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Crow Ridge Cattle Company Tulsa, Indian Territory Thanksgiving Day November 27,1884:

“Here come the Buffalo Soldiers, they’re crossing the river now!” Isaac yelled as he jumped off the back porch, headed toward the barn where the men, the girls, and the rest of the Bucks were gathered.

The women had run the men and younger ones from the house so they could finish cooking and get the dinner ready. This was to be the biggest feast and biggest celebration they’d had to date.

The men, the Bucks, and the girls, leading their Gramps, all walked out to stand in front of the barn, watching as the mule teams slowly pulled the fifteen wagons out into the river at the bottom of the long sloping ridge.

They could hear them start singing as they started across the Arkansas. Willis was on the lead wagon and when he saw the Crow family and their friends standing in front of the barn waving, he stood and waved with both arms in the air. The former Buffalo Soldiers were singing...

Swing Low Sweet Chariot.

They kept singing as they rode up the long sloping ridge toward the houses and barns. Their deep voices ringing out loud and clear in the cold November air. When the women came out on the front porch to see who was singing, they joined in as they stood on the porch with arms hooked together, swaying slowly as they too sang the words of the old Negro spiritual song.

Swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home, Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see Coming for to carry me home? A band of angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home.

Sometimes I’m up, and sometimes I’m down, Coming for to carry me home But still my soul feels heavenly bound. Coming for to carry me home

The brightest day that I can say, Coming for to carry me home When Jesus washed my sins away. Coming for to carry me home

If I get there before you do, Coming for to carry me home I’ll cut a hole and pull you through. Coming for to carry me home

If you get there before I do, Coming for to carry me home Tell all my friends I’m coming too. Coming for to carry me home

(Wallis Willis: circa 1862)

When they drove the wagons to the top of the ridge, they circled the barn and corrals, making three lines of five wagons each as they parked the wagons in back.

There were six young, white ex-cavalrymen with them. They had mustered out like the lieutenant said they could and rode over with the Buffalo Soldiers. They didn’t know what to think of the huge house, the barns, and all the men and young’uns of the Crow family gathered around to welcome them. They helped as the men took the mules loose and the harnesses off.

When the men first stepped off the wagons and began to unhitch the mules from the wagons with the white boys’ help, Isaac and Caleb opened the gate to the feedlot and when the men had the harnesses off, they turned the mules in to get hay and water.

They were still singing as they picked up the harnesses and carried them to the tack room inside the barn. Their voices became lower and lower as they lined up and stood at attention, in double columns in the barn. The six younger white boys were in line with them, all of them still dressed in blue.

“Company, Dismissed!” Sergeant Willis yelled. The men threw their hats up into the top of the big hay barn, yelling and laughing.

“Marshal Crow, here we are to report for work, and start a new life. It was my men who come up with the idea of singing that song when we crossed the Arkansas down there. I thought it was a good way to leave all them years in the cavalry behind and start over with a whole new life, just like we was crossing the River Jordan for real.”

“Welcome to Crow Ridge Cattle Company, Willis. You call us by our first names too,” Eli told them.

“You men stay right there and make a single line, you’re not in the cavalry anymore, but you’re here to start drilling for oil. Jon David has something for all of you. This is half of what you’ve got coming for helping with the pecan harvest. The other half we’ll put with our money and invest it for you. One day in the coming years, each of you will own land over there where we just came from. You’ll want to build houses on that land for you and your families to live in when you get too old to work for me in the oil drilling business.

“Jon David, pay these men so the Young Bucks can show them to their quarters. There’s two big stock tanks out behind the barracks, there’s a windmill there for your water. There’s three big fires burning already with wash pots of hot water boiling. Go get yourselves cleaned up and ready to eat the best Thanksgiving dinner you ever set a plate to,” Eli told them as he walked back and forth in front of them.

Jon David walked up to Willis first and gave him twenty five hundred dollars. The big man looked at the money, then at Jon David and reached out to shake his hand.

He turned to Eli and they stood looking at each other for a few seconds. Eli was smiling and Willis was trying to keep from crying.

With the Buffalo Soldiers, the men of the Crow family, and all the young’uns watching them, Eli and Willis reached out to shake hands. The two men wrapped their left arms over the others shoulder in a one arm hug as they clasped hands for close to a minute.

Without a word, Willis swiped his big fingers across his eyes and turned to his men. Each of them stood with money in their hands and looked at it like they didn’t even know what it was.

