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·. 0 ASQUEZ WAS BORN NA MON1ERE'i', (AUFORNIA ADOBE
,\, . v ·~ - 1 { NEAR (OLTON HAl.L, AUGUST I, 1835. IT S POSS BU~ THAT
"" ~<: ,.,_, HE WAS RELATED TO A Tl BURC O VASQUE7 WHOSE NAME
APPEARS ON AN OLD MAP AND ON TKE L 51 Of THE FIRST
P08LAOORES SELECTED TO SEHLE THE °PUEBLO DE SAN JOSE IH 181- OR
To Dot-i JosE T BuRci'o VASQUEZ, A MEMBER OF CAPTA N JuAN BAUTISTA
DE ANZA S EXPEOITIO~ WH CH ARRIVED IN SAN fRANCISCO N 177b. HIS PARENTS
WERE RESPECTABLE CITIZENS ANO H S THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS
FOLLOWED N THE R TRADITION. THE YOUNG TIBURCIO ATTENDED SCHOOL
N MONl"ERE'Y ANO WAS SAIO 10 HAVE HAD ABOVE AVERAGE N1ELLIGENCE
As FOR H S 'YOUTHFUL ACT VIT ES, IT IS RECORDED ONLY THAT HE WAS
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A PALE, WILD AND HARUM-SCARUM BO'{.
As AN ADULT, HE WAS Ll6\-\T COMPLEXIONED, WITH FUll L PS AND FINE
WHITE TEETH, BLACK HAIR AND HAD A SUNKEN LEFT EYE. HS HEIGHT
VARltS N DIFFERENT BIOGRAP\-\\ES BUT ACCORD\NG 10 5AN1A (LARA
CoutH't' RECORDS HE WAS JUST UNDER FIVE AND A HALF FEETTALL AND
COULD NOT HAVE WEIGHED N EXCESS Of 140 LBS. THIS L GHT WEIGHT
WAS TO PROVE A BOON 10 THE (ALWAYS WHITE) HORSES HE RODE IN HS
MANY EXHAUST NG MARATHON ESCAPES. HE DRESSED WITH EHRAVAGANT
NEATNESS IN CHARACTER STIC, EARLY (AUFORNIO COSTUMES. HE WORE A
RATHER THIH AND SCRAGGLY MOUSTACHE ANO CH\N BEARD, HARDLY THE
MAGE TO REFLECT HIS REGN OF TERROR AND CONSEQUENT REPUTATION. WHEN
TI-\E OCCASION DEMANDED, HE (OULD BE GRACIOUS WITH A POL TENESS BOR-
DERING THE CHARMING DURING MANY OF HIS ROBBER ES HE TOOK PAINS
TO APOLOGIZE, L GHTLY EXPLA\N NG THAT THE VICTIM'S LOSS WAS ONLY
TEMPORARY AND WAS TO BE COHSIDERED MERELY A LOAN LATER 10 BE
REPAID w TH NTEREST. Bur NO SUCH REIMBURSEMENT WAS EVER
RECORDED!

THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT REGARDING HIS ROMAIH\C PURSUITS\
IN FACT THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS AMOROUS BRIGAND'S LOVE LIFE WAS SUCH

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