There are lots of streams an' lakes over there an' they're right in a good grass country.

Why, an' army could hide over there an' never be found unless it was hunted for blamed good.
Then, again, it's close to the railroad.

Up north aways is th' south branch of th' Santa Fe Trail an' it's far enough away not to bother anybody in th' middle Panhandle.

Then there's Fort Worth purty near, an' other trails.

Didn't Buck say he had all th' rest of th' country searched?
He meant th' Pecos Valley an th' Davis Mountains country.