. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... The Spanish Bayonet. INVASION OF MEXICO. 381 west and south. Over these broad spreading plains, covered withsage bush, tufts of gray buffalo grass, and the sharp pointed cactus,the army took its march. Except where an occasional river, borderedby cotton-wood trees, crept slowly through the plain, the way wasbarren and treeless. Sometimes they met vast herds of the buffalotraveling north for the summer. At night the howling of the prai-rie wolf ofte
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... The Spanish Bayonet. INVASION OF MEXICO. 381 west and south. Over these broad spreading plains, covered withsage bush, tufts of gray buffalo grass, and the sharp pointed cactus,the army took its march. Except where an occasional river, borderedby cotton-wood trees, crept slowly through the plain, the way wasbarren and treeless. Sometimes they met vast herds of the buffalotraveling north for the summer. At night the howling of the prai-rie wolf often disturbed the slumbers of the camp. The only otherinhabitant of the plain were the prairie dogs, whose towns were builtthickly all along the northern part of their journey. As the sol-diers marched through these prairie dog towns, the bright eyed. Prairie Dogs. little animals would sit erect on their haunches, blinking cunninglyat the men, then suddenly turning tail would dart into their holesand disappear in the underground labyrinth where they dwelt. After a march of more than a month the sight of the ArkansasRiver cheered the eyes of the weary travelers, and a little rest atBents Fort on its banks refreshed them after their long thence to Santa Fe the way was less monotonous, sometimesleading among grand old mountains and scenery of surpassingbeauty. Early in August they set foot in the Territory of New 382 STORY OF OUR COUNTRY. Mexico, the northern line of the Mexican possessions. Kearneysproceedings were executed with military brevity and he entered a town — they were all miserable, badly builtvillages of adobe houses in this region —he summoned the alcaid orMayor of the place, and asked him to take the oath of allegiance tothe United States, for himself and the inhabitants. The tremblingal
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