#5: what in tarnation is THAT?”

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Isabel tried not to think about the Indians….mostly. She was busy. She had a baby to deliver. Things weren’t looking too good. She kept her hand near the old pepperbox pistol. She wasn’t going to fall captive to the Indians.

She just wasn’t.

“Mother Mary, Jesus and Joseph!!!...what in tarnation is THAT?”

Isabel wished he’d not do that. Saying stuff like that ruined her concentration. Not only was it heretical and blasphemous and stuff but now she was all curious. She was busy though and couldn’t be bothered . About that time Sophie screamed again and started coughing.

What in tarnation is THAT ..was Lamar Pedernales astride his Buffalo “Jed” .

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Lamar was cursing himself. Any sensible person would have run AWAY from the sound of gunshots. Not him...nooo. He was never sensible. That might explains why he was riding a damn buffalo instead of a horse. Of course it was an unusual buffalo. Unusually big. The story about how he came to have this big critter was interesting. It also involved him running TO when any sensible person would run AWAY. Come to think...it happened near here.

Oh. Well.

Still grumbling and mumbling to himself Lamar crested a hill and found himself smack in the middle of an Indian War Party.

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#6: Jed, the giant buffalo, was in a bad mood…

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