books.google.com - In late December 1788 a worried Spanish official in Mexico City set down his fears about a new and aggressive northern neighbor. Viceroy Manuel Antonio Florez offered a gloomy prediction about the future of Spanish-United States relations in the West. He already knew about the steady march of frontiersmen...http://books.google.com/books/about/Astoria_Empire.html?id=4vrLxMSP0pUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAstoria & Empire
