The Log of a Cowboy - A Narrative of the Old Trail Days

Andy Adams

Capitolo 90

the spuntar of the day. McCann was expeditious ahead with the wagon, but we contained the saddle
horses with us to serve as leader in to take the water to the ford.

The bovine livestock they were almost out strung in final way a mile, and on
reaching the near river the middle one of the afternoon, we took the water
without a halt or also a change of horses. This river of border on the
northern border of Texas was a terror to drag cattlemen, but on ours
him arriving, you/he/she had lowered down, the flow of following water
many small channels. One of these were swimming, with a little deep bars
intervening among the channels. But the stately grandeur of the
river was apparent on every hand,--with its banks red, tall and steep, the
sediment of his/her red imprint of waters the lumber along his/her course, while
the heap of deposits, lodged in trees and tall on the banks, it pointed out that that
you/he/she would be waited when she became happy or angry. What she was
merciless it was evident, for even if this crossing had only been in use
one year or two when we forded, still five graves one of what less were
what ten days did, it attested its carelessness for the human life. It is able
is affirmed in safe that to this and lower crossings of footstep on Red
River, the lives more men of footstep were lost drowning that on everybody
other rivers together. In the moment in which we was approaching himself/herself/itself to the river, an unknown
horseman from the south reached our herd. It was evident that him
belonged to some through herd and you/he/she was looking out at the crossing. Him
he made profit lending a hand while our herd was fording, and
in a brief conversation with Flood, it informed him that he was one of
the hands with a W In it marches" they herd him, it gave the name of Bill Mann as them
group leader, the number of bovine livestock that they was driving and it brought the herd
as because of course the river next morning. He wasted the small time with
us, but it recrossed the river, while returning to his/her herd, while we pastured
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