. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. em away, for the prairie, eventhough staked out as a homestead, is free to all travelers. zebas curiosity That evening Zebas curiosity, like my own, wasaroused by the sight of those bundles in the carts, whichseemed heavy, as could be told when the Mexicansunyoked the oxen. He therefore loitered around try-ing to find an opportunity of learning what was insidethe wrappings of tow; but before he succeeded in get-ting his hands on one of the packages, the Mexicandrove him away with threats that I fancy would havebeen blood-curdling had we und
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. em away, for the prairie, eventhough staked out as a homestead, is free to all travelers. zebas curiosity That evening Zebas curiosity, like my own, wasaroused by the sight of those bundles in the carts, whichseemed heavy, as could be told when the Mexicansunyoked the oxen. He therefore loitered around try-ing to find an opportunity of learning what was insidethe wrappings of tow; but before he succeeded in get-ting his hands on one of the packages, the Mexicandrove him away with threats that I fancy would havebeen blood-curdling had we understood the Spanishlanguage. Their behavior toward Zeba, who thus far had doneno more than stand idly by the side of one of the cartslooking in, as a negro will w^hen his curiosity is aroused. 122 PHILIP OF TEXAS caused father to suspect that there was somethingwrong with the men, and that their approaching FortTowson by way of the West Fork of the Trinity wasnot an accident, but rather done by design, that theymight avoid the beaten Hnes of Therefore during the night that they remained incamp near us, both he and I stood guard, for while wehad not heard very much concerning the troubles withMexicans and Indians which the settlers on the westernborder were having, we knew the people of Mexicohad no good will toward us who came from the States;although why that should have been the case I havenever succeeded in learning. SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR 123 POSSIBLE TREACHERY On thinking it over, there appears to be good reasonwhy the natives should be the enemies of those whohave settled in Texas, for this republic was forciblytaken from the Mexican government at the cost ofmuch bloodshed, and it would be strange indeed ifthey looked upon us in a friendly manner after that. Even if they had not had so much territory takenfrom them, the Mexicans surely had good reason forunfriendliness w^hen they remembered the battle ofSan Jacinto, to say nothing of the other engage-ments which gav
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