The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore Page: 8
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8 THE HEALER OF LOS OLMOS
himself, "and I'll cure the hide and make moccasins out of
it. I'll wear one pair of the teguas, and I'll trade two pairs
off for a calf. The calf will grow to be a cow and she will
have other calves. While we are having plenty of cheese,
one of these calves will grow to be a fine, strong ox. I'll
trade him off for a mare. The mare will have a colt, and
I'll trade him off for a jack. Then the jack and the mare
will bring mules. I'll just raise mules-mules-mules.
There'll be one mule at first, then two mules, then three
mules, then four, then five, then six, seven, eight. I shall
not be driving another man's mules any longer at peon
wages. I'll be carrying freight by contract!"
The string of mules filed by in front of the hunter's eyes
so that he could not see the big buck asleep. He saw them
all loaded with cargas and he saw himself as the conductor
of a whole recua of pack mules, a hired arriero helping him.
He saw the mules stringing out along the trail to Chihuahua.
He could keep himself silent no longer. At the top of his
voice he yelled, "Hi-lo!" ("String outl"-the cry of mule
driver and vaquero.)
The big buck awoke with a jump and was out of shot in
the brush before the hunter could aim. As it is said, the
Indian, the bird, and the deer are gone when they are gone.
He who with his arms engirdles much can squeeze little.
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Texas Folklore Society. The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore, book, 1951; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67665/m1/18/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.