The Westerners Brand Book #26 (2023)
Indians, Latinos, and Confederates, A Western Family: 1598-1973
Frank J. Brito
Synopsis
Los Angeles Corral Brand Book 26, Indians, Latinos, and Confederates, A Western Family: 1598-1973 has just been published. By Frank J. Brito, it is the story of what must be the most remarkable and unique Western American family any present member of any of the 70+ Westerners International Corrals around the world is descended from. Within the old Spanish Colonial borderlands of New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, Chihuahua, Sonora and both Californias, Brito’s diverse family incorporated Native Americans from three different Pueblo Tribes and Apaches as well as Irish, Polish, Dutch, Spanish and other Europeans. At a single time one of Brito’s great-grandfathers was a bugler in the Mexican Army, while another great-grandfather was a bugler in the Confederate States Army. Brito antecedents were on a firstname basis with historical figures as different as Teddy Roosevelt, Pat Garrett, and Pancho Villa.