...mild and majestic, and his gait free notwithstanding his stoutness. His bones were thick and solid ; the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands were strong and coarse, his ear was acute, his voice fine and sonorous ; and between the shoulders he had...

...Flores, a large landholder, connected by marriage with a prominent Mexican official, was captured, the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands were cut off, and he was left to die a miserable death. This man, crawling on his knees and the stumps of...