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RANGERS AND SOVEREIGNTY
the Soldier Boys, when they were lying on their blankets
at night. They said they might have all perished
if he had not passed them through the "Red Sea".
They made him out the equal if not greater than Kit
Carson. Sergeant Seiker was enjoying a laugh to
himself, mixed with pity, for men in their occupation
to be so dependent.
In crossing the table land Seiker rode up squarely
to our pack mule that we had lost in the engagement
with the Indians. The poor mule was dead, and the
pack lying with it; he thought if the Rangers had been
with him, they would have buried it with the honors
of war.
He bore northwest, for his direction, and in 20 or
30 miles, they came to the head brakes of some stream,
where it threaded out against the table land. It
proved to be Live Oak Creek, a tributary of the Pecos
River.
Just there, Sergeant Seiker noticed little trails of
deer and antelope, which pointed in to one place, and
thinking they went to water, he followed the little
trails down to a little depression and did find water.
The water only showed up about two feet in length,
down in a crevice of rocks, and those small animals
had worn the rocks slick putting their heads in there
to drink. It was fine, living water.
Then the scout was all right, had plenty of good
water and could get an antelope or deer when they
wanted it. After Lieutenant Bottsford rested a while
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Roberts, Dan W. Rangers and sovereignty, book, 1914; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5833/m1/75/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.