Search Details

Word: morongo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1969-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Once the newspapers published their first dispatches about Willie and Lolita, rumors spread of a full-scale Indian uprising. It was said that Willie was out to assassinate the President. Someone dubbed him "the mad dog of the Morongos"-and he was hunted like one. Willie covered almost 500 miles on foot, through the Morongo Valley, past Surprise Springs and Deadman's Dry Lake, until he was finally cornered on Ruby Mountain. Earlier, he had shot the girl to keep her from getting caught. On the mountain, he challenged a sure-shooting lawman with an empty rifle, a gesture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Exiles | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

| 1 |