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Pueblo of Aconia [i.e. Acoma], New Mexico
蠻荒西部真正的模樣是什麼樣子呢?

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比利小子 (Billy the Kid) 於1881430日逃獄了

根據報導,比利小子身上背負著27條人命,當時他只有21歲。在他逃離梅西拉監獄之前,他被控謀殺罪並且被判處絞刑。學者到現在還是不知道比利小子真正的身份,不過有些人相信他真正的名字是威廉邦尼 (William Bonney) 或者是亨利麥卡提 (Henry McCarty) 。許多電影和書籍都對久遠的西部以及比利小子這樣的人物有浪漫的幻想。但是究竟蠻荒西部的真實模樣為何?問問你的朋友與家人,看他們知道些什麼。


Billy the Kid was reported to be responsible for the murder of 27 men by the time he was 21 years old. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang before he made his dramatic escape from the Mesilla jail. Scholars still don't know Billy the Kid's true identity, though some believe his given name may have been either William Bonney or Henry McCarty. Movies and books have long romanticized the old West and characters like Billy the Kid. But what was the "Wild West" really like? Ask your friends and family what they know.
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