ebooks Custer in Texas: An interrupted narrative : including narratives of the First Iowa Cavalry; the Seventh Indiana Cavalry; the Fifth Illinois Cavalry; ... mutiny in Custer's command while in Louisiana by John M. Carroll in History

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On the afternoon of September 14; 1786; two French ships appeared off the coast of Monterey; the first foreign vessels to visit Spain's California colonies. Aboard was a party of eminent scientists; navigators; cartographers; illustrators; and physicians.For the next ten days the commander of this expedition; Jean Francois de La Perouse; the commander of this expedition; took detailed notes on the life and character of the area: its abundant wildlife; the labors of soldiers and monks; and the customs of Indians recently drawn into the mission. These observations provide a startling portrait of California two centuries ago.