. The Delahoydes : boy life on the Old Santa Fé trail . HERDING PONIES FOR THE INDIANS 185 ordered to cook and work for tliem as the other braveswere waited upon by the women, for men did not warrior mnst only hunt and fight. Having been assigned to a really nice skin lodge, notvery far from that of the chief, they were sent out to herdthe ponies, an immense number, with some Indian boysof about their o^vn age. Out on the prairie, like all boys the white captives andtheir dusky companions soon got on the most friendlyterms, and before noon on the first day at herding, eachside had picke
. The Delahoydes : boy life on the Old Santa Fé trail . HERDING PONIES FOR THE INDIANS 185 ordered to cook and work for tliem as the other braveswere waited upon by the women, for men did not warrior mnst only hunt and fight. Having been assigned to a really nice skin lodge, notvery far from that of the chief, they were sent out to herdthe ponies, an immense number, with some Indian boysof about their o^vn age. Out on the prairie, like all boys the white captives andtheir dusky companions soon got on the most friendlyterms, and before noon on the first day at herding, eachside had picked up a few words of the others language. They were kept out all day, and did not get back tothe village until it was quite dark. Going to the lodge,they found that the squaw who had been assigned to takecare of them had provided an ample meal, of which theyate heartily, for all were exceedingly hungry after theirromping and riding out on the hot prairie. The next morning they were told that other of theyoung boys would be detailed to herd that day, an
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