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The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18
Embarked on a Journalistto Venture.

FRESNO, CAL, July 17-J. w. Shank
lin and T. S. Price will soon issue the first
number of magazine to be known as The
Interior. 1t will be devoted to farming,
stock-raising. engineering, politics, the de-
velopment of county resources, etc. Mr..
Shanklin was at one time editor of the
Fresno Republican, while Mr.. Price is a
banker
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REVENGE OF A HUSBAND.
The Woman Who Deserted His
Home Was Instantly
Killed.
THE MURDERER IS DYING.
Herbert Lindson, a Gambler Who
Caused the Trouble, May
Recover.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, July 17.-Mrs.
Alonzo T. Meyers is lying at Long Beach
with two bullets through her heart, Her
bert Lindson is badly wounded and
Meyers, the husband of the woman, who
did the shooting, is suffering untold
agonies from a wound self-inflicted and
which will cause his death. The tragedy
occurred late this afternoon. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
Meyers, who is 21 years old, lives at Los
Angeles with his parents and has big
ranch at Inglewood. Six months ago he
married girl Ii years old of family
bearing bad reputation. For while all
went well, then very soon Mabel, his wife,
and her sister Lydia began to associate
with well-known gambler, Herbert Lind
son. Mrs. Meyers finally left her husband
and went to live with Frank Overton. an
other gambler, whose wife and children are
spending the summer in Santa Monica.
Meyers made several attempts to regain
his wife, but unsuccessfully. She finally
left with her sister and Lindson for Long
Beach, where Lindson intended to open a
private poker game.
Three days ago Meyers made last at
tempt to effect reconciliation, and, being
refused admission by Lindson, determined
to kill his wife and Overton. He came to
Los Angeles, got pistol and returned to
the beach the same evening.
To-day, while in wait for Overton, he
followed his wife, her sister and Herbert
Lindson to their cottage. Lindson opened
the door. intending to enter. Meyers
called him out, and without the slightest
warning fired four shots, two at his wife,
the bullets entering her heart and causing
instant death, one at Lindson. fracturing a
bone in his arm Just below the elbow, and
the fourth at himself, the bullet entering
his neck and going through the collar
bone.
Lindso= may recover, although there are
fears that hemorrhage of the lungs, to
which he is subject, may complicate the
case. Meyers is suffering terribly, and
his death is only question of time. He
is conscious, talks freely, says he wants to
die and shows no regret for what he has
done. He expresses sorrow because be did
not succeed in killing Frank Overton.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18
Sailed for South Africa.

TACOMA, WASH, July 1.-THE Nor
wegian steamship Oscar II sailed tonight
for Delagoa Bay, South Africa, with 2,0O0,-
600 feet of lumber and sample consign-
ments OF -four and other products, in which
it is intended to build up trade.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18

sale of the Haytian Republic. The United
States District Attorney expresses the
opinion that the smugglers had already
received all they were entitled to in ex-
emption from prosecution
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18
KNOCKED OUT A FRESNO THUG.
A DenUer Man Who Resisted an ATTEMPTED
Hold UD.

FRESNO, CAL. July IA. J. Frank
and wife, on their way from Denver to
Oakland, stopped over here last night to
visit friends. A footpad waylaid Frank
and told him to hold up his hands. Frank
let fly left-hander on the footpad's law.
which knocked him out and broke Frank s
knuckles. The footpad got away as soon
as he recovered his senses and Frank left
on the morning train.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18
SMITH WILL BE HANGED.
Governor Budd Confined That His Sem
tence Has Just.

