1892 
Tenehitlan 
to 
Guadalajara 
June 
Guadalajara 
(Jallsoo) 
June 24 
to 
June 30 
As so an as I oonoluded ray measurements I mounted and started for 
Guadalajara* At noon X overtook ray men and* passing them* took dinner 
at a wayside posada and then an to town* making 49 miles from Tenohit- 
lan In hour® without turning a hair of ry horse. Three hours 
later ny men came In. For the last 12 miles of road I found a soldier 
patrol every mile or so and passed several of the little grass huts 
they have built on prominent hillocks by the road where they can be 
sheltered from rain or the midday sun and still keep an eye on the 
road* 
The necessity for this is evident from the occurrence at Itsatlan 
just before I got there. Word was taken to town by a boy that a 
notorious robber was near a certain place so about 40 of the men 
armed themselves and sallied out* His horse was seen by a solitary 
house and before he knew it he was surrounded. He dashed out with a 
revolver in each hand and broke through the posse and fought the en- 
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tire lot while retreating for about a league when a chance shot 
killed him. For some 15 years this fellow has raided the country 
froxa Ameca and adjacent parts living in the mountains* On one occasion 
he came into Ameoa alone one night during a ball and suddenly entering 
the ballroom caught a young girl by the hair and dragged her swiftly 
out of doors and throwing her across his horse«s nook leaped into the 
saddle as a crowd of young men earns rushing out to the rescue, 
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Turning, he emptied a revolver into the crowd killing S of them 
and esoaping into the hills with the girl. Afterwards he was attacked 
by a party of soldiers and killed five of them and escaped. 
G&e afternoon I wandered into the cathedral and a small fee to an 
attendant took me into the Sacristy where I had a view of the beautiful 
Murillo representing the Assumption of the Virgin. During the French 
invasion this picture was taken from its frame and rolled up and oon- 
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