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sleep�察�for the autumn had continued delightful�察�and the cove seemed to the 

child her home�察�of which the dugout was a sort of cellar。 Concerning the 

stone retreat in the crevice she knew nothing。 Willock did not know why 

he kept the secret�察�since he trusted Lahoma with all his treasures�察�but the 

unreasoning   reticence of   the   man   of   great   loneliness   still   rested   on   him。 

Some day�察�he would tellbut not just yet。 

     ;Lahoma�察─      �he   said  one    day�察  �there's   a  settler   over   yonder    in  the 

mountains across the south plain。 How'd you like to pay him a visit�拭─�

     ;I don't want anybody but you�察─�said Lahoma promptly。 

     Willock   stood   on   one   leg�察  �rubbing   the   other   meditatively   with   his 

delighted foot。 Not the quiver of a muscle�察�however�察�revealed the fact that 

her   words   had   flooded   his   heart   with   sunshine。   ;Well�察  �honey�察  �that's   in 

reason。 But I've got to take you with me after books and winter supplies�察�

and I don't like the idea of traveling alone。 It come to me that I might get 

Mr。 Settler  to go�察 �too。 Time   was not so long   ago when   Injun bands   was 

coming and going�察�and although old Greer is beginning to be sprinkled up 

with settlers�察�here and there�察�I can't get over the feel of the old times。 They 

ain't   no   sensation   as   sticks   by   a   man   when   he's   come   to   be   wedged   in 

between forty´five and fifty�察�as the feel of the old times。; 

     ;Well�察─�said Lahoma earnestly�察 �I wish you'd leave me here when you 

go after them books。 I don't want to be with no strangers�察�I want to just 

squat right here and bear myself company。; 

     ;That's in reason。 But�察�honey�察�while you might be safe enough whilst 

bearing the same�察�I would be plumb crazy worrying about you。 I might not 

have good cause for worrying�察�but worryingit ain't no bird that spreads 

its   wings    and    goes    north   when     cold   weather     comes�察    �worryingit's 

independent of causes and seasons。; 

     ;If   you   have got   to   be   stayed   with   to   keep   you   from  worrying�察  �they 

ain't nothing more to be said。; 

     ;Just so。 That there old settler�察�I have crossed a few words with him�察�

and I believe he would do noble to travel with。 He's as gruff and growly as 

a grizzly bear if you say a word to him�察�and if he'll just turn all that temper 



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he's vented on me on to any strangers we may run up against on the trail�察�

he'll do invaluable。; 

     ;I'll go catch up the pony�察─�said Lahoma briefly�察 �for I see the thing is 

to be did。 This will be the first visit I ever made in my life when I wasn't 

drug by the Injuns。; 

     ;You mustn't say 'drug��' honey�察�unless specifying medicines and herbs。 

I ain't saying you didn't get it from me�察�and knowing you do get from me 

all I got�察�is what makes me hone for them books。 You must say 'dragged。' 

The    Injuns   DRAGGED          you   from   one   village   to  another。;   He   paused 

meditatively�察  �muttering   the   word   to   himself�察  �while   Lahoma   ran   away   to 

catch the pony。 When she came back�察�leading it by the mane�察�he said�察 �I've 

been a´weighing that word�察�Lahoma�察�and it don't seem to me that 'dragged' 

sounds proper。 It don't seem no sort of word to use in a parlor。 What do 

you think�拭�DRAGGED� �How does that strike you�拭─�

     ;I don't like the sound of it�察�neither�察─�said Lahoma�察�shaking her head。 

;I   think   DRUG      is  softer。  It  kinder  melts   in  the  ear�察 �and   DRAGGED 

sticks。; 

