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Poncho Villa (and Federales); Zoylo Blanco, military messenger

It was during the revolution of 1912. Zoylo's parents had just passed away, and all his siblings had gone their separate ways; leaving 12yr old orphan to fend for himself. One day as rebel Ponch Villa led his army through the state of chihuahua, a kind soldier befriended Zoylo and invited him to join the band as their water boy.

Unbeknownst to Zoylo, General Villa had been observing the boy and approached him saying: "Son, I've been watching you very closely and I can see you are the most intelligent, responsible and quiet kid I have ever seen, and being quiet is very imprtant to me. Will you be my military messenger?"

The young boy was momentarily stunned by the famous rebel's words, but readily agreed. Shortly after Zoylo was assigned one of General Villa's best horses from the stable. A black stalion named "Salvame (save me)," the horse was well trained and intelligent as well for its dutied Zoylo was about to be handed.

Zoylo undertook many dangerous assignments and was soon the privy to all the military secrets. Due to his young age, Zoylo enjoyed the advantage of moving along the countryside without undue attention. It was during one of these missions that the opposing general unwittingly proposed a similar appointment to Zoylo. The officer asked the witty genius of the land and quiet kid to serve as messenger for the Federales, while not knowing he was already serving Villa!

So Zoylo successfully seved two mastered at the same time untill his scheme unfolded;mies sent troops to aprehend the young boy. Yet, Zoylo heard of his billiant tactics being unraveled and when Zoylo was informed he fled in cognito.

Eventually his pursuers tracked him to his hiding place, yet just in the knick of time, Zoylo spied ten federales racing toward him. So Zoylo jumped on his trusty Salvame and his keen knowledge of the land and rode away from the soldiers.

Zoylo led the men through a cross country chase through the mountains, meadows and desert, but as Zoylo entered a forest with the persuers close behind, he sptted a hollow tree trunk and quickly dismounted from his horse and hide in the trunk. Although the soldiers passed him and his riderless horse he sought refuge in the tree for savoir.

The men fell for the ruse of the riderless horse and passed the tree trunk; the boy's hiding place. And free of the boys weight the horse out paced the federles and later returned to the boys hiding place undetected. Therefore, Zoylo and Salvame travelled untill they came upon a ranch; whose kindly denizens took the boy in. Yet, it was at the ranch that Zoylo grew up and evetually married the the rancher's beautifull daughter, Eliza Alvidres Orrantia.

written April 1993 by Susanna Blanco Rodriguez, eldest daughter of Zoylo Blanco Vega. And revised by Brian Rodriguez 4th grandson of Susanna Blanco Rodriguez

Zoylo Blanco Vega Son of Marcial Blanco and Carlotta Vega, husband and wife born 1900