Alcalde

The Alcalde is a mule, we know that, and anything that serves to magnify himself and his office is likely to be prolonged.

In Kedar's Tents Henry Seton Merriman 1882

'The Alcalde is a very small dog, and he is at his wit's end.

In Kedar's Tents Henry Seton Merriman 1882

The Alcalde was a judicial officer under the Spanish and

Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State Stephen Johnson Field 1857

The pace was killing: and Kate has delivered it as her opinion, in the memoirs which she wrote, that the Alcalde was the better mounted.

Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822

The Alcalde was a man of local power, and it was certain that he would kill his wife on the spot.

Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

The Alcalde was a man of local power, and it was certain that he would kill his wife on the spot.

Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822

The pace was killing: and Kate has delivered it as her opinion, in the memoirs which she wrote, that the Alcalde was the better mounted.

Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

There, too, is the wife and family of the "Alcalde," and this magistrate himself with tasselled official staff; and the Echevarrias -- pretty creatures that they think themselves -- under care of their brother, the beau, who has discarded the national costume for the _mode de Paris_!

The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850

A version of this piece first ran on the website of The Alcalde, The University of Texas's alumni magazine.

Elana Estrin: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum Elana Estrin 2011

A version of this piece first ran on the website of The Alcalde, The University of Texas's alumni magazine.

Elana Estrin: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Voting Rights Speech at LBJ Library & Museum Elana Estrin 2011