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MUSTANGS AND Cow HORSES
scarcely half enough horses left to mount. I am confident
that we wounded some of them, and I think we killed some
of their horses.
The next day we hunted up and buried our dead, and
found the man they had seriously wounded in the race con-
cealed in a thicket and nearly in the last agonies; but he got
well finally. Some of our men had experienced quite enough
and returned home, but we managed to keep the best armed
with us, and the next day joined Don Cecilio Balerio, who had
about twenty men with him. Our numbers being thus
increased to some thirty odd, and nearly all of us being well
armed, we decided to have a good run after the wild horses
before we returned to the settlements.
A few days after joining Don Cecilio, we moved up to
near Lara, above the Presefias, where I met with an adventure
with a Mexican lion, or panther. I had gone out from the
camp early in the morning to look after my horses. Passing
a small bunch of chaparral, I suddenly came face to face with
"el senior le6n." We were both taken by surprise. I pulled out
my pistol in a hurry, but as the panther did not advance, I
thought it would be best to reserve my fire, for I knew if I
only slightly wounded him he would spring upon me in a
second, and I was too far away from the real to expect any
one to hear me if I called; so, holding my pistol on the cock,
I retreated backward until the bushes and the uneven ground
concealed me from his sight; then I made for the camp on
the double quick. Two of the young men, Andres Ximenes
and Jos6 Maria Villareal, had just saddled up their horses to
take a look around when I told them of el le6n. They said
they would go and try to rope him.
I told them that I thought it would be very dangerous, as
he was a large animal, but as they were bent on trying it,30
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H. Mustangs and Cow Horses, book, 1940; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67653/m1/42/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.