The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, July 1978 - April, 1979 Page: 54
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Southwestern Historical -Quarterly
Finally we were off, I riding in the ambulance this morning for I was
very tired. I could not stand it long, however, and in an hour or two I.
was again in the saddle with Pinkie about buried in the blankets 8cc. I
had rigged upon him. An old Dragoon taught me a way of riding com-
fortably, on a cold day, which I teach you for use on the Lake Shore. If
you are to ride facing the wind place upon your saddle a blanket un-
folded; let the edge of the blanket fall just behind the saddle: the other
edge will reach nearly to your horses ears. Now mount, of course your
weight holds the blanket firmly to the saddle. Now reach forward and
taking the front edge in your hands bring it back to your body and let
it, as the blanket now folds back, hang behind your leg[s]. You have thus
blanket under your legs and over them. It will wrap up your feet also.
The wind blowing against it holds it in its place and you are per-
fectly protected. If you ride before the wind, one edge of the blanket
should be at the pommel of the saddle; the other far behind it. Mount
and fold it over your legs as before. Now, as you are before the wind,
the harder it blows the more closely will your blanket enfold you. Try
it. I will try to illustrate. Never mind the proportions of this "very valu-
able animal" but you see that
his legs (I mean the riders),
the most difficult part to shel-
ter when in the saddle, are
protected and will be more
closely covered the harder
the wind blows upon the
blanket which shelters them.
If it is as much comfort to
you, even, as it already has
been to me I shall be more
than repaid for my "eques-
trian" performance.
Thus equipped I rode along
quite comfortably. We stopped for half
an hour about noon. There was no dry wood, hardly a bush in sight,
we had no fire. Presently as we were sitting in the shelter of a great rock
we saw the little Comanche scampering toward us. He said nothing but
coming close to us selected a bunch of singular weeds, not fairly bushes,
like this a variety of Palmetto I believe. It was green, the last thing al-
most you would have selected to kindle, but his savage knowledge
taught him its uses. He rubbed a match, touched one of the plants
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