Nothing remains of his subsequent cabin, located in a much more remote area at the Elkhorn Ranch, except some cornerstones, foundation blocks, and a well which is covered for safety . " I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days . It was a fine, healthy life, too; it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the value of instant decision . . . I enjoyed the life to the full ."
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But to drive them it took men, not white nor black nor red but men, hard drivers, with the skill and hardihood to endure and the humility and skill to survive, and the trucks, juxtaposed and reliefed against the forest, ordered and compelled by and within the wilderness in the ancient and unremitting contest according to the ancient and immutable rules which void all regress and brook no quarter, the voice quiet and weighty and deliberate for retrospection and recollection among the racked guns and the heads and skins that said in unwavering and enduring timbre : Yo, Bill!
