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Part Two: The Dumbest Colonizer in History

Behind the Bastards

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Fucking in Sonata

In Sonata was at that point the furthest northern settlements on the Baja Peninsula. The town's proximity to San Diego would secure his flank and provide him with an easy route to accept new American volunteers. His forces landed in in Sonata on November 30th, 1853 and seized the town without a fight because it was barely a town. He posted a message in the center of town explaining his intentions to his new citizens.

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