CSPAN3 History Bookshelf May 16, 2015
Wilkinson. On the face i emphasize. What else can be said for a man who combined his carrier of United States army his career of United States army with agent 13 in the spanish secret service. 11 years he commended the nations forces. He patrolled its frontiers. For most of that time he also fed americas military secrets to the largest power in the hemisphere. If spain had acted more vigorously on the warnings he passed on they would have captured the lewis and Clark Expedition and put a halt to westward exploration. They did heed his advice about fortifying the border with taxes. They cap the...