Either he deals with her on what we-all will call the buck-squaw system, or he turns the game about complete, an' organises his play on the gentleman-lady system.

In the latter, the gent waits on his wife; he comes an' he goes, steps high or soft, exactly as she commands.

She gives the orders; an' he rides a pony to death execootin' 'em, an' no reemonstrances nor queries.

That wife is range an' round-up boss for her outfit.
"But the buck-squaw system is after all more hooman an' satisfactory.
It's opposite to the other.

The gent is reesponsible for beef on the hook an' flour in the bar'l.