>I just came in from smelling the oderless Orchaid Iris,and smelled the Lilacs through the Pine Pollen.R The Story of Gregorio Cortez > > Gregorio Cortez was a farmer who lived with his brother > Romuldo. Romuldo owned two sorrel mares. One was lame and the > other was fit. A local Texas rancher kept pressuring him to > sell one of his mares, but Romuldo refused. This angered his > neighbor and when Romuldo rejected his overtures, the white > Texan took this as an insult. Mexicans should know their place. > However, Romuldo decided to trick him. He would trade him the > lame mare instead of the healthy one. The Texan was furious > at being taken in a horse trade and demanded that the sheriff > do something about it. The sheriff disregarded the protest but > went to the Cortez ranch to ask them about a reported horse > theft. > > Gregorio asked his brother to go see what the sheriff wanted > and Romuldo told Gregorio that someone wished to speak with > him. One of the posse, a man called Choate, mistranslated what > Romuldo said to Gregorio. He thought Romuldo said, "You are > wanted." Choate then asked Gregorio if he had recently acquired > a horse. Gregorio said no. He had just gotten a mare, but a > mare was not a horse to Gregorio; it was a mare. Sheriff Morris > then informed Gregorio that he was under arrest. Again, a > mistranslation occurred, Morris thought he said, "no white man > is going to take me alive." What Gregorio really said was, > "you can't arrest me for doing nothing." Morris drew his > weapon as Romuldo charged him. He fired and the bullet went > right through his mouth. Morris then turned and fired at > Gregorio, he missed. Gregorio shot back and hit the sheriff. > Morris crawled to the nearby bushes and eventually bled to > death. Choate fled the seen and described the incident as an > attack by the "Cortez Gang." This began the chase of Gregorio > Cortez. > > The newspapers reported that Cortez had headed for the border > but Gregorio had gone north instead. He dropped off his > brother and friends and continued north. A posse headed by > Sheriff Robert Glover soon found the family and proceeded to > torture them until somebody talked. The posse numbered over > fifty men and when they finally reached his friend's house, > they were drunk. Glover charged the building with his guns > blazing. Cortez fired and shot Glover right off his horse. > He then hurried into the brushes. Deputy Swift now entered > the house and began firing. The posse heard shots coming from > the house and fired into the house. In the confusion, the posse > began to shoot at each other. Two of the men died and they > now grabbed 13 year-old Encarnacion and hung him from a tree > until he finally talked. > > When they arrived back in town. The posse informed the > newspapers that they had found ten Winchester rifles and a > bucket of ammunition. None of this was true. Cortez now turned > his attention south. He rode and rode, eluding the chasing > posse. The posse now grew to over 800 men. Still they could > not find Cortez. Once he walked right by them. The posse > complained to the press that his gang was supplying Cortez > with fresh horses so he had an advantage. All across Texas > any crime that happened was blamed on the "Cortez Gang." > The San Antonio press reported, "The only hope was to fill > up the whole country with men and search every avenue for > escape." Finally, Cortez was captured. The trial and the > appeals process lasted 12 long years. Cortez protested his > innocence. He was convicted for the killing one of the posse, > who was actually killed by one of his own men, and later > Glover. He was convicted in the Glover case. Finally, after > years of appeals, the Governor of Texas pardoned him. All > Gregorio Cortez had ever asked for was justice. He died at > his wedding at the age of 41. Some say he was poisoned but > no one knows for sure. What we are sure of is, that Gregorio > gave them one heck of a chase. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > *** Did You Know Viruses Can Erase Your Pictures? *** > Do you worry about computer viruses? Are YOUR pictures safe? > The recent ILOVEYOU virus erased pictures from thousands of > computers. Don't let this happen to you - safely store all > your memories and photos at Zing.com. Share and print your > pictures and get FREE, unlimited storage at Zing.com. > http://www.zing.com/z?e40c243z80 > > <a href="http://www.zing.com/z?e40c243z80">AOL Users Click Here</a> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Questions? Comments? 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