SAN QUENTIN, CAL, July 17.-Gov-
ernor Budd intimated to-day that Fremont
Smith, convicted Of numbering two fisher
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three thousand dollars in gold. Quintal-
Dor did not return, as he had fallen sick
on the road.
The two Indians, Pitaipitoque and Ten
ollie went apart with Cortes. Marina and
Aguilar and said that Montezuma had re-
ceived the presents and was pleased but
that as to the interview, to speak no more
about it, and that the feather mantles
and chalchuis were a present for our En-
peror. The stones, they said were each
worth cargo of gold, and they further
told him not to send any more messengers
to Mexico.
Cortes thanked them, although he felt very
much disappointed at the message of Mon
tezuma and he said to some who were
near, Surely, he must be great and
rich lord, and if it pleases God some day
we will go and see him." 1t now being the
hour of Ave Maria, the bell rang for prayer
and we all knelt before the holy cross.
When Tendile and Pitalpitoque saw us on
our knees, being bold, they asked why
we Inundated ourselves before that pole;
then Cortes ordered Padre Bartolome to
explain to them the mysteries of our
holy faith.
Some days afterwards we awoke one
morning and found that every Indian in
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nors to dine with him and his officers,
and after dinner he took the Governors
apart with Geronimo de Aguilar and told
them that we were Christians and the
vassals of the greatest lord in the world,
the Emperor don Carlos, who had for vas
sails many great lords, and that by his or
ders we had come to these lands that for
many years he knew of them and of the
great lord who ruled them and whom he
wished to have for his friend, and in
order to make treaty with him he desired
to know where he could meet him.
To this Tendile replied somewhat haugh-
tily: "You have only just now arrived
in this land and already you want to
speak with our lord receive now the pre-
ents we gave you in his name, and after
ward tell us what will satisfy YOU"
And so saying, he presented Cortes with
many pieces of gold ornaments very well
worked and more than ten packages of
cloth made of cotton and feathers, things
beautiful to see. He also presented many
other things which have forgotten, and
also gave us good supply of provisions.
Cortes received it all smiling and with
a good grace, and in return he gave them
many beads for themselves and an arm
chair for Montezuma, some canoes and a
necklace and purple turban with gold
medal representing Saint George Staying
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the camp had fled, and as we afterward
found out this was by order of Montezu-
ma, who commanded them to leave us
and speak no more to Cortes or those who
came with him. 1t appears that he had
consulted his iols, Hunchilobos and Tez-
catepuca, the one the god of war and
the other of the internal regions, and after
Offering many human sa CRITICS., the gods
had told him to listen to Cortes no more,
to hold no communication with him and
not to permit either the cross or pictures
of the Holy Virgin to be brought to his
ans had left our camp so suddenly.
AS the location of our present camp was
very bad, being unhealthy and infested
with mosquitoes, Cortes ordered that we
should move to the town of Quivistlan
which the pilots Alaminos and Monteo
had seen from their ships When we be-
gan to get ready, all the relatives and
friends of Diego Velasquez said that We
should not make the voyage, being with
out provisions; that we had secured treas
ure enough, and that We ought now to
return to Cuba; that besides many of the
soldiers had been killed by the natives or
had died of disease, and that the country
was thickly populated and the natives
would make war on us by day and night.
To which Cortes replied that it was not
well to return until we had seen more of
the country.
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lante, Juan de Lugo, myself and other
cavaliers and captains, who were of his
friends; and one night there came to my
hut Alonzo Hernandez Puertocarrero,
Juan de Escalante and Francisco de Lugo
who said, "Come out with us, Senior Ber-
nal Diaz del Castillo, and let us accom-
pany Cortes, who is making the rounds of
che camp"
