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Then he sends the Red Cloud interpreter an ' four local Injuns with lead hosses to pack this information back to Merritt who 's waitin ' the word at the Rawhide Buttes . Bloojacket , for all he 's done a hundred miles , declar 's himse ' f in on this second excursion to show the interpreter the way . '' ` But you-all wo n't last through , ' says Stanton , where he sets on the steps , quaffin ' whiskey an ' reinvig ` ratin ' himse ` f. '' ` Which if I do n't , I 'll turn squaw ! ' says Bloojacket , an ' gettin ' fresh hosses with the others he goes squanderin ' off into the midnight . `` Son , them savages , havin ' lead hosses , rides in on Merritt by fifth drink time or say , ` leven o'clock that mornin ' ; -- one hundred miles in ` leven hours ! An ' Bloojacket some wan an ' weary for a savage is a-leadin ' up the dance . Mighty fair ridin ' that boy Bloojacket does !