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Don Carlos, supported by the nobility, the clergy, and other reactionary elements, kept up a guerilla war by which the tenure of the "Christinos" was endangered continuously.
The Governments of Europe Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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I am anxiously waiting to hear the issue of the battle between the Carlists and Christinos, which is, they say, to decide a great deal. [
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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In the first-named place, the Christinos kept themselves shut up in the houses, from the windows of which they returned the fire, guided in their aim by the flashes of their assailants 'muskets.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various
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Christinos by Zumalacarregui, was succeeded by a joyful foreboding.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various
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On the 27th and 28th of October, just one year after Zumalacarregui had taken command of the Carlist army, occurred the two famous actions in the plains of Vittoria, when General O'Doyle and two thousand Christinos fell into the hands of the victors, and nearly as many more were left dead upon the field.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various
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At the commencement of the war, fifty thousand cartridges were all he possessed, and those were soon consumed, as well as some that were taken from the Christinos.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various
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It is said that the Christinos offered them their lives if they would renounce Charles V. and take up arms for
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various
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Carlist soldiers; the prisoners were strictly guarded; and even should he succeed in setting Herrera at liberty, it would be no easy matter to get him conveyed in safety to any post or garrison of the Christinos, the nearest of which was several leagues distant, whilst the road to it lay through a wild and difficult country, entirely unknown to Luis, and containing a population devoted to Don Carlos.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various
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Traveling on, the party met with some Christinos, or Crees, who joined it "in hopes," says Radisson, "to gett knives from us, which they love better then we serve God, which should make us blush for shame."
French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson
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Even the guards and pickets, in view of the Christinos, had but a single musket loaded, which the sentinels passed from one to another when relieved.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various
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