 ... cross as it droops in melancholy solitude in the midst of the buried dead, whose history, like their mortal remains, is wrapped in its narrow grave beneath the rank grass and wild brier. California, under tne absolute rule of Spain for fifty years...  California's El Dorado Yesterday and Today - Page 25by Herman Daniel Jerrett - 1915 - 141 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rolander Guy McClellan - British Columbia - 1872 - 794 pages
...under tne absolute rule of Spain for fifty years and under the rule of Mexico for twenty-four years, made but little progress either in material, social,...it fell into the possession of the United States, was almost as unknown, uninhabited, and undeveloped as it was when Cortez first attempted its exploration... | |
 | Rolander Guy McClellan - California - 1875 - 830 pages
...under tne absolute rule of Spain for fifty years and under the rule of Mexico for twenty-four years, made but little progress either in material, social,...it fell into the possession of the United States, was almost as unknown, uninhabited, and undeveloped as it was when Cortez first attempted its exploration... | |
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