[Two Boys in Wyoming by Edward S. Ellis]@TWC D-Link bookTwo Boys in Wyoming CHAPTER V 12/19
I think he's a Sioux." "I understood those red men live further to the eastward." "So they do; but Motoza has wandered from his people.
He was under Sitting Bull, and went with him into British America when it got too hot on this side of the line; but Sitting Bull come back, and Motoza follered.
He tries to make b'leve he's a good Injin, and sometimes he is for months at a time on the reservation.
Then the devil gits into him, and he's off somewhere." While this conversation was going on the three had mounted their ponies and were galloping northward, this time trending to the right, so as to draw away from the mountains and follow an almost direct line to Bowman's ranch, their destination.
The animals were so fresh and spirited that Hazletine said he was hopeful of sleeping that night in the ranch itself, as he called the low, flat building where he and several cowmen made their home when in that part of the country attending to their duties. It would take hard riding, and would lead them into the night to accomplish the long journey, but the guide saw no reason why it should not be done.
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