"Built by the Mexicans more than a hundred years ago."
Such conduct so terrified the Mexicans that they took sudden and precipitous leave.
He was /muy caballero/, as the Mexicans express it, where the ladies were concerned.
Marthy was afraid of the country--afraid of Mexicans, of snakes, of panthers, even of sheep.
Charlie Wall and the four Mexicans stopped on the sidewalk, while Ollinger continued to run towards the court house.
They would soon have fallen a complete prey to their enemies, had not a most singular circumstance put the Mexicans to flight.
A large band of Tularosa Mexicans appeared on the scene one morning, to prevent young Wall from using water for his thirsty alfalfa.
The treacherous Mexicans, however, continued annoying the commander of the trappers by gratuitously offering the men all the liquor they desired.
Former experience in a similar matter of official duty had taught those Mexicans that the American trappers were men of a peculiarly resolute nature.
Sam thought of roving, marauding Mexicans, of stealthy cougars that sometimes invaded the ranches, of rattlesnakes, centipedes, and a dozen possible dangers.