tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post114684498116089000..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Texas Ranch House, we hardly knew yeChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1151975059060117872006-07-03T19:04:00.000-06:002006-07-03T19:04:00.000-06:00I think a real 19th century rancher would have bee...I think a real 19th century rancher would have been angry that his top hand rode right up to a Comanche village to say "Howdy." As the narrator says, the men both would have been tortured and killed in "the good old days."<BR/><BR/>The cost of the horse should have been deducted from the top hand's pay. Jared was responsible only for following the stupid order of his immediate boss.<BR/><BR/>A sensible person would have known that it would be better to let the Comanche approach the ranch if they wanted to trade. If they just passed on without contact, good enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1147400472786681392006-05-11T20:21:00.000-06:002006-05-11T20:21:00.000-06:00When I watched the episode with Comanche, I though...When I watched the episode with Comanche, I thought that in 1867, the conversation would have gone like this.<BR/><BR/>Robby: Those Comanches got Jared and the horses, but there's only three Indians.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Cooke: Get your guns, boys, we're going after them!<BR/><BR/>But obviously that was not in the 21st-century script. So, whose was the horse?<BR/><BR/>I suspect that a real 19th-century rancher who wanted to keep his cowboys' goodwill would not have made Jared buy the horse at full price all over again. <BR/><BR/>Grateful Jared might, however, have offered to perform some extra service for the ranch.<BR/><BR/>That is how I would like to think that it would have played out, but I don't really know.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1147393110437270872006-05-11T18:18:00.000-06:002006-05-11T18:18:00.000-06:00A spot-on response to the management problems of t...A spot-on response to the management problems of the Texas Ranch House. I watched the last episode with many of the same feelings you expressed. I too havfe had the unfortunate experience of working for people like the Cooke's. I'd be interested in your views of Bill Cooke's position toward Jared's horse. Cooke believed he bought this horse (along with 3 others) for 25 head of cattle (I think that was the deal). Jared felt he and the horse were a team that was captured and subsequently released by the kindness of the Comanches (since Cooke refused to trade for him). The question: was the horse Jared's or not? Jared had a good point about Cooke buying stolen goods if he were to accept his argument. How do you suppose a real 19th century ranch owner would view it?colet1499https://www.blogger.com/profile/05541147507015077730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1147205270692073592006-05-09T14:07:00.000-06:002006-05-09T14:07:00.000-06:00Velhos tempos meu amigo,velhos tempos.Hoje temos d...Velhos tempos meu amigo,velhos tempos.Hoje temos de nos contentar com a modernidade e as suas consequencias.Quantas vezes desejamos regressar a esse tempo onde tudo era simples e puro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com