guns, which would probably have been
- 22.32. _Occupation of city and "castle."_ _American Eagle_,
- 23.22. I. I. Stevens, one of the engineer officers, =66=repo
- 24.6. _Scott at Jalapa (except his proclamation, etc.: Note
- 24.22. _Scott at Puebla._ Ho. 60; 30, 1, pp. 954, 957, 993,
- 25.10. The hill (El Peñón Viejo) was about 1000 yards in len
- 26.8. Pillow, as was decided by a court of inquiry (Sen. 65;
- REMARKS ON THE BATTLE OF CHURUBUSCO. The active fortifying o
- The government desired to keep the despatch of the peace com
- On August 26 a long train of army wagons went to the capital
- The only argument advanced in favor of a night attack seems
- Gen. U. S. Grant regarded the battles of Sept. 8 and 13 as w
- On account of illness Pierce had no part in the battles of S
- 29.7. =61=Wilson to adj. gen., Aug. 21, 1847. (Losses) Ho. 2
- 29.21. =76=M. Ocampo, Nov. 27. =76=Comte. gen. Oaxaca, Mar.
- See note 29.28. For the Leonidas letter see p. 376. This let
- The _Princeton_ was the earliest naval steam propeller. She
- 30.28. The fort at Acapulco was now in a ruinous condition.
- 31.21. _California._ (This note, as written, included nearly
- 31.46. _Gaceta de Tamaulipas_, July 16, 1846. =65=Scott, gen
- The chief points of the treaty signed on Feb. 2 were as foll
- Apparently the Mexican government deferred the appearance of
- It was predicted that the loan could not be placed at better
- Scott spent nearly $64,000 of the funds that he derived from
- In the office of the sec. of relaciones was found a large co
- 35.2. Polk said: "Even France, the country which had been ou
- 36.1. Webster in the Senate, June 24, 1846: "We certainly wi
- The numbers preceding collections, etc., correspond to numbe
- Worcester Society of Antiquity. Proceedings, 1875-1909.
- Claiborne, J. F. H. John A. Quitman. 2 v. N. Y. 1860.
- Lancey. Cruise of the _Dale_ (collection of newspaper clippi
- Sherman, W. T. and John. Letters (Thorndike, ed.). N. Y. 189
- Bancroft, George, on Polk and California, =1.= 127;
- Claims against Mexico, European, =1.= 74, 425;
- Finances, Mexican, Itúrbide's troubles, =1.= 34-5;
- Johnson, Sir Thomas, Mexican partisan, =1.= 531.
- Mexico expedition, proposals, =1.= 349;
- Pánuco expedition, =1.= 281.
- Propaganda, Mexican, among Taylor's troops, =1.= 160;
- Scott, Winfield, political ambition and the war, =1.= 130, =
- _Truxtun_, wrecked, =2.= 202, 445;