Texas Trackdown by Jon Sharpe
Author:Jon Sharpe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
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Fargo pointed out the other riders to Jessie and Whit. With a worried expression on her face, Jessie asked, âWho do you think they are?â
âHard to say. Could be another bunch of Comanches. Might be Lieutenant Kemp and those troopers, although I donât see how they could have gotten over there that fast.â Fargo shook his head. âI canât think of anybody else it could be. I reckon weâd better steer clear of whoever it is, though. I donât see how they could be friendly to us.â
âTheyâre fixinâ to get between us and the Indians,â Whit pointed out.
Fargo nodded. âWeâll find a place to wait. Maybe theyâll go on past.â
âThatâll put us that much farther behind Emily.â Whit sighed. âI reckon youâre right, though. Best not to take a chance.â
They were already taking enough chances just by being out here in the middle of this hostile landscape, Fargo thought.
A few minutes later, they came to a knob topped by a cluster of scrubby mesquite trees. Fargo motioned for his companions to stop and dismount. After he had swung down from the saddle, he handed the reins of the extra horse and the pack animal to Whit and then pulled his Henry from its sheath.
âIâm going up to the top of this little hill to keep an eye on those strangers.â Fargo took the field glasses from his saddlebags as well. âWait here.â
âIâll come with you,â Jessie said.
âSuit yourself.â
Whit didnât look too happy about that, but he didnât say anything.
Fargo and Jessie climbed to the top of the knob and stretched out on their bellies under the mesquites. Fargo propped himself on his elbows and brought the field glasses to his eyes. The powerful lenses seemed to bring the riders a lot closer when he peered through them.
He stiffened in surprise when he saw that the strangers were white men, but not the cavalry patrol. Instead of blue uniforms, they wore a variety of rough clothing and broad-brimmed hats. Most of them were bearded. They were well armed, too, with rifles, shotguns, and revolvers. Several of the men carried Sharps Big Fifties across their saddles. Fargo was even more surprised when he turned the glasses toward the rear of the party and saw a wagon trundling along behind the riders, being drawn by a team of big, rawboned mules.
âSon of a gun,â Fargo breathed.
âWhat is it, Skye? Who are they?â
Fargo lowered the field glasses. âLooks like a group of hide hunters.â
âHide hunters?â
âYeah. They go out after buffalo, kill them and skin them, and then sell the hides. Nobody ever thought of doing that until a few years ago. Nobody but the Indians, that is, and they just use the hides themselves instead of selling them. Iâve heard thereâs a trader who comes to Fort Griffin every now and then to buy buffalo hides.â
âI donât know why anybody would want one.â
Fargo chuckled. âYou wonât find anything warmer than a buffalo robe. Iâve spent many a cold night wrapped up in one.â
âWith a squaw for company, no doubt.
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