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43，Andy AdamsReed Anthony: Cowman
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I can truthfully say that my entire life has been spent with cattle. Even during my four years' service in the Confederate army, the greater portion was spent with the commissary department, in charge of its beef supplies.
I was wounded early in the second year of the war and disabled as a soldier, but rather than remain at home I accepted a menial position under a quartermaster. Those were strenuous times.

可以如实地说，我的一生花在牛身上。即使是在邦联军队的四年里，我主要工作在部队杂货商店，负责牛肉供应。战争第二年初，我受伤成为残疾军人，但我没有留在家里而是接受了所谓不体面的军需活儿。工作是艰苦的。

During Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania we followed in the wake of the army with over a thousand cattle, and after Gettysburg we led the retreat with double that number. Near the close of the war we frequently had no cattle to hold, and I became little more than a camp-follower.

在南方李入侵宾夕法尼亚州时，我们随军队行进的牛超过一千头。在葛底斯堡撤退时，我们有牛二千多头。临近战争结束，我们往往没有牛，我成为一个部队的追随者。

43，安迪*亚当斯里德*安东尼斯：牧场主人

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Lance   [ ]   lanced lancing lances 兰斯(男子名, Lancelot 的昵称)
lance   [ ]   lanced lancing lancesn. 标枪, 长矛, 矛状器具, 捕鲸枪v. 切开

sand lance
玉筋鱼
water lance (冲洗)水枪

Texas brag
大话, 吹牛(Texas 从前是美国第一大州)
coat of arms  coats of arms n. 盾形纹章,盾徽
arms industry 军需工业
bachelor-at-arms   [ ]n. 追随其他武士的年轻武士

sergeant at arms    sergeants at arms n. （会议，法庭等处的）警卫官

serjeant-at-arms n. （法院或议会的）警卫，卫士
in arms 武装起来的



44，Andy Adams


A Texas Matchmaker
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When I first found employment with Lance Lovelace, a Texas cowman, I had not yet attained my majority, while he was over sixty. Though not a native of Texas, "Uncle Lance" was entitled to be classed among its pioneers, his parents having emigrated from Tennessee along with a party of Stephen F. Austin's colonists in 1821.

44 ，安迪*亚当斯
德州红娘

The colony with which his people reached the state landed at Quintana, at the mouth of the Brazos River, and shared the various hardships that befell all the early Texan settlers, moving inland later to a more healthy locality. Thus the education of young Lovelace was one of privation. Like other boys in pioneer families, he became in turn a hewer of wood or drawer of water, as the necessities of the household required, in reclaiming the wilderness.


When Austin hoisted the new-born Lone Star flag, and called upon the sturdy pioneers to defend it, the adventurous settlers came from every quarter of the territory, and among the first who responded to the call to arms was young Lance Lovelace. After San Jacinto, when the fighting was over and the victory won, he laid down his arms, and returned to ranching with the same zeal and energy. The first legislature assembled voted to those who had borne arms in behalf of the new republic, lands in payment for their services.



With this land scrip for his pay, young Lovelace, in company with others, set out for the territory lying south of the Nueces. They were a band of daring spirits. The country was primitive and fascinated them, and they remained. Some settled on the Frio River, though the majority crossed the Nueces, many going as far south as the Rio Grande. The country was as large as the men were daring, and there was elbow room for all and to spare. Lance Lovelace located a ranch a few miles south of the Nueces River, and, from the cooing of the doves in the encinal, named it Las Palomas.
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majority    [ ] majorities n. 多数, 大半n. [律] 成年

absolute majority n. 绝对多数relative majority 相对多数

Not majority 过半数“非”门
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44 ，安迪*亚当斯德州红娘

When I first found employment with Lance Lovelace, a Texas cowman, I had not yet attained my majority, while he was over sixty. Though not a native of Texas, "Uncle Lance" was entitled to be classed among its pioneers, his parents having emigrated from Tennessee along with a party of Stephen F. Austin's colonists in 1821.

