Genealogy and RecollectionsPriv. print. by the Blair-Murdock Company, 1915 - 170 pages |
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... by the vaqueros in the mountains adjacent or some- times on the plain and dragged to the arena on bullock hides . Both animals were fastened to long ropes and so fought . But that had all passed [ 119 ] RECOLLECTIONS.
... by the vaqueros in the mountains adjacent or some- times on the plain and dragged to the arena on bullock hides . Both animals were fastened to long ropes and so fought . But that had all passed [ 119 ] RECOLLECTIONS.
Page 120
Albert Alfonzo Moore. ropes and so fought . But that had all passed before my time . A bull fight in our old Mission was thus : Just about where the old Ehrman brick store stands , a strong , high - planked fence was built , taking in ...
Albert Alfonzo Moore. ropes and so fought . But that had all passed before my time . A bull fight in our old Mission was thus : Just about where the old Ehrman brick store stands , a strong , high - planked fence was built , taking in ...
Page 137
... rope to that , tying about six or seven feet long . We then started in a great hurry , and an Indian held one end of the rope while we were marching . There were but eight Indians marched in company with me that morning from the camp ...
... rope to that , tying about six or seven feet long . We then started in a great hurry , and an Indian held one end of the rope while we were marching . There were but eight Indians marched in company with me that morning from the camp ...
Page 139
... rope across my back , and a rope around my neck ; they then tied the end of another rope behind to the neck rope , then down my back to the pinion rope ; they then drew my hands forward across my stomach and crossed my wrists ; then ...
... rope across my back , and a rope around my neck ; they then tied the end of another rope behind to the neck rope , then down my back to the pinion rope ; they then drew my hands forward across my stomach and crossed my wrists ; then ...
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