visitedhershehadamannamedCrowJoeworkingforher，aslab-
sided，shifty-eyedpersonwholater，asIheardmyforemanexplain，“skippedthecountrywithabunchofhorses。”Themistressoftheranchmadefirst-classbuckskinshirtsofgreatdurability。Theoneshemadeforme，andwhichIusedforyears，wasusedbyoneofmysonsinArizonaacoupleofwintersago。Ihadriddendownintothecountryaftersomelosthorses，andvisitedtheranchtogethertomakemethebuckskinshirtinquestion。Therewere，atthemoment，threeIndiansthere，Sioux，wellbehavedandself-respecting，andsheexplainedtomethattheyhadbeenrestingtherewaitingfordinner，andthatawhitemanhadcomealongandtriedtorunofftheirhorses。
TheIndianswereonthelookout，however，and，runningout，theycaughttheman；but，afterretakingtheirhorsesanddeprivinghimofhisgun，theylethimgo。“Idon’tseewhytheylethimgo。”exclaimedmyhostess。“Idon’tbelieveinstealingIndians’horsesanymorethanwhitefolks’；soItold’emtheycouldgoalongandhanghim——I’dnevercheep。Anyhow，Iwon’tchargethemanythingfortheirdinner。”
concludedmyhostess。Shewasinadvanceoftheusualmoralityofthetimeandplace，whichdrewasharplinebetweenstealingcitizens’
horsesandstealinghorsesfromtheGovernmentortheIndians。