The colony with which his people reached the state landed at Quintana, at the mouth of the Brazos River, and shared the various hardships that befell all the early Texan settlers, moving inland later to a more healthy locality.

   

当我第一次找活儿遇兰斯洛夫莱斯——德州牧场主人时，我还没有成年，而他已过60 。虽然不是土生土长的德州人， “兰斯叔叔”属于先驱人物。1821年他和父母随一伙斯蒂芬F.奥斯汀殖民者自田纳西州移民来到这里。

他们到达特雷斯布河河口——该州的昆塔纳，遭受所有德州早期定居者的各种困难，而后进入内陆——更健康的地方。

Thus the education of young Lovelace was one of privation. Like other boys in pioneer families, he became in turn a hewer of wood or drawer of water, as the necessities of the household required, in reclaiming the wilderness.
因此，青年洛夫莱斯没受什么教育。反过来，像其他早期移民家庭的男孩，他伐木或提水，因为在开垦荒野时——家里更需要生活必需品。

当奥斯汀举起龙星旗呼吁先锋者保卫冒险的定居者领土时，年轻的兰斯*洛夫莱斯第一个响应号召拿起武器。圣哈辛托战斗胜利结束，他们放下武器，以同样的热情返回牧场。一些人落户弗里乌河，大多数人越过纽埃西斯，向南到格兰德。

兰斯*洛夫莱斯牧场位于纽埃西斯河南几英里处，根据橡树林里呱呱叫的鸽子，命名为拉斯*帕尔马斯。



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herd book cattle 有血统记录的牛；trail herd [美西部]纵列牛群
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ride herd on 骑在马上看管(牛群)管理, 监督
pipeline [ ]pipelined pipelining pipelines n. 管道, 传递途径
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hole-and-corner[ ]adj. 秘密的, 偷偷摸摸的

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45，Andy Adams
Wells Brothers


The first herd of trail cattle to leave Dodge City, Kansas, for the Northwest, during the summer of 1885, was owned by the veteran drover, Don Lovell.


Accidents will happen, and when about midway between the former point and Ogalalla, Nebraska, a rather serious mishap befell Quince Forrest, one of the men with the herd.

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The first herd of trail cattle to leave Dodge City, Kansas, for the Northwest, during the summer of 1885, was owned by the veteran drover, Don Lovell.

Accidents will happen, and when about midway between the former point and Ogalalla, Nebraska, a rather serious mishap befell Quince Forrest, one of the men with the herd.


今年1885年夏天，老资格牛商唐*洛弗尔的第一批西部纵列牛群离开堪萨斯州的道奇城，向西北而去。


在内布拉斯加州的奥格拉拉到终点的半路上，一桩事故发生了。一个相当严重的不幸降临牧牛人之一昆斯*福雷斯特。他和同伴牧马人混战。


He and the horse wrangler, who were bunkies, were constantly scuffling, reckless to the point of injury, the pulse of healthy manhood beating a constant alarm to rough contest.



45，Andy Adams
Wells Brothers
45，安迪*亚当斯威尔斯兄弟


； Nebraska, 内布拉斯加；Ogalalla,
；Quince Forrest，昆斯*福雷斯特 ；wrangler，口角者,争论者,牧马者
bunkie   [ ][俚](=bunky)同伴，睡同一床铺(如车船)的bunkie station 泵站

；scuffle  [ ]   scuffled scuffling scufflesv. 混战n. 混战
scuffle hoe 推拉锄；scuffle drill 滑板播种机

reckless   [ ]
不计后果的be reckless of v. 粗心。大意

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drive-in[ ]n. 免下车餐馆影院(车上购物进餐看电影等等)adj. 免下车的。
; drive in 赶进敲进
drive out 驾车外出, 逐出
drive away 赶走，开走。
drive back 赶退；drive home v. 开车送回家, 使人理解；disk drive n. 磁盘驱动器。



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46，Andy AdamsThe Outlet

"Well, gentlemen, if that is the best rate you can offer us, then we'll drive the cattle. My boys have all been over the trail before, and your figures are no inducement to ship as far as Red River.

