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MUSTANGS AND COW HORSES
was light and full of gopher holes and I was compelled to
hold a pretty tight rein to keep my horse from falling.
Finally I ranged up alongside of the gavilan, and was tear-
ing forward to throw the reata, when old Selim plunged into
a gopher hole with both fore feet, and for a considerable
time I remained unconscious where I fell. When I recovered
my senses, the sun was going down. It was early in the after-
noon when I commenced the chase, and I must have been
lying there for more than a couple of hours. I was perfectly
dazed for a while, and when I attempted to get up I found
that I could not stand on my right leg. My horse had fallen
on it or struck it. The knee was fearfully swollen. I had hold
of the rope, and had, in fact, fallen with it under me, so old
Selim was there. It was with great diffculty that I could get
into my saddle, and I was so confused and addled from the
fall that I did not know where camp was. I concluded to give
my horse his head and trust to his instinct to take me where
his companions were staked. After going for a very long time
in what appeared to me to be the wrong course, we came to
the place where we had started the mustangs.
I recognized the watering place, and being nearly dis-
tracted with pain from my swollen knee and from thirst, I
crawled off my horse and drank of the muddy water and
bathed my knee in it for some time. I then managed to drag
myself on again and found my way into camp. Don Romaldo
and the mozo had been alarmed, and were about to start out
to hunt for me, though they had no expectations of finding
me before morning. Don Romaldo had been lucky and had
roped the mule; I had to nurse my leg for some days, and
though I did secure Gavilan a short time after, it was by pur-
chasing him from a mustanger who had caught him. I had
the pleasure of gentling and riding him, but, though a beauti-34
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H. Mustangs and Cow Horses, book, 1940; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67653/m1/46/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.