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Chapter 86

           AlmosteverycountryinEuropehasfurnisheditsquota;thoughthemajorityareofthatstalwartracewhoseancestorsexpelledtheIndiansfromthe"BloodyGround;"builtlogcabinsonthesitesoftheirwigwams;andspenttheremainderoftheirlivesinfellingtheforestsoftheMississippi.Someofthemhavebeenbroughtuptothecultivationofcorn;othersunderstandbetterthecultureofcotton;whilealargenumber,fromhomesfurthersouth,havemigratedintoTexastospeculateinthegrowthandmanufactureofsugarandtobacco.

           Mostareplantersbycallingandinclination;thoughtherearegraziersandcattle-dealers,huntersandhorse-dealers,storekeepers,andtradersofotherkinds—notafewofthemtraffickersinhumanflesh!

           Therearelawyers,land-surveyors,andland-speculators,andotherspeculatorsofnoproclaimedcalling—adventurersreadytotakeahandinwhatevermayturnup—whetheritbethebrandingofcattle,ascoutagainstComanches,oraspelloffilibusteringacrosstheRioGrande.

           Theircostumesareasvariedastheircallings.Theyhavebeenalreadydescribed:forthemennowgatheringaroundFortIngearethesamewehaveseenbeforeassembledinthecourtyardofCasadelCorvo—thesamewithanaugmentationofnumbers.

           Thepresentassemblagediffersinanotherrespectfromthatcomposingtheexpeditionofsearchers.Itisgracedbythepresenceofwomen—thewives,sisters,anddaughtersofthemen.

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