“Where’s all your clothes and belongings?” Eli asked.

“This is it, Eli. This is all we got to show for a whole lifetime on this earth. These boots and these old faded blues are what’s left after twenty years of riding a cavalry saddle.”

“We’ll get you fixed up with some better clothes to work in before we start drilling.

“Eli, show these men where they can wash up,” Eli spoke to Little Eli.

“You white boys go with them, there’s plenty of rooms and beds over there for all of you. We’ll get you some work clothes too, before we start drilling,” Eli said. He saw two that he remembered, Carter and Otis. The others he didn’t know, but he’d get to know all of them soon enough.

“Jon David, give these boys a hundred apiece to tide them over until they can earn some wages. You men and you boys mind your manners around my girls and my women, or you’ll be cut-up fish bait,” Eli said as he looked at them.

Jon David held his hand up when the men started out of the barn. He turned and gave each of the six white boys a hundred dollars. They were like the men of the Buffalo Soldiers, they just stared at it.

He walked over to face all of them as he looked them over.

“You men put that money in your pockets. Now ... just so there won’t be any misunderstanding later, there won’t be any whiskey on this place, no time, EVER! All of you heard what Dad said about respecting the women of Crow Ridge, that goes for ALL the women and girls too that you’ll meet while you’re working for this outfit.

“This money is just a drop in the bucket of what you’ll make working for us, if you keep your nose clean and work hard. You slack off or lay up lazy and you’re gone. You work hard and pull your load, and you’ll all have land, money, and a family in a few years. You got my word on that and I’ll see to it personally, if you’ll just do this our way,” Jon David told them as he looked all of them over, white and black.

Eli looked at Duncan and Moses; they shared a slight grin. He looked at the Bucks and they were looking at Jon David like he had slapped one of the men.

When he stopped talking, they weren’t sure whether to leave or stay.

“Come go with me, I’ll show you to your quarters. There’s nothing in there but your beds, but they got plenty of covers. You’ll have to buy your own soap, razors and whatever else you’ll need. We’ll take you down to Perryman’s tomorrow and you can get all of that stuff,” Little Eli said as he walked out ahead of them.

“You men get on down there and get washed up; we’ll be having Thanksgiving dinner here in about an hour. Then all us men will come out here again and have a meeting with the oil men who’re gonna show us how to drill oil wells,” Eli told them.

When they had walked out of the barn and around the front of the house, Eli turned to Jon David.

“Jon David, I don’t reckon I ever told you just how proud you make me sometimes. I’m glad you took it on yourself to tell the men what was expected of them. I want you to take over all that kind of stuff. That’ll leave me more time to worry about everything else,” Eli told him.

“I sure didn’t mean to sound like I was taking over anything. I just wanted it to be clear what was expected of each of them when they came here to work. I feel like I may have already saved one or two lives, just by warning them ahead of time,” He told his dad and the other men laughed at his meaning.

“Here comes Smitty and the others, Eli,” Joe said as he looked out the door of the barn when he heard a wagon.

“Good, we’ll all be ready for some of that turkey and trimmings by the time the hired hands get back over here. I had to catch myself, I almost called ‘em Buffalo Soldiers again.”

“Smitty, where y’all been so early this morning?” Eli asked as the men rode up on the wagon.

“We went down to Perryman’s and bought some boiler overalls to wear when we start the drilling. It gets messy out there and it’ll be getting colder as winter moves in full force,” Smitty told him as they stepped off the wagon.

The Bucks gathered around and started unhitching the mules from the wagon as the men talked.

“The Buffalo Soldiers are here, they brought six white boys with them that have mustered out too. They’ve gone over to clean up and get ready for dinner.”

“Eli, are we still going to meet out here after dinner and go over things before we take them to the drilling rig tomorrow?” Albert asked.

“We plan to, Albert. If there’s anything you men need to tell them, just jump in. All Jon David and me had in mind was to get them and y’all acquainted and for us to tell all of you what him and me are planning.”

“Here they come now, Eli,” Duncan said as the Bucks and the hired hands came around the house.

Rose stepped out on the back porch and beat a big wooden spoon against the back of a dishpan about that time and all the men looked over toward the house.

“Come and get it, we have dinner ready,” she yelled and stepped back inside out of the cold wind.

“Let’s all go inside and eat, they’ve got enough places set for all the men to eat at one time. When we eat all we can put away, we’ll come back out here and make everyone acquainted with one another. After that, we’ll all just rest easy and get ready for tomorrow when these oil well men will have school for all of us hired hands,” Eli told them. The men laughed as he included himself in the hired hands.

