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      THE LAND

      Robert K. Swisher, Jr.

       DEDICATION

       For Boots, living ghosts, and arrow heads … only the coyoteand the crow know for sure …

      © 1987 by Robert K. Swisher, Jr. All rights reserved.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

      Swisher, Robert K., 1947–

      The land.

      I. Title.

      PS3569. W574L3 1986 813’.54 86-22966

      ISBN: 0-86534-095-1

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       CONTENTS

       PROLOGUE: THE BANDIT

       BOOK ONE: THE INDIANS

       1. The Indian — 1575 A.D

       2. The Medicine Man

       3. The Spear Point

       4. The Fleeting

       5. Sanctuary

       6. Flying Bird

       7. Shining Moon Returns

       8. Inside the Canyon

       9. The Sacrifice

       BOOK TWO: THE SPANIARDS

       1. The Franciscan — 1740 A.D

       2. The Church

       3. The Peak

       4. Trouble

       5. Carmeleta

       6. The Spear Point

       7. The Chief and the Elders

       8. Majico and the Chief

       9. Man of Many Women and Jagged Knife

       10. The Captain Prepares

       11. The End

       BOOK THREE: THE MEXICANS

       1. The Rich and the Poor — 1835 A.D

       2. The Problem

       3. Labor Lost

       4. The Journey

       5. The Governor

       6. The Christmas Gift

       7. The American Soldiers

       8. The Invasion

       BOOK FOUR: THE COWBOYS

       1. The History — 1948 A.D

       2. Frank Speaks

       3. The Partings

       4. The Spear Point

       5. The Will

       6. The Land Stays

       AUTHOR’S NOTE

      There is a parcel of land in New Mexico that in our day and age is called a ranch. The man who owns this ranch

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