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"Well, gentlemen, if that is the best rate you can offer us, then we'll drive the cattle. My boys have all been over the trail before, and your figures are no inducement to ship as far as Red River.


“嗯，先生们，如果这是最好的速度，您可以为我们提供，然后我们推动牛。我的人都在前面，你的人对远在红河的船舶没有诱惑力。


我们充分认识到乡村的特点，但我们可以把畜群送到目的地不足——您要求我们的距离的三分之一。不，我们负责全程送运。”




We are fully aware of the nature of the country, but we can deliver the herds at their destination for less than you ask us for shipping them one third of the distance. No; we'll drive all the way."



46，Andy AdamsThe Outlet

46，安迪*亚当斯出路

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Oklahoma[ ]n. 俄克拉荷马州
evening   [ ]n. 傍晚, 晚间, 后期, (联欢性的)晚会
cherokee rose [植]金樱子; little by little adv. 渐渐


bad hat [俚]坏蛋讨厌鬼没出息的家伙bad-tempered adj. 脾气不好的
in a bad way 病情严重精神不好受伤
forensic medicine 法医学general medicine n. 一般内科
old-timer n. <口>老前辈老人旧式的人timer[ ]n. 计时员记时员定时器
adjustable timer 计时器 ; big-timer n. 在某行业或领域中的成名者
;Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Outlet.

Cherokee是北美洲的一个印第安部落的名字。最初的部落分布于南卡罗来纳的山区，由于殖民者的强制搬迁，目前主要分布在Ozark（奥索卡）高原，其中又以俄克拉荷马州的Tahlequah为中心。
Cherokee的名字来源，公认的理解是来源于印第安语Tsalagi，葡萄牙语为chalaque，之后法语称之为cheraqui，最终在英文中称之为Cherokee。http://www.solaso.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=77857
Cherokee在印第安语中的意思是住在山里的人。Cherokee部落是所有印第安部落中唯一有文字的部落。由于Cherokee部落世代居住于山区，善于山地行走。这或许正是Jeep的精神所在，越野能力超强，因此在1974年AMC（American Motors Corporation）以Cherokee的名字命名了一款越野车。传奇的故事由此开始，一代越野名车由此走向世界。
；thrown open，突然打开(开放)。


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47,Andy Adams
"Bad Medicine"

The evening before the Cherokee Strip was thrown open for settlement, a number of old timers met in the little town of Hennessey, Oklahoma.



俄克拉何马州

一八八九年，开始殖民。
一九○七年十一月十六日成为美国第四十六州。

桷寄生mistletoe为州花。

本州别名叫做“抢先之州”SoonerState。

本州箴言：“劳动征服一切”LaborConquersAllThings。
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47,Andy Adams"Bad Medicine"

The evening before the Cherokee Strip was thrown open for settlement,

a number of old timers met in the little town of Hennessey, Oklahoma.

傍晚，俄克拉何马州小镇——亨尼西。

在切诺基路口为殖民者打通前，

许多老前辈们碰了头。

47, 安迪亚当斯讨厌的药

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summer and winter 经过整整一年.长期地继续下去
alphabet   [ ]n. 字母表
June bug n. <美>[昆]六月鳃金龟,[动]绿花金鱼

；forward，adj向前早的迅速前锋v. 转交促进运送adv. 向前地http://dict.cn/forward.htm；shaggy adj. 毛发蓬松的长浓而粗的表面粗糙的。http://dict.cn/shaggy.htm

；Fashion magazines are glossy. 时装杂志看起来很有光泽。

The old man has glossy hair. 那位老人头发很有光泽。 http://dict.cn/glossy.htm

The English alphabet has 26 letters. 英语共有二十六个字母。
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He taught himself the alphabet of biology. 他自学了生物学的基础知识。

beach wagon 旅行车；covered wagon 有篷大马车；police wagon警车

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48,Andy Adams
Around the Spade Wagon



It was an early spring. The round-up was set for the 10th of June. The grass was well forward, while the cattle had changed their shaggy winter coats to glossy suits of summer silk. The brands were as readable as an alphabet.


这是一个初春。





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