A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . , in time, ac-quired the appellationof the disputed terri-tory ; and when, earlyin 1846, PresidentPolk ordered Taylorto proceed with hisforces to the RioGrande, across thisterritory, the advancewas treated by theMexicans as the actual commencement of hostilities. V. On his route from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande,Taylor established a depot at Point Isabel (iz-a-beV), abouttwenty-one miles northeast of Matamoras {mat-a-mo-ras). Onreaching the Rio Gr
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . , in time, ac-quired the appellationof the disputed terri-tory ; and when, earlyin 1846, PresidentPolk ordered Taylorto proceed with hisforces to the RioGrande, across thisterritory, the advancewas treated by theMexicans as the actual commencement of hostilities. V. On his route from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande,Taylor established a depot at Point Isabel (iz-a-beV), abouttwenty-one miles northeast of Matamoras {mat-a-mo-ras). Onreaching the Rio Grande he took a position opposite Matamo-ras, and erected a fortress, which was afterward named Fort IV QuE^ What two boundary claims were maintained? 17. Whatre-ion was known as the disputed territory ? IS. What movement did Polk orderTaylor to make? 19. How did the Mexicans regard the movement? V 20. Where is Point Isabel? (See map, p. 271.) 21. What use did Taylor makeof the place ? 22. Where was Fort Brown erected ? 23. By whom was it erected ?24. Why was it called Fort Brown? 25. Give au account of the disaster to 272 Brown, in honor of its brave defender. Learninir 1846. , , ^ . ,,. ^ that the Mexicans were asseuibhng troops at a point liigher np the river, Taylor sent Captain Thornton, with aparty of sixty-three dragoons, to reconnoiter. On the 26thof April, this little band was attacked, and, after a loss of six-teen men, was compelled to surrender. YI. Thus was shed the first blood in the war. The newsof this affair produced the wildest excitement throughout theUnited States ; and a war-spirit, unknown before to exist, wasat once aroused. The President sent a message to Congress,announcing that Mexico had invaded our territory, and shedthe blood of our fellow-citizens on our own soil; and Con-gress,, adopting the spirit of the message, declared that warexisted by the act of Mexico. YII. The Mexicans, in large force, having crossed the RioGrande for
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