Jon David led them through the back door and as the men hung back, not sure about going in the house, Eli and the others shooed them on in.

The women had the kitchen and dining room set up with tables and benches, with enough plates for all the men to eat at one time. There were four tables in the kitchen and four in the dining room. The tables were positioned in a long row, with the wide door opening between the kitchen and dining room the only break.

After all the men had seated and the girls and Bucks stood aside with the women, Jon David stood in the wide door opening between the two rooms. All the men turned to look at him, knowing he was about to speak once more.

“Let us give thanks,” he said and they all bowed their heads.

“Lord, we have come together today to give thanks for all good things you have sent our way. We ask you to look down on us as we each begin a new part of our lives. We ask your blessings upon our family and friends gathered here today, as we start drilling oil wells and planning for our future. Bless this big country, Lord, as we try to tame it and make it a safe place for all to live. Bless each of us, O Lord, and keep us safe. Bless this food you have provided, bless the womenfolk who have prepared it. Thank You, Lord, in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

“AMEN“ was echoed throughout the two rooms.

“You men dig in, there’s plenty for all of you and more than enough for later too if you get hungry,” Rose said as she and the others began pouring hot coffee in the tin cups beside each plate.

They had big platters of sliced turkey and deep pans of cornbread dressing on each table. They had mashed potatoes and candied yams, they had green beans and cornbread and all the trimmings as the men passed the platters, bowls, and pans around, heaping their plates with food.

The girls and Bucks all fixed their plates and went to the living room to sit and eat their Thanksgiving dinner. They wanted to eat when the men did, so they wouldn’t miss anything when the men went back to the barn after dinner. The women would wait until the men had eaten and left the table before they ate.

... They had closed the back door on the west end of the barn earlier to stop the cold wind from blowing through. Kit and Ruby led their Gramps out to the barn with them. They had told him about how good the Young Bucks were getting with their handguns. He couldn’t see them, but he wanted to be there when they showed off for the others.

When all the men had made their way out to the barn, they either sat on the floor or sat on the top rails of the different stalls as they waited for Eli and Jon David to start their talks. Albert, Leon and James were going to speak to the new men and to the men of the Crow family.

Eli was the first to speak as he stepped out into the middle of the hallway in the big barn.

“I don’t have a lot to say to all of you, that I haven’t said already. I want to ask all of you in the Crow family and the oil well men to make friends with each of the new men who’ve come here to work and help us try to make a big oil strike out here. From what our four friends over here have told us, we’re sitting on a gold mine. If they’re right, all of you will have a stake in this. This is not just about me or the Crow family ... there’ll be enough to go around when we start pumping oil from under this land. I got a good feeling about what we’re about to do. I want all of you to work hard and make plans for a whole new way of living out here in Indian Territory. We have a long way to go, but we WILL get there.

“Jon David has a few things he wants to say to you, then we’ll let the oil well experts talk and you can ask them questions. Tomorrow morning early, we’ll all meet here at the barn and go over to the drilling rig they have set up and they’ll show us all about drilling oil,” Eli said, then walked over to sit down.

“I think Dad said most of what we wanted to say today. I want to welcome all of you new men here and tell you again how much we’re depending on you to make this work.

“This is new to all of us and when you see and understand what we’re about to do, you’ll be like we were when we first started planning this. We’ve gone into this not only with hope, we have gone into this with big plans for the future. We’ll be starting in the coal mining and shipping business before long too, as we buy more mineral rights and explore for coal.

“Just as Dad told you, this country is about to change and we’re going to help make the changes. We’re going to make jobs so we’ll have new people move here to live and work. We’re going to build houses for people to live in and we’re going to have schools to teach our children.

You men of the former cavalry unit, we’ll be hearing from eligible young women soon, my wife and I will help each of you pick yourselves a wife.

“I’m going to tell you one more thing and I want you to remember this as long as you live.

“Don’t be afraid to dream big, your future is waiting on you right outside that barn door. Dreams don’t come true without hard work though. There’s nothing free in this world and there’s no hand-outs on Crow Ridge. The Crow family and Crow Ridge Oil Company are going to make millions. Each of you can be a part of that if you work for it and do your share.”

Jon David walked over and leaned up against a wall beside his dad and Eli put his arm around his son’s shoulder.

