. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . , as in out, onleft side, Aright,Z.^ re- /) or the brand,. ou- right orA left ahould- ^er ROOSEVELTS BRANDS RUMBLINGS FROM THE MARQUIS 191 Dow returned from the round-up with interestingnews. The Marquis, it seemed, had by no meansresigned his claim to the territory on which Roose-velt had established squatters rights. Dow over-heard one of the Marquiss men confiding to anotherthat thered be some dead men round that Elkhornshack some day. Sewall received the news with calm satisfaction. Well, he drawled, if theres going to be anydead men hereabouts, I
. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . , as in out, onleft side, Aright,Z.^ re- /) or the brand,. ou- right orA left ahould- ^er ROOSEVELTS BRANDS RUMBLINGS FROM THE MARQUIS 191 Dow returned from the round-up with interestingnews. The Marquis, it seemed, had by no meansresigned his claim to the territory on which Roose-velt had established squatters rights. Dow over-heard one of the Marquiss men confiding to anotherthat thered be some dead men round that Elkhornshack some day. Sewall received the news with calm satisfaction. Well, he drawled, if theres going to be anydead men hereabouts, I callate we can fix it soit wont be us. Sewall and Dow began cutting timber for thehouse in a thick grove of cottonwoods two or threehundred yards from the river, keeping a weathereye open for trouble. A day or two after Dowsreturn from the round-up, one of the Marquissmen rode up to them where they were working. Theres a vigilance committee around, Ihear, hs remarked casually. You havent seenanything of em yet hereabouts, hav
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