By John Rollin Ridge, Yellow Bird, Joseph Henry Jackson
ISBN-10: 0806114290
ISBN-13: 9780806114293
In 1854, a Cherokee Indian referred to as Yellow fowl (better often called John Rollin Ridge) introduced during this booklet the parable of Joaquin Murieta, in keeping with the California felony profession of a nineteenth century Mexican bandit. at the present time this folks hero has been written into country histories, sensationalized in books, poems, and articles all through the United States, Spain, France, Chile, and Mexico, and made right into a movie. The Ridge account is the following reproduced from the single recognized reproduction of the 1st version, owned via Thomas W. Streeter, of Morristown, New Jersey. in response to it, the passionate, wronged Murieta geared up an outlaw corporation numbering over 2,000 males, who for 2 years terrorized gold-rush Californians through kidnapping, financial institution robberies, farm animals thefts, and murders. So bloodthirsty as to be thought of 5 males, Joaquin was once aided via a number of hardy subordinates, together with the sadistic cutthroat, "Three-Fingered Jack." eventually, the kingdom legislature approved association of the fixed Rangers to trap the outlaws. The drama is fittingly climaxed through the resultant chase, "good, gory" conflict, and the surprising destiny of the badmen.
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Further, an author's statement about the number of copies sold is seldom to be taken for gospel, as any publisher can testify. Ridge might easily have wanted to make the sales figures sound impressive to a cousin from whom he sought financial help in a writing venture. Page xxxiii The little book did appear, however, and was noticed in one or two out-of-town newspapers, first in Marysville, where Ridge, as has been noted, had connections. In San Francisco it was pretty well ignored by the press; the city was growing culture-conscious, and such violent writing was hot precisely the kind of thing to which metropolitan editors called their readers' attention.
With these tangible proofs that they had at least cap- Page xxiv tured and killed somebody, the rangers rode toward Sacramento, where a severed head, not to mention a threefingered hand, would entitle them to their pay and to the reward so generously offered by the Governor. It is interesting to observe here that when the news got into print a few days later, the press mentioned no surname; all the stories noted the capture and death of "Joaquín," no more. Which Joaquín? No one said anything about that.
The Alta's view, at least, was that the whole business was a swindle; Captain Love and his men had got themselves a headany headhad arranged for affidavits that it was Murieta's since he was one of those specifically mentioned in the act authorizing the formation of the company, collected their reward and their pay, and called it a day. In the light of the legislature's subsequent authorization of another five thousand dollars to Captain Love, it looks as if the Alta may have been right. The so-called "Head of Murieta" was shown in various museums for many years, though it was never completely accepted.