Jake had supposed they might try to go after Wilbarger, since he was wounded, but Dan Suggs turned the horse herd north. I wish he'd get well, Sally said. He knew water couldn't be much farther, but, all the same, fatigue made him doubtful. He winced when he looked at the wound, but kept working.
He didn't work much on the branding, either, though once in a while he spent a night helping them gather more stock. Those Indians killed a buffalo hunter and a woman, two days ago. How's Maude Rainey? he asked. I guess in New York there are so many people you don't notice the dying so much.
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