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guidin‘. There was no way for them cow rustlere or bandits to get to the cow ranches after they crossed the river (RIo Grande) ~ to cross that r~‘6)5., for there was no other way. for ‘em to get out there. You see, there was where it would be easy for me, pickin‘ up a trail. I would just follow that road on if I had. a certaIn dl.stence to go, and if I didn‘t find no trail I would come back and report, and if I would find. a trail he would ask me how many they was and where they was goin‘, and. I would tell ‘tin wbthh way, ‘cause I didn‘t know exactly where they was gem‘ to round—up. He would always give ‘em about two or three days to niake the round~up from the time that trail crossed. And we always went to meet ‘ein, or catch ‘em at the river. We got into two or three real bad combats.

	“The worst one was on Palo Alto Prairie, one of Santa Anna‘s battle grounds. About twelve or fifteen miles east Of old Brownsville. They was sixteen 0±‘ the bandits and they was