Bull Fight on the San Pedro, The

DESCRIPTION: "Under command of Colonel Cooke, While passing down San Pedro's brook... While on the road to California," the soldiers camp and encounter a bull. They kill the first, but more follow. In the battle, many bulls and two of the soldiers' mules are killed
AUTHOR: Levi Hancock (source: Tyler; Cheney-MormonSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1881 (Tyler)
KEYWORDS: battle travel animal death
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1846 - The Mormon Battalion's expedition to California during the Mexican War. In the later stages of the journey they are commanded by Philip St. George Cooke
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #241, "The Bull Fight on the San Pedro" (1 text)
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 42-45, "The Bullfight on the San Pedro" (1 text, 1 tune)
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, pp. 258-259, "The Bull Fight on the San Pedro" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Daniel Tyler, "A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War," no publisher listed but copyrighted 1881 (available on Google Books), pp. 221-223, "The Bull Fight on the San Pedro" (1 text)
Roud #4048
NOTES [39 words]: This is item dB44 in Laws's Appendix II. Given the number of versions collected, it probably should be promoted to be B44.
The song is a mostly-accurate description of a real event; for background see "Mormon Battalion Song (I)." - RBW
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