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The Heritage of the Sioux By: B. M. Bower (1874-1940) |
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By B.M. Bower I WHEN GREEN GRASS COMES
II THE DAUGHTER OF A CHIEF
III TO THE VICTORS THE SPOILS
IV LOVE WORDS FOR ANNIE
V FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMPANY
VI "I GO WHERE WAGALEXA CONKA SAY"
VII ADVENTURE COMES SMILING
VIII THE SONG OF THE OMAHA
IX RIDERS IN THE BACKGROUND
X DEPUTIES ALL
XI ALL THIS WAR TALK ABOUT INJUNS
XII THE WILD GOOSE CHASE
XIII SET AFOOT
XIV ONE PUT OVER ON THE BUNCH
XV "NOW, DANG IT, RIDE!"
XVI ANNIE MANY PONIES WAITS
XVII APPLEHEAD SHOWS THE STUFF HE IS MADE OF
XVIII IN THE DEVIL'S FRYING PAN
XIX PEACE TALK
XX LUIS ROJAS TALKS
XXI "WAGALEXA CONKA COLA!"
THE HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX CHAPTER I. WHEN GREEN GRASS COMES Old Applehead Furrman, jogging home across the mesa from Albuquerque,
sniffed the soft breeze that came from opal tinted distances and felt
poignantly that spring was indeed here. The grass, thick and green
in the sheltered places, was fast painting all the higher ridges
and foot hill slopes, and with the green grass came the lank bodied,
big kneed calves; which meant that roundup time was at hand. Applehead
did not own more than a thousand head of cattle, counting every hoof
that walked under his brand. And with the incipient lethargy of old
age creeping into his habits of life, roundup time was not with him the
important season it once had been; for several years he had been content
to hire a couple of men to represent him in the roundups of the larger
outfits men whom he could trust to watch fairly well his interests. By
that method he avoided much trouble and hurry and hard work and escaped
also the cares which come with wealth. But this spring was not as other springs had been. Something whether an
awakened ambition or an access of sentiment regarding range matters, he
did not know was stirring the blood in Applehead's veins. Never, since
the days when he had been a cowpuncher, had the wide spaces called to
him so alluringly; never had his mind dwelt so insistently upon the
approach of spring roundup. Perhaps it was because he heard so
much range talk at the ranch, where the boys of the Flying U were
foregathered in uneasy idleness, their fingers itching for the feel
of lariat ropes and branding irons while they gazed out over the wide
spaces of the mesa. So much good rangeland unharnessed by wire fencing the Flying U boys had
not seen for many a day. During the winter they had been content to ride
over it merely for the purpose of helping to make a motion picture of
the range, but with the coming of green grass, and with the reaction
that followed the completion of the picture that in the making had
filled all their thoughts, they were not so content. To the inevitable
reaction had been added a nerve racking period of idleness and
uncertainty while Luck Lindsay, their director, strove with the Great
Western Film Company in Los Angeles for terms and prices that would make
for the prosperity of himself and his company. In his heart Applehead knew, just as the Happy Family knew, that Luck
had good and sufficient reasons for over staying the time limit he had
given himself for the trip. But knowing that Luck was not to be blamed
for his long absence did not lessen their impatience, nor did it stifle
the call of the wide spaces nor the subtle influence of the winds that
blew softly over the uplands. By the time he reached the ranch Applehead had persuaded himself that
the immediate gathering of his cattle was an imperative duty and that he
himself must perform it. He could not, he told himself, afford to wait
around any longer for luck. Maybe when he came Luck would have nothing
but disappointment for them, Maybe Luck was so consarned stubborn when
he got an idea in his head maybe be wouldn't come to any agreement with
the Great Western. Maybe they wouldn't offer him enough money, or leave
him enough freedom in his work; maybe he would "fly back on the rope"
at the last minute, and come back with nothing accomplished... Continue reading book >>
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