obvious cut and paste error- the book is by Shirley Sargent- the "Hart" refers to the person who was doing the recollecting! Sorry for any confusion-:) Carolyn Carolyn Feroben wrote: > Sharon- here you go! > > Page 43 Enchanted Childhoods, by Sargent Hart > ================== > Part of his trouble , he realized, ws that the only Indian he knew was a > half-breed named Pete Hilliard. "Pete sported a beautiful Pancho Villa > mustache and drove a big truck to El Portal to meet the train. If there > were any tourists arriving he would take one of the passenger buses, and > transport those people and supplies that had come in on the train. > "People in the Valley would phone in their grocery orders to the > (Village) store and when Pete got back from El Portal he woudl deliver > them". Pete's method of teaching Hart to drive a 1914 White truck "with > an H shift and square box transmission, " was unorthodox but practical. > > "I would ride with him on his grocery deliveries and he would let me > take the wheel. But the moment I let the gears clatter, 'Stop,' he > would say. 'Get out,' he would say." And the cresstfallen boy would > hve to plod home to the hotel no matter what the weather or distance. > ------------------------------------------- > > The above is a recollection of Hart COOK- > > On page 70 is a picture of Pete Hiliard and about 20 other Indian > folks......... > I will try to send you a scan of the picture! New toy -! > > I think you would enjoy the book Sharon---------Interlibrary loan > perhaps-? > > Best, Carolyn > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > The California GenWeb Project: > http://www.cagenweb.com/