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Page 185
... officers . Montezuma , confounded at this unexpected reproach , asserted his innocence ; and as a proof , gave orders to bring the officer and his accomplices prisoners to Mexico . Cortez professed himself convinced of Montezuma's inno ...
... officers . Montezuma , confounded at this unexpected reproach , asserted his innocence ; and as a proof , gave orders to bring the officer and his accomplices prisoners to Mexico . Cortez professed himself convinced of Montezuma's inno ...
Page 281
... officers were seen running hither and thither , with pro- mises , with exhortations , and with menaces , attempting to rally the soldiers , and inspirit them for a second attack . Fi- nally , after the most painful efforts , they ...
... officers were seen running hither and thither , with pro- mises , with exhortations , and with menaces , attempting to rally the soldiers , and inspirit them for a second attack . Fi- nally , after the most painful efforts , they ...
Page 367
... officers , whose gallantry , on this occa- sion , deserved a better fate , in a better cause . Generals Gibbs and Kean were carried away , severely wounded ; the former mortally . The plain between the front of the British , and the ...
... officers , whose gallantry , on this occa- sion , deserved a better fate , in a better cause . Generals Gibbs and Kean were carried away , severely wounded ; the former mortally . The plain between the front of the British , and the ...
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