Albert Pohlson, with Leon and James Petersen, and Smitty walked out to the middle of the barn and each of them told the men about different parts of drilling for oil and how they would pipe it to the railhead next to the loading pens.

After the men had met and talked about the drilling business and other concerns that were looming in the near future, Eli stepped back to the middle of the barn and looked the new men over. He grinned over at his Young Bucks where they sat with their sisters.

“I got something I want all of you to see. Some of us watched this on our way home from Pecan Ridge, but we never spoke of it, not even to the men. We’re all gonna step out through this back door and show you something you’d never believe if I just told you about it. It’s cold out there, so we won’t keep you long.

“You Young Bucks and you girls get ready so we can get this show over with, its cold and these men will want to eat some more and get warm,” Eli said as he waved for them to start their show.

The girls walked by the wagons and loaded their pockets with pecans, before walking through the side door the Bucks had opened. When they walked out, the Bucks were facing toward the slope that runs down to the river, with the wind at their backs.

Kit and Ruby led their Gramps over to the side of the barn where he leaned back to watch the show with his ears. They girls had already told him how they did it and helped the Bucks show off their gun skills.

When they lined up as before, boy, girl, boy, girl ... Eli stood in front of the others. Howard and Jefferson, with the Robertson brothers and the Franklin brothers knew what was about to happen.

Duncan, Moses, Doc, Joe, and the Barkley brothers knew nothing of this and just looked at one another. Willis and all the ex-cavalrymen had no idea what was about to take place as they looked at the young boys and girls.

Eli saw the Bucks thumb the loops off their hammers and turned back to the crowd of men who were watching for whatever was about to happen.

“The wind is blowing kind of hard, so this may not be a good showing for these Young Bucks, but they’ll show you enough to know just how good they are.

“Show ‘em, Bucks,” Eli said and the girls looked at each other with their arms low and swung back ready to throw pecans.

“GO!” Lee Yu yelled and each girl let go a pecan as it sailed off high in the wind. As soon as the pecans were in the air, the Bucks drew their Colts, and as the pecans flew toward the river, they shot all six of them from the sky.

“Would you just look at them Young Bucks?” Duncan said proudly as he looked at Eli, then the others.

“That’s not all. Watch this and remember we have a high wind so this may not show you as good as they really are,” Eli said and nodded to the girls as they all watched for his nod.

“GO!” Lee Yu yelled once more, as each girl flung three pecans into the air at once.

In the blink of an eye, the six Young Bucks drew and fanned their Colts, blasting three pecans apiece from the sky, leaving none to fly off in the gusty north wind.

“LORDY, LORDY, I have never even seen Eli shoot that good, “ Duncan said as he grinned at Isaac when he cut his eyes back toward his dad and smiled.

“Can you Bucks do that again? Can you do it anytime you want?” Moses asked.

“Show ‘em,” Eli said as the Bucks dropped their spent cartridges and reloaded.

Once again, the sisters threw three pecans each on their signal and the six Young Bucks blasted all of them from the sky to the amazement of all the men.

“I just thought I was gettin’ good with my pistol. I see I’ve got a long ways to go yet,” Joe said, shaking his head and grinning.

“Eli, you have trained these Young Bucks to be as good as any grown man with handguns,” Doc said as he smiled at the boys and girls.

“We have one more we want them to show you, this may be difficult, since the wind is blowing so hard, but you already know how good they are and we want them to show off some more,” Lilly Beth said as she looked at Little Eli and smiled.

The girls had three pecans in each hand as they lined up once more with their hands ready.

“GO!” Lee Yu yelled and each of them threw six pecans into the air at once. Pecans were flying all over in the wind as the Bucks drew their Colts and fanned their hammers six times. When they ran out of bullets, there was one pecan flying off into the stiff wind toward the river.

The Bucks all looked at one another.

“Who missed?” Isaac asked as they looked at one another with looks of disbelief.

They were still looking at one another, trying to figure who had missed a shot when Ruby started laughing.

...”I threw seven pecans, I just wanted these men to see how good you Bucks really are,” she said and turned to hug Isaac as the Bucks and sisters laughed at what she’d done.

“I was glad it just one got away in all this wind. Now I’m as amazed as all the rest of us here,” Eli said.

“Marshal, I never seen a grown man shoot like that. Them boys are gonna be some fearless Marshals when they get old enough. I sure wouldn’t even want just one of them chasing after me,” Willis said and his men laughed.