When was outside the hut they said /:
Now, sir, keep secret what we are 60
ing to tell you, because the matter is SER
ious and we do not want your companions
in the hut, who are friends of Diego Velas-
quez, to know anything of it," They
then said:
1T seems to us, sir, that fernando
Cortes has deceived us in bringing us here
since he announced in Cuba that he came
to colonize, and now it appears he has
only power to trade and wants us to go
back to Santiago de Cuba with the gold
he has obtained, and which Diego Velas-
quez will claim, as he did the other
time, and we will remain as poor as we
set out. Look you, sir. You have come
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dores (servants) and with him came a
great Mexican Captain who in face and
figure bore a remarkable resem blance to
Cortes, and it seems that Montezuma sent
him on this account for when Tendile
showed him the picture of Cortes all of the
chief men remarked the resem blance of
Quintalbor, for such was the name of the
Mexican Captain, and so while he was with
us we called him Cortes.
But to return to my story, when he came
where Cortes was he touched the earth
with his hand and burned incense before
him, and all those who surrounded him,
and Cortes treated him with great courtesy
and seated him beside himself, and after
Quintalbor had welcomed Cortes and some
other courtesies had passed between them,
he ordered the presents to be spread on
mats. The first was wheel of pure gold
as large as carriage wheel, representing
the sun and highly ornamented. This was
said to be worth over $500, 900 in gold;
and another and larger wheel representing
the moon, and also beautifully worked
and figured. This was of silver and was
very heavy and of great value. He also
brought back the casque full of grains of
gold worth over $4,000. The gold in the
casque pleased us much, as it assured
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dragon, and he told Tendile to send
these things to Montezuma Immediately,
and that all of the presents were sent by
our King as a token of his friendship and
because he knew Montezuma was great
lord; and to ask his Lord Montezuma
to fix day and name a place where he
could meet him. Tendile received the
presents and said that Montezuma was
indeed great lord and that he wouldsbe
glad to meet the great King and that he
would send him the presents at once and
would bring back a reply. Tendile had
brought with him artists, who made pic
lures OF Cortes and of our ships, and
arms, and of our Captains and soldiers,
and of the horses, and even OF the grey
hound, all OF which they sent to Monte
yuma. M
Cortes now ordered Pedro de Alvarado
and all the cavaliers to appear on horse
back with all their armor and go through
their military exercises before the ENJOYS
of Montezuma. He also mounted his
horse and on the beach they went through
all their military mancuvers before the
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Indian Ambassadors. The cannons
were then fired and as the day was
calm, they made a great noise and the
Indians were terrified at things so
strange, and the Indian artists made pic
lures of it all for their King. 1t appears
that Tendile saw q soldier with a helmet
ornamented with gold, and he said it
looked like one which his ancestors had
bought from the land from whence they
came, and which was now on the head
of their war god Huichilobos, and that
his master would be pleased to see it.
They gave it to him, whereupon Cortes
said that in order to see if the gold of
this country was like what we got out of
the rivers of our country, he would give
him the helmet to show his master and
asked him to bring it back full of grains
of gold to send to our Emperor. After
this Tendile and Cortes embraced and he
took his departure. We learned after
ward that Tendile was one of the brav-
est and most intelligent servants of Mon
tezuma. He went personally to his King
and related all that had occurred and
showed him the pictures and the helmet,
and when Montezuma saw it and COM
pared it with that on the war god he took
it for certain that we were the ra ce their
traditions said should come to rule over
them.
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to this land three times, spending what
ever you had and getting nothing but
