"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> The bill of sale is pretty much like one you'd get these days if you
> bought a lawnmower or some firewood i.e., an accurate description of the
> machine or lot and the price paid. It's a startling document.

Yes, totally dehumanising Nothing more than a piece of meat. They were
lucky there were not in that position, but I suppose that is how things were
at the time

> My wife is not one for raising hell but her brothers tended to be wild
> rovers when they were younger. They were hard to pin down and would move
> around from state to state. Even the brother that was married and a
> quadriplegic would get in his car and disappear for a while. Those guys
> just had to keep on moving on. BD may have been referring to her brother
> as the "wildest cat from Montana" in the tune "Three Angels."

Lordy, Lordy!!! In their blood I suppose!

> The funny part is that some folks from Montana considered Floppin' Bill a
> guy that got rid of the rustlers and therefore, a hero, but I never saw a
> movie where John Wayne tied a mill stone around a guys neck and then throw
> the unlucky sod into a river.

Ackkkkkkkk

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