A BIT OF MULE LORE
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Mr. Fergusonperson
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a.k.a. Don Benito Jueves, Ferguson
gray mulething
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a.k.a. vagrant gray mule
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A BIT OF MULE LORE
The New Mexican has unearthed a bit of
romantic history in connection with a Santa Fe
mule, as follows: Between the years 1842 and
1852 Mr. Ferguson, or Don Benito Jueves, as
the Mexicans call him, was a freighter over the
Santa Fe trail from West Port, Mo., to this city
and thence to the City of Mexico. In 1842 he
eloped with a beautiful girl from the City of
Durango. This girl was the daughter of a Mexi-
can general. The girl disguised as a boy, was
taken to Missouri when 12 years old. The
mother of Mr. Ferguson raised and educated
the girl, and when she was 16 she was married
to Don Benito. In 1852 he sold his mule train
to Mr. James Magoffin at Paso del Norte,
Mexico. The train consisted of five wagons
with ten mules each, and this vagrant gray mule
was among them. At that time the animal was
5 years old. How he ever got back to Santa Fe
is a mystery. Mr. Ferguson has fully identified
him and vouches for the fact that he is fully 44
years old.