Status Updates From Butcher’s Crossing

The cold water clotted the blood, and for a moment he feared that he could not remove it from his skin.

"They just stand there," Andrews said again.

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The mode of life and hunting is pretty enthralling, especially because I thought those would be the most boring aspects. The melting of the bullets and cooling of the gun between shots, the wisdom about cold or the movement of buffalo. Really makes you think about how much knowledge was lost from indigenous people about that land, how much was contained in daily habits.