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July 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

Murder on the Prairie

The floodgates of murder were open, and the torrent must have its way.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project

July 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 27

They began the fatal journey from Texas to Canada.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project presenting the

June 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

Desperation in French Texas Fort

These multiplied disasters bore hard on the spirits of the colonists.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project

June 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

France’s Texas Colony

At length they found a more friendly band, and learned much touching the Spaniards, who, they were told, were universally hated by the tribes of that

June 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 26

Of what avail to plant a colony by the mouth of a petty Texan river? Cost what it might, the Mississippi must be found.Previously in The Discovery

June 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

La Salle in Texas

As the smoke and flame rolled towards them before the wind, La Salle caused all the grass about the camp to be cut and carried away, and especially

May 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 25

Galveston Bay and the mouth of the Mississippi differ little in latitude, though separated by about five and a half degrees of longitude.Previously

May 21, 2019 Leave a Comment

Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 24

At length they entered the Gulf of Mexico, that forbidden sea whence by a Spanish decree, dating from the reign of Philip II., all foreigners were

May 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

La Salle’s Wild Scheme of Invading Mexico

Unless we assume that his scheme of invading Mexico was thrown out as a bait to the King, it is hard to reconcile it with the supposition of mental

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