Outlaws are always ridin' in here to join his gang, an' if it hadn't been fer the gamblin' an' gun-play he'd have a thousand men around him." "How many in his gang now ?" "I reckon there's short of a hundred now.

The number varies.

Then Bland has several small camps up an' down the river.

Also he has men back on the cattle-ranges." "How does he control such a big force ?" asked Duane.

"Especially when his band's composed of bad men.