We were young then, and the West was young, with the land broad and bright before us. We knew, whatever the truth was, that every horse could be ridd… - Louis L'Amour

Laws are made to free people, not to bind them

"She handed him the blankets and the ground sheet and he shook them out, then put them down under the trees. Angie got down on her knees and spread the ground sheet over the leaves, then the blankets.
'You never forget do you? I mean about seeing things first.'
'Hope I never.'
He was oddly uncomfortable, hesitant. 'Good way to lose your hair, not noticing things.'
He sat down and pulled off his boots. The cottonwoods whispered more softly. The squirrel gave one short inquiring chatter, then was silent.
The lone coyote spoke to the sky and the stream rustled busily about the stones. A bit of mud fell into the stream with a faint plop.
It was night and there was no sound. Or anyway, not very much." (p 154)

Neely grumbled. 'They [Indians] are a murdering lot of savages, and no mention of them in the Bible.'

'What has that to do with it?' John Sampson asked.

'If there's no mention of them,' Neely said, 'they are animals, not men.'

'I don't recall any mention of the English, either,' I said mildly.

He gave me a mean look, then changed the subject.