Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir

death, while sorting through her boxes of research,
I found a photo of a photo that someone had shared
with her; the names “Guadalupe & José Robles”
appear in her handwriting underneath the image.
Both men have big bushy mustaches and look very
dark, contrary to Tom’s impression of Guadalupe
late in life, although it is difficult to tell if that is the
lighting or their complexion. José Robles was a
half-brother of Guadalupe, another of Nicolás’s
sons. I don’t know where my mother found the
photo, or who has the original. I don’t know how
she identified these two men, nor do I know which
one might be Guadalupe, and which one José. A
good guess is that she wrote the names down left to
right; perhaps her source said the men are posed in
that order. My mother did a lot of research in
California, attended many family gatherings,
celebrations, visited many libraries; in this photo of
a photo it looks like the original was posted on a
board, perhaps as part of a display.