Vagabond life in Mexico

by Gabriel Ferry

VAGABOND LIFE

 

IN

 

MEXICO.

 

by

 

GABRIEL FERRY,

for seven years resident in that country.

 

NEW YORK.

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1856.

CONTENTS.

 

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page
Perico, the Mexican vagabond	5
⁠The Alameda	22
⁠A Mexican Wake	34
Fray Serapio, the Franciscan monk	47
⁠The Viga Canal	55
⁠An Indian Village	61
⁠Fray Epigmenio	72
⁠The Desierto	80
Don Tadeo Cristobal, the Thieves' lawyer of Mexico	90
⁠The Public Scribe	91
⁠A Mexican Gambling-house	101
⁠The Convent of the Bernardines	112
⁠Manner of taking Possession in Mexico	120
Remigio Vasquez	128
⁠The Hacienda of Arroyo Zarco	134
⁠The Elopement	146
⁠Florencio Planillas, the Mexican Miner	155
⁠Assassination of the young Spanish Noble	166
The Miners of Rayas	177
⁠Description of, and descent into, a Silver Mine	189
⁠Story of the Passer of the Rio Atotonilco, Osorio	199
⁠Rencounter with Don Tomas Verduzco	209
Captain Don Bias and the silver convoy	217
⁠The Colonel Inn-keeper	236
⁠Departure of the Convoy	247
⁠Don Tomas Verduzco is shot by Juanito	261
The Jarochos	277
⁠I arrive at Manantial	288
⁠The Fête of Manantial	298
The Pilot Ventura	314
⁠The Wreckers	321
⁠Excursion up a River	330
⁠The Duel	340