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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

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

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

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

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

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

He had asked for two vessels, and four were given to him.Previously in The Discovery of the Great West.Our special project presenting the

He now proposes to return by way of the Gulf of Mexico and the mouth of the Mississippi to the countries he has discovered.Previously in The

Pride, aspiration, and bold energy, which lay at the base of his character, battled against the superficial weakness that mortified and angered