It's more'n five hundred miles to any supply point.
Bland has mozos, greaser boatmen.

Sometimes, too, he gets supplies in from down-river.

You see, Bland sells thousands of cattle in Cuba.

An' all this stock has to go down by boat to meet the ships." "Where on earth are the cattle driven down to the river ?" asked Duane.
"Thet's not my secret," replied Euchre, shortly.

"Fact is, I don't know.
I've rustled cattle for Bland, but he never sent me through the Rim Rock with them." Duane experienced a sort of pleasure in the realization that interest had been stirred in him.