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Claudio Feliz, (183?-1852), an immigrant Sonoran, Forty-Niner, brother-in-law of Joaquin Murrieta that became a bandit in the state during the California Gold Rush between 1849 and 1852.
Claudio Feliz went to the goldfields in 1849, and became a miner. Eventually he turned to theft and then banditry and murder first with the gang of Salomon Pico then with his own gang of varioius bandit companions. They robbed and murdered people in isolated dwellings or lone or small parties of travelers on the roads in the vicinity of the camps of the goldfields during the California Gold Rush or on the roads leading from them, in the Central Valley, or the Bay area near San Jose, and in the Salinas Valley from late 1850 into 1852.
History[edit]
Birth and youth in Sonora[edit]
Claudio Feliz was born in Sonora, growing up at his family home on the Rancho Tapizuelas, at a home across the Rio Cuchujaqui, (or Arroyo de Álamos), to the east of El Salado, in the southeast of Sonora, near the Sinaloa border, within what is now the Álamos Municipality.
Cattle and mining were the local means of making a living.[1]: 105–106 Claudio's father was a muletero, carrying on his mules, among other things, the salt produced at El Salado to the silver mining regions of Sonora where it was used in refining the silver ore. Claudio was one of three brothers, the other two being Reyes and Jesus, and they had a sister Rosa, children of their widowed father Ramon? Feliz. [1]: ?
To California in 1849[edit]
Early Crimes[edit]
Once Claudio reached the goldfields of the Mother Lode, he is reported to have joined a party of Americans. Later he was accused of stealing gold from them.
Leader of a Gang[edit]
Capture and Escape, Vasquez's Confession[edit]
Claudio's Last Spree and Death[edit]
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Latta, Frank F., JOAQUIN MURRIETA AND HIS HORSE GANGS, Bear State Books, Santa Cruz, California. 1980.
- ^ Seacrest, William B., The Man From The Rio Grande, A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers who tracked down Joaquin Murrieta, The Arthur H. Clark Company, Spokane, 2005.
- ^ Varley, James F., The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta,, Big Lost River Press, Twin Falls, ID, 1995. pp.174-179, Appendix A Confession of Teodor Vasquez, California Gazzette, February 21, 1852.
- ^ Iddings, Ray, Joaquin Murrieta, The True Story from News Reports of the Period, Create Space, 2016, Various news stories of the exploits of Claudio Feliz and his gang See esp. pp.53-55 California Gazzette, February 21, 1852, Confession of Teodor Vasquez for Feliz's own account of his crimes given to a fellow prisoner.
- ^ Varley, James F., The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta,, Big Lost River Press, Twin Falls, ID, 1995. pp.174-179, Appendix A Confession of Teodor Vasquez, California Gazzette, February 21, 1852.
- ^ Iddings, Ray, Joaquin Murrieta, The True Story from News Reports of the Period, Create Space, 2016, Various news stories of the exploits of Claudio Feliz and his gang See esp. pp.53-55 California Gazzette, February 21, 1852, Confession of Teodor Vasquez for Feliz's own account of his crimes given to a fellow prisoner.
- ^ Varley, James F., The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta,, Big Lost River Press, Twin Falls, ID, 1995. pp.174-179, Appendix A Confession of Teodor Vasquez, California Gazzette, February 21, 1852.
- ^ Iddings, Ray, Joaquin Murrieta, The True Story from News Reports of the Period, Create Space, 2016, Various news stories of the exploits of Claudio Feliz and his gang See esp. pp.53-55 California Gazzette, February 21, 1852, Confession of Teodor Vasquez for Feliz's own account of his crimes given to a fellow prisoner.
- ^ Seacrest, William B., The Man From The Rio Grande, A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers who tracked down Joaquin Murrieta, The Arthur H. Clark Company, Spokane, 2005.
- ^ Seacrest, William B., The Man From The Rio Grande, A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers who tracked down Joaquin Murrieta, The Arthur H. Clark Company, Spokane, 2005.
- Yellow Bird (John Rolin Ridge), The Life and Adventures of JOAQUIN MURIETA, University of Oaklahoma Press, Norman, 1955. With introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson, a reprint of the only known copy of the 1854 original book by John Rolin Ridge.
- Latta, Frank F., JOAQUIN MURRIETA AND HIS HORSE GANGS, Bear State Books, Santa Cruz, California. 1980.
- Varley, James F., The Legend of Joaquin Murrieta, California,s Gold Rush Bandit, Big Lost River Press, Twin Falls, ID, 1995. : 15–19, 21–24, 26, 31–34, 39, 60, 73, 93, 117, 143, 174-179 Appx. A, California Gazzette, February 21, 1852, Confession of Teodor Vasquez
- John Boessenecker, Gold Dust and Gunsmoke: Tales of Gold Rush Outlaws, Gunfighters, Lawmen, and Vigilantes, Wiley, 1999. : 73–84, 99–100, 117, 192, 270, 331 n.3
- Seacrest, William B., The Man From The Rio Grande, A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers who tracked down Joaquin Murrieta, The Arthur H. Clark Company, Spokane, 2005. Includes a very extensive account of Claudio's career including many quotes drawn from period news sources and personal accounts. : 51, 51 n.4, 54, 61, 76, 78–79, 81–82, 84, 91–92, 98, 101–103, 107, 110, 121–122, 136, 269–270
- Iddings, Ray, Joaquin Murrieta, The True Story from News Reports of the Period, Create Space, 2016; : 53–55, California Gazzette, February 21, 1852, Confession of Teodor Vasquez
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