“Let’s get inside and get warm again, I just wanted to show off our Young Bucks, as we call them now. We have plenty more to eat in the house, all you men go get another plate full and drink plenty of coffee to get warm,” Eli told them as they hurried toward the open door of the barn.

The hired hands went back through the kitchen and heaped their plates with more food, pecan pie and coffee before going to the barracks to sleep it off.

The men and friends of the Crow family ate another big plate of food and a big slice of pecan pie with their last cup of coffee.

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Saturday, May 3, 1884 Cherokee Lands Indian Territory Iron Hammer’s Lodge “Eli Crow, I see you have returned and now you bring all the marshals and little Crows to see me. I see my own brothers, the Barkleys, with you. How am I so honored this day?” “Iron Hammer, I came with my friends and young’uns to tell you of a cattle deal we made in Kansas City this week. My little Crows have gifts for your little Hammers and me and my friends are always happy to sit with Iron Hammer and his brothers...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 32

Tulsa, Indian Territory Crow Ridge Cattle Company June 2, 1884 The big house on the hill was full of happy talk as they gathered in the kitchen to talk and catch up on the latest trip into the Territory. Clarissa was typing on her typewriter as fast as she could to keep up with all that was said. She was getting faster at typing and this was the first time she didn’t make notes to type from later. They let the ten youngest travelers talk first, each of them telling their version of the...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 26

A week after the marshals returned from their last trip, Eli rode across the river to Tulsa with Little Eli and the other boys and girls. The young’uns thought they were almost grown now, getting to ride the big high stepping horses all the way across the river with him and going to the post office at Perryman’s. He gave them enough money to buy some candy and even some gum, for the first time in their lives. The boys saw some baseball bats, gloves, and balls and each of them wanted baseball...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 46

December 27, 1884 Tulsa Depot Tulsa, Indian Territory Jon David and Joe were at the train depot when the train pulled in from Kansas City. Jon David had gotten a telegraph message that there would be twenty-one, young Negro women aboard the train arriving on the twenty-seventh. There were only two Pullman cars and a caboose connected to that train. The preacher from the Negro church in Kansas City had made the trip down to Tulsa, escorting the young women personally, since the young women...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 39

Indian Territory October 5, 1884: As the light of dawn began to spread across the plains, they harnessed the mules and hitched the teams to the wagons. They were all ready to meet the others at Pecan Ridge Cattle Company and start the pecan harvest. They saw how the nearby trees were loaded with pecans and knew this pecan crop was going to be a big one. Eli and Moses had been out before dawn, riding the western perimeter. Duncan and Joe had also been riding the eastern perimeter behind...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 107

They did make that trip in September. Eli wanted the family to visit their hotel in Santa Fe then come back through Albuquerque on their week-long trip. They even made it down to Las Cruces to stay two nights at that hotel before heading back home. Eli knew the women would be having babies in the spring and he was already planning trips to Kansas City after the babies were born. In April of 1890, Eli took his Cherokee brothers, Iron Hammer, Iron Hand and Iron Eyes, with their families for a...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 101

Tulsa, Indian Territory Sunday, July 28, 1889 While Moses, Isaac and Little Eli were loading the horses, the engineer yelled and waved to Eli again just as he stepped down from the Pullman carrying Little Eli’s traveling bag. “Marshal, if we’re gonna make a fast run down to Abilene like you want, the fireman will need some help from your bunch to keep up the steam,” he yelled above the noise of the locomotive. “We’ll ride up here with you. I want to keep this this thing red hot and smoking...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 31

Miranda turned and sat sideways on the top rail as she watched Little Eli run over to get on his horse. Lee Yu, Lilly Beth, Kia, and Michi were all waiting for him. They all waved to her when they saw her looking. She felt like getting off the fence right then and grabbing Eli Crow. She was so in love with him and his family. No matter if it was right in the middle of the cattle pens, and right in front of all the men, she could have thrown him to the ground and loved him right here. They...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 76

Across the small hotel dining room, there were three well-dressed men wearing tall white hats, drinking coffee and smoking fat cigars. One of them moved closer to sit at the table nearest the Young Bucks. “Excuse me please, but did I hear you say you have an exceptionally fast horse bred from Cheyenne horse blood?” The man asked from behind Eli. Eli turned to look back at the man, “Yes Sir, we sure do. He’s never been beaten in about thirty races,” he told the man. “We’re here to meet the...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 27