wounds in return, and we now desire to
inform you that many cavaliers, all of
whom are friends of yours, have deter
mined to colonize this country and hold
it in the name of our lord, the King, and
his representative, fernando Cores. until
we shall have sent notice of our discov-
cries to CASTLE, and we desire your vote
to elect Cortes Captain General and Chief
Justice, as it Is in the service Of God
and the King"
l replied that it was not we'll to return
to the Island of Cuba. That we ought to
colonize the country and elect Cortes
Captain General and Chief Justice until
we learned the will of His Majesty, and
so we went from soldier to soldier until
the friends of Diego Velasquez, who were
much more numerous than ourselves,
learned what we were doing, and in a Bit
ter manner they reproached Cortes, ask
ing him why he went around secretly
planning to remain in this country in
stead of returning to Cuba and giving an
account of his expedition to him who
had sent him out as Captain.
And they said we should forth
with embark and have no more secret
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meetings, as we had neither provisions
nor people to colonize with.
Cortes replied without anger that for
his part he would not go contrary to the
instructions of Diego Velasquez, and that
we should all be ready to embark the next
day, each man in the ship in which he
had come.
Those of us who were in the plot then
said that it was not we'll to have deceived
us, that in Cuba it had been announced
that we came to colonize, and that Cor
ties instead had only come to trade and
that the interest of God and the King
demanded that we should colonize and
nothing else. That we wanted to remain,
and that whoever SO desired might re-
| turn to Cuba.
After much persuasion Cortes, who
was assembling in the matter, finally
! acceded to our request on condition that
we made him Captain-General and Chief
Justice, and, worst of all, that we should
authorize him to take one-fifth of all the
treasure after taking out the royal fifth.
We Immediately did as he desired in the
presence of the Royal Secretary, Diego
de Godoy, and he then ordered that
town be founded and called La Villa
Rica de la Vera Cruz.
When the friends of Diego Ve1asquez saw
what he had done, they were furious with
rage, and began to make ready for armed
opposition, saying that everyone should
have had voice in what had been done,
and that the powers granted by Velasquez
to Cortes did not permit him to colonize,
only to trade Cortes then secretly or
dered Juan do Escalanante TO show the in
structions of Velasquez, which said:
"After you have traded as much as possi-
BILE, return to u.s. We asked Cortes to
attach this to the power we had given
him, and also the proclamation he had
caused to be made in Cuba, and it was by
means OF these documents that the King
in CASTLE afterward knew that what we
had done was right and had all been done
in his royal name and service. And it
was we'll for us that we had done so,
from the manner in which Don Juan
Rodriguez de Fonseca, the Bishop of
Burgos, and Archbishop of Rosana after
wards tried to destroy us. But still the
friends of Velasquez complained and said
they would return to Cuba, to which Cortes
replied that he would detain no one by
force, and that anyone who asked permits
sion to return should have it with good
will, and with this most of them were
satisfied, except Juan de Leon, Diego de
Ordas, Escobar and Pedro Escudero who
refused to obey Cortes and these he put
in irons and placed under guard.
Cortes, in the meantime, had made
friends with the principal men of the
Velasquez faction, winning over some by
gifts and others by promises, and had
released all of the prisoners except Juan
Velasquez de Leon and Diegode Ordas,
but in the course of few days he re-
leased these also and brought them to his
way OF thinking, by the use of gold, which
had a very modifying effect on them.
We now went to the town of Quavstlan,
where the city of Vera Cruz now is, and
sent the ships to the port in front Of the
town. Here there were some small towns
subject to larger one called Cempoala to
which place the five Indians who had
come to our camp belonged.
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US that there were rich gold mines in the
dnmi ninns of MOnteZuma.