     ;Well�察  �don't   use   neither   one   till   I   can   find   out。;   Presently   he   was 

swinging along across the plain toward the southwestern range while the 

girl kept close beside him on the pony。 Their talk was incessant�察�voicing 

the soul of good comradeship�察�and but for the difference between heavy 

bass     and   fluty   soprano�察    �a   listener   might     have    supposed      himself 

overhearing a conversation between two Brick Willocks。 

     There was nothing about the second range of the Wichita Mountains to 

distinguish it from the one farthest toward the northeast except a precipice 

at its extremity�察�rising a sheer three or four hundred feet above the level 

plain。 Beyond this lofty termination�察�the mountain curved inward�察�leaving 

a wide grassy cove open toward the south�察�and within this half´circle was 

the settler's dugout。 

     The   unprotected   aspect   of   that   little   home   was   in   itself   an   eloquent 

commentary on the wonderful changes that had come about during the last 

seventeen years。 The oval tract of one million five hundred thousand acres 

lying between Red River and its fork�察�named Greer County�察�and claimed 

by Texas�察�was in miniature a reproduction of the early history of America。 



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Until 1860 it had not even borne a name�察�and since then it had possessed 

no settled abodes。 Here bands of Indians of various tribes had come and 

gone   at   will�察  �and   here   the   Indians   of   the   Plains�察  �after   horrible   deeds   of 

depredation�察�massacre and reprisal�察�had found shelter among its mountains。 

The country lay at the southwest corner of Indian Territory for which the 

Indians had exchanged their lands in other parts of the United States   on 

the guarantee that the government would ;forever secure to them and their 

heirs the country so exchanged with them。; 

     At the close of the Civil War the unhappy Indians long continued in a 

state of smoldering animosity�察�or warlike activity�察�tribe against tribe�察�band 

against   band�察  �they   had   inherited   the   rancor   and   bitterness   of   the   White 

Man's   war   with   neither   the   fruits   of   victory   nor   the   dignity   that   attends 

honorable       defeat。   The     reservations     that   belonged      originally    to   the 

Cherokee�察�Choctaw�察�Chickasaw�察�Seminole and Creek tribes�察�were reduced 

in   area   to   make   room   for   new   tribes   from   Kansas�察  �Colorado   and   other 

states�察   �and   the  Indian    wars    resulted。   For   a  time    the  scalp´knife     was 

crimsoned�察�the stake was charred�察�bands stole in single file over mountains 

and among half´dried streams�察�troups of the regular army were assaulted 

by invisible foes�察�and forts were threatened。 Youths who read romances of 

a hundred years ago dealing with the sudden war´cry�察�the flaming cabin�察�

the stealthy approach of swarming savages�察�need have traveled only a few 

hundred miles to witness on the open page of life what seemed to them�察�in 

their long´settled states�察�fables of a dead past。 

     But   though   the   Indian     wars   in   the   Territory   had   been   bloody   and 

vindictive�察  �they   had   not   been   protracted   as   in   the   old   days。 Around   the 

country of the red man was drawn closer and more securely�察�day by day�察�

the    girdle   of   civilization。   Within     its  constricting    grasp    the   spirit  of 

savagery�察�if not crushed�察�was at least subdued。 Tribes naked but for their 

blankets�察�unadorned save by the tattoo�察�found themselves pressed close to 

other    tribes   which�察   �already    civilized�察   �had   relinquished      the  chase    for 

agricultural pursuits。 Primeval men�察�breathing this quickened atmosphere 

of modernity�察�either grew more sophisticated�察�or perished like wild flowers 

brought too near the heat。 It is true the plains were still unoccupied�察�but 

they   had   been   capturedfor   the   railroad   had   come�察  �and   the   buffalo   had 



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vanished。 

     Brick Willock and the man he had come to see were very good types 

of the first settlers of the new countryone a highwayman�察�hiding from his 

kind�察   �the  other   a  trapper   by  occupation�察    �trying  to  keep   ahead    of  the 

pursuing waves of immigration。 It was the first time Lahoma had seen Bill 

Atkins�察   �and   as   she  caught    sight  of  him    before   his  dugout�察   �her   eyes 

brightened with interest。 He was a tall lank man of about sixty´five�察�with a 

huge gray mustache and bushy hair of iron´gray�察�but without a beard。 The 

mustache      gave   him   an   effect  of  exceeding     fierceness�察  �and   the  deeply 

wrinkled forehead and square chin added their testimony to his ungracious 

disposition。 

     But Lahoma was not afraid of coyotes�察�catamounts or mountain´lions�察�

and she was not afraid of Bill Atkins。 Her eyes brightened at the discovery 

that he held in his hand that which Willock had described to her as a book。 

     ;Does     he  read�拭┌察  �she   asked   Willock�察   �breathlessly。    ;Does    he  read�察�

Brick�拭─�

  
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