Band of Outlaws Raid Spanish Rancho in Calico West
Don Alfredo, a wealthy California ranch owner, ignores warnings of a Sierra Indian raid. The attack kills him and tears his daughters from their maid Monica. Padre Pasqual aids as Henry Bowie and companions rescue the girls after a skirmish with fifty Indians. Bowie later goes to Monterey and revisits California years later.
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Don Alfredo
California
Monica
Padre Pasqual
Texas
Henry Bowie
Ben Pardalee
Simmie
Padre
Monterey
Bowie
Gen
Sam Houston
Rancho
Guadalupe
Bowie as Guest in Spanish California Home
Bowie adapts to Don Francisco Estrada household times as he meets Don Ramon and Dona Maria and Senorita Carmen during a formal dinner. He explains his plan to move up the river toward Sutter's Fort for venison and elk, relying on rifles and scarce equipment while facing a gracious, cautious welcome.
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Francisco
Bowie
Don Ramon
Don Francisco
Estradas
Dona Maria
Don Ramon Estrada
Senorita Carmen
Rancho
Texas
California
Don
Senor
Sutter’s
Monterey
Santa Ana
Alamo
Carmen
Desert
Dona
Texans Stay On Rancho Guadelupe Amid Matanza Tales
Bowie, Don Ramon, and Francisco linger at Rancho Guadelupe as a matanza turns cattle into tallow and bears roam the hills. Carmen’s song and the Texan’s growing fascination with the Mexican household create a tense, evolving tableau of hospitality, romance, and frontier skill.
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Tanza
Davis
Monterey
China
South America
Boston
Bowie
Francisco
Pardaloe
Simmie
Matanza
Don Ramon
Carmen
Don Francisco
Rancho Guadalupe
Sierras
Oso Pardo
Bowie Fights Grizzly to Save Don Ramon on Rancho
Don Ramon is attacked by a grizzly after a canyon encounter. Bowie defends him with rope and a life or death knife fight, ending with both bear and Texan presumed dead as the scene closes. Pedro leads vaqueros in pursuit as the canyon falls silent.
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Bear
Don Ramon
Bowie
Rancho
Matanza
Mira
Don
Pedro
Corral
Items of Interest to the Housewife
Tips on household care and cooking include flushing lace curtains with a little milk in blue water for laundering and salt water to tint shades. Remedies cover removing excess salt from soup with potatoes and using fresh boiled water for tea. Broiled tomato slices enhance meat flavor and lemon keeps cauliflower from browning.
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Chapter
Ommiewe
Frank H. Spearman
D Frank H. Spearman
WIU Service
Kellogg Company
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Tig
Elke
Dante
Yours
Sunkist
Rogers
International Silver Co
Dept
Meriden
Conn
U.S. A
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Sunkist California Oranges
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