Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 412
d theireager, brilliant eyesand graceful motionsand gestures exhibitedimpatience for thestart. The ponies wereequally impatient tobe off. The braves wereeither leaning againsttheir huts or squatted near the tepees, where nomove of the ponies could escape their vigilanteyes, while the squaws rested… … THE RACE WITH THE INDIAN BOYS. The Kid was no match for these little Bed-ouins in riding, but he entered into everythingwith such fervor, he sometimes won from mereaudacity. A race was suggested by the nim-ble finger-talk of his playmates; but when hebegan to unfasten the surcingle and to cinch…
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