Telegraph Days (2006)
“Dan Mueller slept inside and got so deep into the lice beds that he practically had to be scalped, once I got him home.
Not long after daybreak we were in the saddle. The prairies had a light dusting of snow.
“According to the books, Colonel Cody and Major North branded fifteen hundred head of cattle in this herd,” I mentioned. “How many can you account for at the moment?”
The three cowpunchers, all of whom I had rather come to like, gave the question earnest consideration.
“No idea,” Sam admit...ted. “A count would not be easy to come by, as you’ll see.”
I did see. The first critters we saw were a small herd of deer—the critters chose to stand and look at us.
Then we saw an idle group of antelope, who scarcely gave us a glance.
But when we came over a ridge and surprised a herd of about forty cattle, they farted, threw their tails in the air, and went racing away. Pretty soon they were over the next ridge and gone.
“A person who didn’t know better, such as myself, might get the impression that the game up here is tamer than cattle.MoreLess
Not long after daybreak we were in the saddle. The prairies had a light dusting of snow.
“According to the books, Colonel Cody and Major North branded fifteen hundred head of cattle in this herd,” I mentioned. “How many can you account for at the moment?”
The three cowpunchers, all of whom I had rather come to like, gave the question earnest consideration.
“No idea,” Sam admit...ted. “A count would not be easy to come by, as you’ll see.”
I did see. The first critters we saw were a small herd of deer—the critters chose to stand and look at us.
Then we saw an idle group of antelope, who scarcely gave us a glance.
But when we came over a ridge and surprised a herd of about forty cattle, they farted, threw their tails in the air, and went racing away. Pretty soon they were over the next ridge and gone.
“A person who didn’t know better, such as myself, might get the impression that the game up here is tamer than cattle.MoreLess
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