After their meal, they rounded the young’uns up and headed them back upstairs. The elevator had to make two trips to get them all to the top floor. By the time they had the younger ones settled and into bed, it was after ten o’clock and they had a busy day planned for tomorrow. The baseball game started at one o’clock and they were scheduled to play two games before dark. The grownups talked for another hour before heading off to their separate rooms and to bed. They still wanted to spend...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 110

“Trapper, there are at least two dozen turkey-buzzards circling overhead back west of here,” Micah told him as they rode north. Trapper and the others turned their horses to look back to where Micah was pointing. “Looks like we could have a fresh one for you men to check out. Let’s get on over there,” Trapper said and spanked his horse with his reins. They topped a small rise to see at least two dozen more buzzards on the ground tearing into a dead calf. When they rode up, the buzzards...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 111

After their performance on their first assignment in Colorado back in October of 1896, the six Young Bucks’ names became well known at the Western District U.S. Marshal’s Service office in Kansas City. During the next two years they were called upon time and time again to settle disputes. They were sent to the Missouri border town of Fort Scott, Kansas, to help settle a railroad union dispute that had already gotten out of hand with clashes of violence by the time they arrived. With strong...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 37

“We’ve never been up this way before, Daddy. Where are we going?” Little Eli asked. “We’re going up the Arkansas to the rough country where the Pawnee and Osage Tribes join lands. We’ll camp on the Arkansas and we’ll have our own school for you boys out here.” They had crossed the Arkansas River in a northwesterly direction, then followed along the west side of the river until mid-day. The boys were told to bring nothing but jerky in their grub bags, they were going to survive on what the...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 98

Kansas City, Missouri July 21, 1889 Eli and Isaac were up and dressed, after washing up from a wild time the night before when they’d had champagne sprayed all over them and made love on the balcony. They were sitting out on the balcony again, looking down on the sprawling city below as people began to stir and fill the streets. The girls came out laughing and talking about the fun, crazy time they’d had last night. They were bathed, dressed and ready for a day of shopping and sightseeing...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 69

Upon their return to Tulsa from racing Cheyenne at Vinita, Little Eli had met with Bill and Jack Robertson that day, asking them about making a lightweight saddle just for Cheyenne. After measuring and fitting him with the special built saddletree and pad, they made a saddle with no high pommel and no saddle horn. There were no fenders, just leather straps that supported the small brass stirrups. This saddle was half the weight of the working and pleasure saddles they used on the ranch. As...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 18

October 1, 1881 While Eli was getting his latest prisoners turned over to the jailers, Jefferson left the courthouse through the back door and ran out to saddle his horse. He rode hard up the back way, cutting across an open lot and through someones yard as he raced home. He didn’t take time to put his horse in the barn, he knew Eli would see it anyway. He jerked the saddle off and turned his horse in the cow pen. When Eli rode into the yard later, it was almost sundown and there was no one...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 102

When they arrived in Durant, the sun had been up a few hours and Eli herded them to the hotel. The fireman and engineer went with them as the local railroad workers filled the reservoirs with water and oiled the locomotive for them. This was the first chance Eli had for more than a few words with his Bucks since they’d boarded the caboose in Abilene. Eli and Moses sat across the table from them in the dining room and looked at each of them as they talked to their brothers and their...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 36

“Kit, would you and Ruby want to wear buckskins like we do?” Caleb asked as they all talked, ate, and became friends. “We sure do. Marshal Eli told us we could, and said he’d even give us our own horse,” Kit answered. “We’ll have to round up our horses in the morning and see how many we have now. Daddy may have to get more horses from our friend, Iron Hammer. He’s the main man in the Cherokee Tribe that owns all the lands around us,” Little Eli said. “Momma told me we could all go down to...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 33

When they finished unloading the flatcar, they headed back to the house. Smitty, Leon, James, and Albert were on the wagon and Eli drove. “Smitty, I need to have a talk with you. Want to walk down to the river with me?” Eli asked. “Sure Eli, let me get a drink from the pump and I’ll be ready.” “I’ll meet you out front.” Eli went through the house and into the kitchen where the women were fixing supper. “Corinne, come go with me,” Eli said. “Eli, I’m not sure about this now. Can we wait...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 5

After an early start in the cold hours of morning, they rode hard and steady all day, stopping to relieve themselves twice and eat from the grub sack. They made Kansas City, Missouri late in the day as the sun was sinking behind the cold flat horizon, across the river in Kansas. They stopped at a big fancy hotel and registered as Eli and Rose Crow. The desk man was hesitant at first to let the two Half-Breeds stay in his hotel, but saw the Deputy U.S. Marshal badge and the Indian Police...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 62

