naturally did not want Americans so near her own territory,

denied the claim, and made the Sabine River the dividing line.

And as Spain had been the original possessor of Louisiana, she

considered herself authority on the subject.

The question was on every tongue, and it was but natural that

it should be discussed by Urrea and his physician. In fact,

they talked continually of the disputed boundary, and of

Mexico. And Mexico was then a name to conjure by. She was as