US that there were rich gold mines in the
dominions of Montezuma.
Among the presents were thirty golden
ducks beautifully finished and very nat
ural. Others were figures of dogs, lions,
tigers and monkeys, besides ten golden
collars very finely executed, and two
wands, the emblems of justice; all were
of fine gold and of moulded work.
They also brought beautiful plumes OF
gold, silver and feathers and many other
ornaments which l have now forgotten.
After this Quintalbor presented Cortes
with thirty packages of cotton cloth OF
many different patterns worked in feath-
ers of different kinds and colors.
Then Tendile and Quintalbor told Cor
ties to receive these presents with the same
good will their lord had sent them, and
to divide them with the other Teules
who accompanied him. They then SAID
to Cortes that they wished to tell him
what their lord had sent them to say.
In the first place he was pleased that
such brave men had visited his country,
(he already knew of the affair at Tabas-
COZ and that he very much desired to
see our great Emperor, he being such
great lord, and that he would send him
a present of precious stones, and that in
the meanwhile, while we were at this
place, if he could serve us in any way
he would do it with good will
Cortes thanked them, with many
professions of qualification, and gave to
each Governor two shirts OF Holland,
some blue beads. and to the great Monte
yuma he sent three Holland shirts and
cup made of Florentine glass, and begged
of them to return to their Emperor, the
great Monteuzma, and say that he had
crossed many seas and had come from a
distant country for the sole purpose OF
seeing and speaking with him, and that
if we were to now return without seeing
him our own great Emperor would be
displeased, and that no matter where
Montezuma was he would go and pay his
respects to him. The two Governors then
left hit Pitalpitouue remained with us.
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from whence he sent food to Cortes and
the other officers (but as for us soldiers,
if we did not seek for food we went with
out it). About this time tho Indians of
the surrounding towns began to come to
our camp, bringing few gold ornaments
of little value end food which they ex-
changed with the soldiers for beads, with
which all of us were commonly we'll pro-
vided.
One morning Tendile came back. az
companied by about one hundred carga-
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had brought with us was already rotten.
The Indians who had formerly come to
trade with us also ceased to come. While
things were thus Tendile returned with
many Indians, and after the usual cere-
monies he presented Cortes with ten pack
ages of feather cloaks and four chal-
chuis, which are sort of green stone of
great esteem among them, more than en-
eralds with US. He also gave Cortes about
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. anchorage ground where the ships
ewould be safe from the north
Nwind. And after we had anchored Cortes
&oisted the royal flag on his ship. Shortly
y ter we came to anchor there came from
e shore two large canoes (Which the In
4 ans of these parts call piraguas) and,
seeing the royal standard on the ship of
Cortes, they went to it to speak to the
Captain, and went on board and asked
who was the tlatoan, or lord.
Dona Marina told them who Cortes was,
whereupon they made him many cour-
tesies, after their manner, and said that he
was welcome. and that a servant of the
great Montezuma had sent them to find
out who we were and what we sought,
and if we wanted anything for ourselves
or the ships to give it to us. Cortes
thanked them and gave them to eat and
drink and gave them some blue beads,
and after they had eaten and drank he
told them we had come to trade with and
see them and that we would do them no
injury. The messengers then returned
to the shore, and the next day, which
was Good Friday we disembarked
oue horses and artillery and camped
on some sandhills, there being no
level ground at that place, and
Mesa, our chief of artillery, mounted our
guns and then we built an altar and Gel
ebrated mass, and we built huts of
branches for Cortes and the other captains
and afterwards for the soldiers.
The next day many Indians came to our
camp. They were sent by Governor
Of Montezuma named Pitalpitoque, whom
we afterwards called Ovandillo. Those
Indians put adobe on the walls of the hut
OF Cortes and others that were near, and
as the weather was very warm, they
placed sort OF large blanket on the roofs
to keep off the heat. They also brought
chickens and maize bread and plums, and
l think they brought some gold orna-
ments, all OF which they presented to
Cortes, saying that the Governor would
come next day and bring more provis-
ions.
Cortes thanked them and made them
presents, with which they went away con-
tented.
The next day there came the Cover
nor's Tendile, and Pitalpitoque, who was
also a principal man amongst them, and
with them came many Indians bearing
presents; and those who carried them
Tendile caused to stand aside and then
he bowed three times to Cortes and after
ward to all who were near. Cortes said
they were welcome and embraced them,
and then he caused mass to be celebrated.
After mass Cortes invited the Cover
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FTER a few days
the Indian Captain,
Pitalpitoque, who
remained in our
C a m p, c g a s e d to
bring us any pro-
visions and we be-
gan to suffer, as the
coccova broad xx,a
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HEN Tendile went
with the presents of
Cortes to Montezu-
ma, the other, Gov
ernor Pitalpitoque,
remained in our
camp, in some huts
apart from ours, and
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HAVE already told how
the friends of. Diego
Velasquez desired to re-
turn to Cuba. Cortes
had already spoken to
Alonzo Hernandez Puer-
tocarrero, Pedro de
Alvarado, and his four
brothers, with Cristoval
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VIII

The Return Of TendiIe and the Reply OF
r1ontezuma-He Will Not See Cortes and
Orders His Soldiers and People to Leave the
Camp and Hold No Converse With Them
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Cortes having pacined the Indians of the
Rio Grijalba and having received from them
confirmation of the story of the riches of
Mexico. set sail with his fleet for the harbor OF
San Juan de ulua.
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v III

How TendiIe Went to See sflontezuma and
What He Did In Our Campfire Indians
Brought Food and Traded 1t for Beads.
Montezuma Sends a Wheel Of Pure Gold
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v

How the Expedition of cortes Arrived Safely
in San Juan de UIua and what Happened--
1ontezuma Sends an Ambassador to Greet
the Spanish Ccnquerors, Bringing Presents
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TX

fernando cortes Made Captain General and
Chief Justice Until the Will Of His Majesty
Should be Indlcated-The Disaffection of
Diego VeIasquez and His Friends