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Title
Gregorio
Cortez
Subject
Texas--History--Anecdotes
,
facetiae
,
satire
,
etc.
;
San
Antonio
(Tex.)--History.
;
Cortez
,
Gregorio
,
1875-1916.
;
Local Subject
San Antonio History
Texas History
Description
On a
quiet
June
afternoon
in
1901
,
Karnes
County
Sheriff
Harper
Morris
,
tracking
a
horse
thief
,
stopped
at the
ranch
of
Gregorio
Cortez
.
Speaking
Spanish
,
Cortez
denied
any
guilt
.
Morris
misunderstood
,
guns
were
drawn
and
Cortez
killed
the
sheriff
.
Fleeing
, the
handsome
,
young
vaquero
covered
520
miles
in
ten
days
,
eluding
a
small
army
of
Rangers
and
posse
members
.
Captured
, he was
tried
for
three
murders
, but
convicted
of
only
one
. The
governor
pardoned
him in
1913
. In the
cantinas
,
Mexican-Americans
sang
El
Comda
de
Gregorio
Cortez
-
the
heroic
victim
of
Anglo
injustice
.
Host/Narrator
:
Ramon
Sanchez
,
Bexar
County
Historical
Commission
.
Part
of "
Reflections
on
Texas
" a
series
of
250
30-second
vignettes
produced
and
aired
by
KMOL-TV
San
Antonio
.
Collection
Reflections on Texas Video Collection
Creator
KMOL-TV San Antonio
Publisher
University
of
Texas
at
San
Antonio
Date-Original
1976-04-27
Date-Digital
2012-08
Type
video
Format
mp4
Source
Reflections
on
Texal
film
collection
,
MS
386
,
University
of
Texas
at
San
Antonio
Libraries
Special
Collections
Language
eng
Finding Aid
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utsa/00201/utsa-00201.html
Rights
http://lib.utsa.edu/planning-a-visit/photocopy-and-reproduction-services/copyright-compliance/
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