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But on this point Miguel was not , and with the revenge of a rival added to his other instincts , he permitted Victor to lead him away . On their return to the fonda , they found Master Manuel too far gone with aguardiente , and a general animosity to the average Americano , to be of any service . So they worked alone , with pen , ink , and paper , in the stuffy , cigarrito-clouded back room of the fonda . It was midnight , two hours after Concho had started , that Miguel clapped spurs to his horse for the village of Tres Pinos , with an application to Governor Micheltorena for a grant to the `` Rancho of the Red Rocks '' comfortably bestowed in his pocket . There can be little doubt the coroner 's jury of Fresno would have returned a verdict of `` death from alcoholism , '' as the result of their inquest into the cause of Concho 's death , had not Dr. Guild fought nobly in support of the law and his own convictions . A majority of the jury objected to there being any inquest at all . A sincere juryman thought it hard that whenever a Greaser pegged out in a sneakin ' kind o ' way , American citizens should be taken from their business to find out what ailed him .