“ELI! You’re back. Did you get the last one? Dal said you thought there was a woman with them too,” Sam Connor greeted his grandson when he came through the back door, stomping the mud off his feet. Eli was soaked, his buckskins wet and clinging to his body, his moccasins filled with mud and water. He hadn’t even put his long coat on when he left Young’s Store. The back of his coat was shot out anyway. “They’re all taken care of, Grandpa. How’s Grandma? She alright after all this?” He...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 34

When they reached the river’s edge, Kit laid the fuses and caps on a stump. Ruby handed Kit a stick of dynamite and picked up a cap and a short fuse. Eli and the others watched as she inserted the end of a fuse into the open end of the blasting cap, then put her fingers about an inch from the end of the brass. She stuck this short end of the exposed brass into her mouth with the extra fuse trailing down her chin. They could see her straining her jaws as she bit down on the brass, clamping it...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 97

Eli had planned their trip himself and since he wanted them to stay a few days in Boones Crossing without being in a rush, he decided to take his dad’s advice and travel to Kansas City first then come back to Boones Crossing. Though he and Isaac didn’t wear their guns, they did have their knives on their hips, with their guns packed in their traveling bags. Both were dressed in buckskins and their girls dressed in finery like the other women traveling on the train. They ate one meal in the...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 109

Saturday October 3, 1896 Crow Valley, Oklahoma Territory “Let me see that map again, Deuce,” Ezra said. He stood next to Eli and Isaac as they looked at the map. They had just gotten their first orders as Deputy United States Marshals two days ago, and the six of them were excited as they saddled up. They’d packed the night before and already had their two packsaddles loaded with tents, food and supplies for at least a two-week stay once they reached their destination. They were being sent...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 56

Dal Hopkins had been half asleep, half-awake as he worried about his town. He heard a man whisper something behind him in the cell. Was he dreaming? Could it really be? HE KNEW THAT VOICE... He’d know that voice in the middle of a windstorm on the plains or in a howling snowstorm on top of a mountain. No matter where on earth he was, he would know that voice... Eli was here. He knew it was him! How – he didn’t know, but that was Eli Crow behind him, he’d bet his life on it. “Marshal,...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 84

Eli knew he had a battle on his hands convincing the mommas of his sons and daughters that his plan was the best way to keep the Bucks, the Crow girls and the rest of them from having babies and still let them spend time with their friends. He figured the best way to handle this was to get them all at once and get it over with. Miranda, Clarissa, Tin Yu, Catt, Eva, Rose, Sissy, Suh, Juni, and Grandma were gathered together out away from the others. Eli wanted all of them to listen to what he...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 99

Boones Crossing, Kansas July 23, 1889 Little Eli, Kit, Ruby, and Isaac arrived in Boones Crossing early, making the short trip from Kansas City in only a matter of two hours. They had accompanied their friends to the train station the evening before and watched as they boarded the train to Colorado. This was a tearful parting of new friends with all of them vowing to meet again soon. The McInnis sisters especially took it hard, sobbing as they sat on the train and waved out the window to...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 108

Crow Ridge September 1, 1896 “Come on in, Ezra. Your dad and I wanted to talk to you before you head back to Crow Valley,” Rose told her son. Jefferson was sitting up in bed with the covers pulled to his waist. “Dad, are you feeling any better?” Ezra asked as he walked over to sit at his bedside and lay his hand on top Jefferson’s right hand. “I feel better today, Son. This has actually been one of my better days in the past few months. “Dad, I suppose I’ve always taken for granted that...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 41

When the Buffalo Soldiers rolled in from Little Tree with empty wagons, all of them jumped in and loaded them as quickly as possible. There were fifteen more loads to ship after they held back the last three loaded wagons to take to Tulsa. Willis turned fifteen of his men right back around, telling them to get on back so they could all head over to Tulsa and start learning to be oil well drillers. The next morning early, Eli and Jon David were sitting by the fire outside, drinking coffee...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 92

Eli knew he had to get over to the women as soon as he could. He saw them laughing and talking with Analisa, pointing now and then toward where he stood. Even Sissy, Miranda, and Grandmother were huddled with the young Mexican woman, whispering and laughing. When Catt and Eva pulled her aside, they were laughing aloud and Eli knew it was time to go. “I see all of you have met Analisa. I hope you’ll make her welcome. I’ve asked her to work for us when we get back to Tulsa,” Eli told them when...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 12

