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result of the fever. Prior to this fever my mother was of a
slender physique, and after this fever she began to put on
flesh and continued to be rather stout in physique up to
her death.
It is true that my mother had a great deal of faith in Don
Pedro, as you naturally would suppose; but it is not true
that she never took other medicines or remedies except "In
the name of God and of Don Pedro." She was attended by
other physicians, and while she was a very religious woman
and a good Roman Catholic up to her death, she did not
worship Don Pedro in the same sense indicated by some
people.
We revere the name of Don Pedro as we think he was
God's instrument to save my mother from death at that
time, and we still have an enlarged picture made from a
kodak which my mother ordered made, but we do not
ascribe to Don Pedro any other power except the fact that
we believe that he was one of God's humble instruments
for good among our people, especially those who hold the
true faith in Jesus Christ our Lord.
TOMAS FLORES HAD NO REGRETS
TOMAS FLORES, while doing yard work, told me that he was
living at the age of seventy-five because first it was God's
will and after this because Don Pedrito had cured him.
When he was a youth he was in a very bad state of health
as a result of sunstroke. He was living in Yorktown, some-
thing like a hundred miles from Los Olmos. It was in the
year 1893. At this time a subject of talk in all parts of the
country was the marvelous cures that were being made by
a curandero, Pedro Jaramillo, who lived at Los Olmos
Ranch.
One day Tomis Flores started out on horseback to the
place where this man lived to see if he could help him.
He was so sick, he said, that he had to travel slowly. When
he reached the town of Alice, he was told that the one he
was looking for was there making cures. This good luck
took something like thirty-five miles off his expected journey.
Tomas joined the crowd that were asking for prescrip-THE HEALER OF LOS OLMOS
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TCollection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales, Mexican folk remedies, and stories about Don Pedrito Jaramillo, who was the Curandero of Los Olmos. The index begins on page 137.
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Texas Folklore Society. The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore, book, 1951; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67665/m1/34/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.