The real America in romance, with reading courses : being a complete and authentic history of America from the time of Columbus to the present day . FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY. 377 spsrsed with all the gaudy hues of wild {lowerssuch as Mexico alone can produce, with the softestand most salubrious of climes. From the loftysummits of these mountains and almost upon thespot where Cortez stood, General Scotts armybeheld, as the Spanish conquerors before them haddone, the great valley of Mexico, with its inter-vales and lakes, cities and villages, and the watersof Tezcuco embracing the Mexican capital
The real America in romance, with reading courses : being a complete and authentic history of America from the time of Columbus to the present day . FROM VICTORY TO VICTORY. 377 spsrsed with all the gaudy hues of wild {lowerssuch as Mexico alone can produce, with the softestand most salubrious of climes. From the loftysummits of these mountains and almost upon thespot where Cortez stood, General Scotts armybeheld, as the Spanish conquerors before them haddone, the great valley of Mexico, with its inter-vales and lakes, cities and villages, and the watersof Tezcuco embracing the Mexican capital—theancient metropolis of the Aztec Empire—now pre-senting lofty steeples and spacious domes. Downinto that valley the invaders continuously pressed,for resistance was expected at the mountain Twiggs division led, and on the 11th ofAugust he was encamped at St. Augustine, withthe strong fortress of San Antonio before upon his right were the heights of Churu-busco, crowned with embattled walls covered withcannon, and to be reached in front only by acauseway exposed at every point to a raking firefrom the batteries.
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