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fled from some crime and who have now lost all respect for themselves and for others and who [?] not to commit any crime, however heinous. Only yesterday I saw six revolvers drawn on a negro simply because he [?] back when a certain gambler and murderer hit him without provocation; and when he could not win they struck him on his head with their great large weapons till he staggered out of the [?] half blinded by the blood. That is the kind of men who get into quarrels with the Mexicans and when they resist kill them and [??] against the treachery [of?] the Mexican character. And [no?] [?] that they should have false notions about the