Young Carson modestly suggested that it would be better if the Spaniards were less cruel in breaking in their horses.
"Your horses," said he, "would make excellent buffalo hunters with proper training.

I have some horses at camp, that I intend shall see buffalo.

But why do you not deal gently with them when they are first caught?
You might thus preserve all the spirit they have in the herd.

Pardon me, but I think that in taming your horses you break their spirits." "I sometimes think so too," the Spanish gentleman replied.

"We mount one just caught from the drove, and ride him until he becomes gentle from exhaustion.