This was put to a vote and it was decided to spare him now.

So the rope was taken off his neck, and he was turned over to Mr.Mallard the Mission Justice of the Peace, much to the relief of the fellow who saw death staring him in the face.
The Santa Anita ranch, now owned by E.J.Baldwin, was owned by Henry Dalton, an Englishman, who came with a stock of goods worth $75,000, years before, but now had only the ranch left.

The Azuza, a short distance south was occupied by his brother.
I became well acquainted with many of these old California natives, and found them honest in their dealings, good to the needy and in all my travels never found more willing hands to bestow upon relatives, friends or strangers ready relief than I saw among these simple natives.

Their kindness to our party when we came starving on the desert in 1850, can never be praised enough, and as long as I shall live my best wishes shall go with them.
I was one day riding with Vincent Duarte down toward Anaheim when he suddenly dismounted to kill a large tarantula by pelting him with stones.

It was the first one I had seen, and seemed an over-grown spider.