The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-03-18

THE following Interesting narrative OF real
events is extracted from RuXtons -" Adventures III
Mexico ali The Rocky Mountains.
IN a rancho situated in the valley of the Rio
FIorito and nearly half way between the cities oi
Durango and chihuahua. lived a family of hardy
vauucTos. OF cattle hercrs. the head of which wa
a sturdy old sexagenarian, known as FL CoNo dhc
Game Leg. lie reioced N a qi'Eer wen 1ii,ea
with arrows since eight fine. slrappi1l" sons hailed
him padre: than any Of whom not a ranchero
in the trrra afnera could more dextronsly colcar
hill or n, thu, game Of gallo tear from It's stake
the unhappy fowl. and bear it safe rom the pursuit
of competitors but peccmcal to the cet OF MS a''-
Inrino ady-ioNe.
OF these eight mozos, he who bore away the
palm OF ranchcral superiority. but still III a very
sIipht degree was the third son, and the hand
soonest Clo little praise. where each and all lald
claim 10 tie title of =" bueno moZo Stapo, } by
name Escamilla, proper lad OF twenty, flVe ie2i
len ont Of his Zapaos, straight as an ofsaho '''"
lithesome as a reed. He was more polished than
the others having been schooled at Qucretaro--a
CITY, in the estimation Of the people OF the terra
afiicra second only TO Mejico itself.
With his city breeding, he had. of course I'M
hibed a taste for dress. and quite dazZed the eyes
OF the neIghborng rancheras when, on his re-
guru to his paternal home he made his first ap,
pearance at Il grand " function de toros IN ali
the elaborate fnery Of a Qner6iaro dandy In llils
first passage of arms he greatly distinguished nm
self having thrown three bulls by the tail with
.: =. g.. d. ,,b,cl,.s uho oraced with
their presence the exciting sport.
Close at the heels of E,scamiila, and almost RI
yaling him in good locks and dextery came John
IA ~ ms ~ ~ Il, - t;,.i ,-,ouaros far sur
'ie e!tS u '', ~ - r ara.r,nce and
p'"'sl' H. " horsan,,nSbin waning alone that
briliancy of execution . which the other had
ACQUIRED in the inner provinces and III practice
against ,!'e "iloe' anu 'ioi0 '''''o ''''
tleIri caiItlt: ,;.,,.4, a., c.-+ - 81 o,,llo
+ w" 'u .n i'l' i. Ia tL tronb;os of
ana p''ll 'S' '',' " ' VII No, nalIed
te spur at ''' ie.' W. III H. rolad Nsaba1 do Ia
, to'ii NV tt,T Mol .ved oirl nf sx,ean the
'aae'fa, ii't's 'l'' N'!on - ~ " LI;I 49,
TOAST oi NE \a'''s' ~ 1''A', , NJ i It c;
ce'enil'I' Ds ptlaIr,a % {. !. nova mas
I'll q 'I'iE VIZ ,.'' G :, !. m haonannd that
guaIF' We )" ili ,,I ir G, ,,,r,ara,,ra
the iaS' we s '' l III, ~; r,Iln She was
III Pubic i''h''oh anu "' ''''l ''in ,-t,t,,
No'en anu III ,i''sutT Mo.' ~ -, he La,,ds If
" VIZ :! y, ~ ''I : "a, -; hne, wen received
l"''ff h'fi' VIM ~, vi, '''7 H., af, Is,beI AZ
rom INV ''''''"t ',If," i me- ,oi,inr 10Th n
us 'ot','' VI lad IF the valley NJ her feet.
nav ~! VIZ H. .,,n,,s and anDarenllv returned
fi'h''ic" MS
u? i'se, ,,,,,.er , Ionc Glory short the dandy
1,ilI ~ hn too fine 1o work had more time on
':s a ',,;,, dbonorabl,- snnlanted his
h us ''.' :; w. ,b aniions If ysaha. and as Imam
Nc 700 frank and nobe bea rted to force his sIlit
~ his more favored brother the
aG,;r 80 conci,daf h.tvaen the ojr and Esca-
lii ,,d 1-- ,srosd G,rtbe MARRIAGE ceremony
,,I;cb was to TAXI. Mace nj ,he hacienda of the
Lr;d =, I,,, II, honor of the OCCASION a eraH9
f..1o,, do t.,. was to I've held at which ali the
,i,,hhnrs nh, nearest Of whom was forty miles
It7,,,,[ ,.ra T., he invited intending of course
tha ,aI,,,r, snne nr FL Coyo the brothers of the
,, SOU ''"h' ' " "
,ir, l,-, h. f,r,. the one appojnted for the
,.r;.,o, ,n c,thar Win his EIGHT sons made their
'l. ti,c,r Gallant figures. as mounted Oh
,, CliG,,ia,, horse, il,,.y entered the Hacienda
S'"h' aiA",ii'"" ',''S Wv r,,' H., o,llon,,j
r>mri'l,- d '''"> ~
fan ne, .t. ~ roxo will, all lis sons excen-
; -, "a, la; Intended the master Of the Hacienda
ny I;,' f,r ,, nras IF dryng in The
iht" 'l' ''',,,' ~. Wv, r ,,, r,rro,, snort
n,lis ,ir,r ncfcr,,, ran,;ned tn cnnrIeto y
VINE 'a "'', With aaS,ad r., S.,,,ra ,hem
~ 1oxn and his sons baing selected for tI,e most
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