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tree. I then drew near to him, he try¬ 
ing to get at me all the time, and taking 
my macate threw it around his neck; taking 
a few turns on my pommel brought the 
end of the rope along the opposite side of 
the horse’s neck from that which was fast 
to the bear and tied it to the rope between 
the bear and the horse, to prevent my 
horse from turning tail to the bear and 
getting into all kinds of difficulty. Then 
I reached down and pulled my cinch straps 
as tight as possible, so he could not budge 
the. saddle. Getting off, I took my silk 
sash, went on the opposite side of the tree 
and tied his two hind legs tight together, 
my horse pulling away from him in the 
opposite direction, keeping him from whirl¬ 
ing on me. Now my bear was backed up 
to the tree and tied. You saw the rest 
last night.” 
We selected a large post that stood 
under the shade of three large live oaks 
that grew at the corners of the triangle, 
about 250 feet north of the house on the 
wood road, and tied the bear as before, 
giving her water and meat. Leaving her 
alone we planned to kill the day, rest, loaf 
and feast; the third succeeding day would 
be the grand function at El Pueblo, and 
meantime we must move Mrs. Oso six 
miles, provide a toro bravo for her to 
fight, also a suitable place for spectators. 
We decided, as the most fitting way of 
celebrating our prowess, upon a barbecue! 
El Cir gave the order for a fat calf of 
ten months to be killed. The lenero went 
down to a spot designated and dug a cir¬ 
cular hole two feet deep and wide. Se¬ 
lecting water-worn cobbles, with which 
the arroyo abounded, he lined the hole with 
them; taking several armsful of dry oak 
branches and breaking them to fit the 
cobble-lined hole, he quickly struck a match 
and had the pile in full blaze. Soon it 
was only a mass of beautiful coals. I 
wish I could give you the picture of this 
spot as it looked on that summer day. 
A great live oak casting its shade a hun¬ 
dred feet around its gnarled trunk, over¬ 
hanging a spring, cool and clear; its rim 
was surrounded by ferns, coarse but grace¬ 
ful, a belated mariposa lily stalk was 
there, and a lupin bloomed scantily. We 
scarcely noticed it all so much then, but 
I recall it now, forty years later, perfectly. 
The boys arrived with the calf, butcher¬ 
ing it in Spanish style as it lay dead on 
the rails that had been put under it. Cut¬ 
ting off the head and taking the liver and 
the feet from the knees down, they turned 
them over the lenero, who soaked clean 
barley sacks in water and enveloped the 
meat in them, putting in a few cloves of 
garlic for seasoning. He scooped the coals 
and ashes out of the hole and put the 
wet sacks in on the red hot rocks, placing 
a layer of green sycamore leaves about 
two inches thick over all, then covering 
them with the freshly dug earth to the 
depth of a foot, packing it hard with the 
spade. 
While the lenero was thus engaged, the 
other boys had been as busy as a lot of 
gophers. Some had made a rousing bed 
of beautiful clear red coals, the best broil¬ 
ing fuel in the world, others had gone to 
the house bringing back bread, salza, green 
pepper, salt and claret. 
Every man was his own cook, and every 
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