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William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 1, Chapter 9: Capitan Vasquez. (search)
own. His passion grew with age; a dark and sullen jealousy taking full possession of his soul. For some time I went on doggedly, shoving those who shoved me, keeping my sweethearts at my side, and drinking where I liked and as I liked. One night there was a row, and then I left the town. A man was killed. Seeing a fight going on, an officer interfered, when Vasquez plunged a knife into his heart. The murderer fled from Monterey. Getting a herd of kine, he says, I went to Mendocino county, in the north, three hundred miles from Monterey; but even in the north I was not left alone in peace. White men pursued me to my ranch; but I escaped unhurt and fled into the woods. Then I resolved to change my course. It was their fault, not mine. They would not let me work — in future I would steal. A good Catholic, Vasquez set out for Los Felix, where his mother lived, to tell her of his purpose and invoke her blessing on his plan. My mother loves me much, and will not fail