The Yellow Chief. Reid Mayne
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They have several reasons for this preference. The arrow does its death-work silently, without alarming the game; besides, powder and lead cost more than arrow-sticks, which can also be recovered.
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Grama, the New Mexican name for a species of grass forming the finest pastured of the prairies – the famed buffalo grass not excepted.
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Sierra, The Spanish word for “saw.” It also signifies a mountain chain or ridge, the idea ha
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The Spanish word for inclosure, adopted at an early period by the prairie-traders, and now become part of our language.
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They have several reasons for this preference. The arrow does its death-work silently, without alarming the game; besides, powder and lead cost more than arrow-sticks, which can also be recovered.
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