Maurice: The definitive book on the Freeman-Custis expedition is edited by Dan L. Flores (1984), "Southern Counterpart to Lewis & Clark: The Freeman & Custis...
Hello, This is not my area, particularly, but as I recall it the Spanish sent armed units to intercept American exploring expeditions, including Zebulon Pike's...
Hola Soldados! I wanted to alert you about a second edition of a good book entitled "Anza and Cuerno Verde: Decisive Battle". This is by Wilfred O. Martinez...
Anyone out there have good, detailed information on the uniforms of the San Patricio Battalion of Santa Anna's Army during the Mexican-American War?...
I have to books that state similar uniforms still different. One is Shamrock and sword and the other is the Osprey's series, Santa Anna's Mexican Army...
Hola, Yes, I can help you there, assuming that the women in Louisiana dressed as those in Mexico and Texas did at this same time. Have you done any research...
Most of the women that would have been of Spanish decent were Isleños from the Canary Islands. I imagine more than a few filtered in with the soldiers that...
... On the homepage of the website, there is a place for soldado websites, look up the one for the Second Catalonians, anyway when you get there, look up the...
The Brassey book has a nice painting by Richard Hook that shows a San Patricio dressed probably from after 1847 when they were expanded from just an artillery...
Hola! It seems to me that quite a bit more research is going to be needed if you wish to do an impression of Louisiana women of the Spanish era. What did...
Hola... Even though finding extant garments from your location and constructing clothing from well documented images and historic records do produce the best...
... Are you associated with the group that does the Louisiana Regt. or do you want to do Spanish southwestern. Los Adaes, outside of Robeline, Louisiana, was...
... Gabrielle, a good place to get a hand woven rebozo from Mexico, and for less than 30.00 is: http://ojinaga.com/store/Rebozos/rebozos.html Richard Grant In...
Regarding the Cat site...sorry I have been unable to get it updated. So you will find inaccurate info. Regarding shoes for women, if you walk 25 miles in your...
Cornial: How is the event looking this weekend? Any sutlers? I should have my new chupa corta to wear looking forward to showing it off! Anyway, I have a...
Thanks! I'll pick up that book and check it out. I have the old Company article on the San patricios, which is pretty good and it describes them in some ...
Hola Rick, Well, I knew I was going to hurt someone's feelings with my comments, which is why I wrote "respectfully disagree," but I didn't know it was going...
Hola Richard, What a great site! Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Now I want to know if she will copy some of the older patterns and colors. I'll ask. ...
Hola Gabrielle, I found your summary of the characteristics of the classic senorita very interesting. However, I come from a long line of another "classic"...
Something happening at Los Ades? I didn't know they were doing anything. dud Richard Greggory Grant <nkvd012000@...> wrote: Cornial: How is the event...
... You're welcome. I hope you get lucky & find a copy at a used books joint. I bought mine at a bookstore I worked at for $40. A few months later, they were...
David, no offense taken. Just wanted to state my case. Yeah, I knew you'd want to see the refernce...gads I created the original document years ago...I will go...
... ***I concur on this. The Mexican period tends to be more colorful than the Spanish period. ... ****I had this "pleasure" with two young ladies in college....
Hola Me Amigo! I just received my chupa corta today. Fully lined, false lapels, and pockets, just don't know what to say, except it's good to get historically...
... Curiosity, what do the old patterns and colors look like? I would like to see them reproduced too. Richard Grant ... colors. ... <gabrielle@n...> ... on ...
I'd love to be out there at the Los Adaes living history weekend, but I am already committed for some volunteer work. Do they occur often? If you let the list...
I just ordered the Brassey book plus the Osprey MexWar book. Among these sources I should be able to suss out the uniform fairly well. I will probably just...
... inside the presidio, beads, etc... which one would think was for neophytes at the mission. The mission actually served the Adaesanos at Los Adaes and like...
Hola Gabrielle, I haven't seen purple and orange, but there is a dark blue and orange satin dress in one of the casta paintings, circa 1780, in Illona Katzew's...
... Among these sources I should be able to suss out the uniform fairly well. I will probably just go with the forage cap since there is no source (as far as...
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