Chickens Don't Turn to DustA girl's diary records village life in Las Cruces, Territoty of New Mexico, at the turn of the century. |
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... Mexican talk . Once a long time ago the Indians killed a lot of people here . Some body came along and buryed them and put crosses on their graves . They started calling the place Las Cruces in Mexican and nobody ever did change it to ...
... Mexican talk . Once a long time ago the Indians killed a lot of people here . Some body came along and buryed them and put crosses on their graves . They started calling the place Las Cruces in Mexican and nobody ever did change it to ...
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... Mexicans make wine like that . Appoloneo isnt a Mexican he is an indian and even if his feet are clean they are ugly and I dont want them in my wine . The christian womans temperance union had a meeting the other.
... Mexicans make wine like that . Appoloneo isnt a Mexican he is an indian and even if his feet are clean they are ugly and I dont want them in my wine . The christian womans temperance union had a meeting the other.
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... Mexican party I was ever to . Lupes sister is twelve years old . We played games and then we had punch . They called it something else and they had little fried mince pies . They were hot and very good . They call them empenyadas ...
... Mexican party I was ever to . Lupes sister is twelve years old . We played games and then we had punch . They called it something else and they had little fried mince pies . They were hot and very good . They call them empenyadas ...
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