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dubed (sic) and painted in a curious manner. I looked at them
about an hour and then left.
There is no tavern or other accommodations here for travelers
and I was obliged to roll myself in my blanket and sleep either
in the street or the corale (sic), as the station house has no win-
dows or floor and was too close and warm. The corrale is where
they keep their horses and mules, but I slept very comfortably
as the ground was made soft by manure. I would rather have
slept in the street as a great many of the natives do, but it is
hardly safe for a stranger. Some one might suppose that he
had money about his person and quietly stick a knife into him in
the night and no one would be the wiser. There is no law here,
or if there is it is not enforced - might makes right. Yesterday
a dispute occurred betwen two men about something when one
of them shot the other dead on the spot. The man is running
at large and no particular notice is taken of it - his name is
Fryor and he is a resident of the place - there is very little
talk about it. Those I have asked about it justify Fryor - the
deceased had threatened his life before and at one time had
drawn a pistol on him when he was unarmed. The murdered
man's name was Batch, on his way home from Callifornia and
stopping here a few days. I guess King Alcohol was at the bot-
tom of all the trouble. Speaking of Alcohol, reminds me that
last night I tasted for the first time some of the Mexican liquor
called Muscol (sic) - I do not like it.82
Among the native women here I believe that chastity is a vir-
tue unknown. Some of the young girls are pretty - they are
remarkable for the ease and grace of their movements and their
brilliant black eyes. Some of them are very bold - they have
a great fancy for Americans and a greaser stands no chance with
a white man. They are generally tender hearted and humane-
and in sickness they are noted for being good and faithful nurses.
Nearly every man in our Mail Party seems to have a lover here -
and when the Mail arrives they are are always at the station to
welcome them. One of our party named Beardsly seems to be a
great favorite with the senorettas (sic) - and has a fine looking
black eyed girl for his especial favorite. He is laying on the
ground within six feet of me at this moment fast asleep, while
she is sitting by his side keeping the flies from disturbing him.
She looks at me occasionally like she thought that I was making
her the subject of my pen.
We could not hire any kind of conveyance in this God forsaken
town for Tubac. So we were compelled to send an express to
"Mescal was a powerful liquor made from a wild cabbage-like vege-
table, the Maguey, by the Indians and Mexicans. James Ohio Pattie de-
scribed it as a kind of whiskey "tasting like crab-apple cider." The Per-
sonal Narrative of Jamnes Ohio Pattie in Thwaites, Early Western Travels
(Cleveland, 1905), XVIII, 99.184
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 36, July 1932 - April, 1933, periodical, 1933; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101093/m1/204/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.