The Lie J oe Savage Told in a West Texas Tale
Baylor County settlers recount the Savage brothers saga from the 1860s. Gill the strength and Joe the crippled defender clash over a girl named May Conley, leading to courtship, deceit, a staged wedding, and a fatal rope scene at Plum Creek. Joe dies amid betrayal and a legendary tale ends with mixed verdicts.
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Baylor County
Texas
Sivdee Brothers
West Texas
Ohne
Gill
Sten
Hit Q
Joe
Tle
Soul
Everone
Teavy Tog
Bill
Bil
Oystern
Baylor County Astranch
May Conley
Savage Ranch
Ife
Miu Oat
Datt Courtey
Cheweer
le W
Rid
Foe
Conley
Jim Smith
Bau
Iis
Flint
Wwe
Thum Creek School House
Remy
Rroof
Perlutus
Jost
May
Mum Creek
Tom Jhickson
Round Timbers
Jackson
Joe Beni Fe
Mary
Savi
Jim
Hidle Log
Dee
Jill
Conee
Jim Simith
Doe
Oove
San Antonio
New Mexico
Terrell
Tio
Tom Jackson Sill
Cattle County
Joe Sayvege
Plum Creek
Drummoth
Joe Sagage
Ullea Globe
Fragmented 19th century notes on society and crime
A garbled account mentions costs of a cable from Mexico to sulfur pits, social mobility via hair, cotton tensions in the South, and white and black labor dynamics. It references a theft from a Pullman car near Chillicothe, and police familiarity with frontier hotels and customs officials. The piece quotes a tomb epitaph and muses on vanity and lovers dancing.
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Mexico
Popocatepeth
Aalodor
Michays
Aduls
Hambler
Chailiicothe
Okie
Gar
Bratee
Bolstuum
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Joe Savage
Will
Hill
Toe
Sveld