You ain't married to somebody just because she comes on a trip with you. Jake Spoon came home one day, and the next day the Captain was ready to go, with a crew that was just a patched-together bunch, a lot of wild cattle, and horses most of which were only half broke. I expect you'll marry her and I'll have to watch you have five or six babies in your old age. That's his track.
I guess she's still sick, he said. No speaken English, the man said, still smiling and nodding in a friendly way. With those millions of animals gone, and the Indians mostly gone in their wake, the great plains were truly empty, unpeopled and ungrazed. Newt had to admit that Jake's horse had a beautiful smooth gait, but even so he wished he hadn't changed horses--not so soon.
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