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Duel by Knife Ends in Death on the Pecos Flats
A lone Mexican desperado known as Big Pete duels a young rider in a moonlit camp near the Rio Pecos. Pete falls after a swift strike, the assailant rides away, and justice by the plains is served with no official pursuit. The tale closes with a grave and a guess at the stranger’s identity.
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Rio Pecos
Big Pete
Pete
Pecos
River Meadows
Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona
San Francisco Examiner
Carmelos Ranch
Jackson
Saugus
Mojave
Carmelos
Santa Clara River
del Valle
California
Spain
Angelus
Ramon