Two weeks earlier, when Duncan and Eli had split as they arrived in Tulsa, Duncan felt alone as he rode north toward Kansas. Though he’d been a deputy marshal for over two years when he met Eli, he’d grown to like hid friend so well that he missed his company and the friendship they shared together on their trips into the Territory. He rode into southern Kansas two days later, after riding late like he and Eli often did when they first met. He wanted to hurry and do his law business, then...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 29

The men of Crow Ridge Cattle Company loaded the second trainload of cattle bound for Kansas City and knew there wasn’t time to load another fifteen cars before dark. The first trainload would have to make it to the next sidetrack, near the Kansas state line, before the two empty trains could travel on down to Tulsa. They made plans to start loading at daylight the next day. The empty trains would arrive during the night and have to lay over. They gathered around after the first day of...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 71

The Waco Kid never raised his head as he reached out to pick up a stick and thrash it across the bedroll nearest him. “Get your asses up, we got a score to settle this morning and I’m ready to get started!” he said loudly. The other men began to stir in their bedrolls and The Waco Kid rolled over to sit up. He had yet to look up as he pulled his boots on, then picked up his two pistols and shoved them down in his holsters. He stretched his arms over his head, wincing at the pain in his ribs,...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 73

Crow Ridge March 29, 1889 The family was up before dawn to see the Crow girls and the Young Bucks off. Even their younger brothers and sisters were up. Eli cornered Little Eli and Ezra as soon as they came downstairs and pulled them aside. “I need to give you men something. I’ve been wanting to tell you about this, but never felt like it was the right time until now. “Eli, back when you told me that you Bucks wanted to have a place of your own and still wanted it to be near each other, I...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 53

Union Station Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania June 19, 1885 Eli had been on the train for four days when he arrived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They had an hour layover there, one of many layovers they’d had on his long train ride from Indian Territory. After he’d found the toilets to relieve himself, he sat inside the huge train station and watched the hundreds of people coming and going. He’d never seen this many people in one place ever before, not even in Kansas City at the ballpark. He kept...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 30

“This is absolutely beautiful. I just love the way the houses and barns look with all the pecan trees around,” Miranda said. “It does look good and shady back in them trees. We need to plant some pecan trees over at the other place to shade it a little, I reckon,” Eli agreed. “You boys get you some clean buckskins and go back behind the barn and get a bath,” Eli told the six boys. “Miranda, would you help Sissy get the girls back there and get them bathed?” “I will, but first we’re going...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 48

There were snow flurries blowing in the wind, with a light blanket already covering the ground when the Bucks started out the next morning after saying their goodbyes to the family. They were dressed in their buckskins with their union suits underneath and heavy boiler overalls over their buckskins. Each had a leather fur-lined cap pulled down over their head and ears. They wore wool scarves backed with flannel over their faces, leaving only a slit with their eyes exposed as they rode...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 13

Eli and Duncan headed out of town with their wagon load of prisoners. Bud Parkins drove the wagon, Duncan and Eli rode their horses. “Eli, I already like this horse pretty good. He’s as tall and long legged as that big stud you got.” “Yep, you got a good’un, Duncan.” They turned south at the creek crossing, and rode right by Noonan’s ranch. “You could at least let me see my wife before you take me back,” Noonan said. “I’ll go see if she wants to see you... “Duncan, you keep them headed...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 89

“What can I do for you, Mister? You look to be part Indian. Are you?” The man behind the window at the train station said as Eli walked up to the window to send a telegraph message back to Little Tree. “I need to send a message over to Little Tree, Texas. Can you do that for me?” Eli said, ignoring the man’s remark. “I sure can. Who is it for and what name do you want on it?” “Put my name on it, Marshal Eli Crow. Send it to Hoke at the livery. Tell him I need him to get word to my folks at...

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The Legend of Eli CrowChapter 67

“Son, that was some race. We heard what Parkman’s jockey said. You did the right thing holding Cheyenne back, then letting him run away with the race after they’d tried to run him down like that. You’d think Sam Parkman would know better by now,” Eli said as he and Joe stood beside Little Eli when their picture was made. “Did you win big again, Dad?” Little Eli asked, knowing by his smile that he did. “We all won big on that race. I already have another big bet placed on the last race...

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