FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
70
Martha Downer Ellis
Sand Dunes
I wish I knew what lies under that.
sand, Indians, Apache, shelter, dwelling, wind, clan, ancient history
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
71
Martha Downer Ellis
Horses on the Bell
Some three hundred years ago.
Spaniards, Comanches, horses, trade
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
74
Martha Downer Ellis
The Old Villages
Along in the seventies and eighties.
Spanish, Spaniards, town, past, progress, change
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
76
Martha Downer Ellis
The Witch
In the eighteen-eighties.
1880, dry, water, rain, drought, witch, death, dragging
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
78
Martha Downer Ellis
French Joe
Joseph C. de St. Quentin came early.
1877, postmaster, settler, past, tribute, death, life history
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
80
Martha Downer Ellis
The Cut in the Basin Rim
Today George took me to see a place that.
wagon road, manmade, sandstone
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
81
Martha Downer Ellis
The Brand Rock
Over in the 4V country.
rock, brand
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
82
Martha Downer Ellis
El Mesteno
Beyond the head of the Lake.
river, settlement, past, ghosts, history
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
83
Martha Downer Ellis
Inscription
El que se ya pendejo.
inscription, rock, headstone
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
84
Martha Downer Ellis
The Tulosa Waterholes
The Tulosa waterholes lie.
pools, water, stone house, ruts, wagon
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
85
Martha Downer Ellis
At Indian Rock Windmill
La Cinta Mesa's cedar-dappled northern wall.
walls, past
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
86
Martha Downer Ellis
Letter from Benito
Benito Encinias was born more than ninety years ago.
old timer, past, history, Spanish, ruins, Bell Ranch
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
90
Martha Downer Ellis
Mike Slattery
In eighteen-seventy-two, or four, or thereabouts.
1872,foreman, loss, drought
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
91
Martha Downer Ellis
They Say...
And where, I asked, is the old Tejano Trail?
thief, trader, settler, trail
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
92
Martha Downer Ellis
In Tipton Draw
They're pouring a slab in Tipton Draw.
past, history, artifact, signs
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
96
Martha Downer Ellis
Blas Ortega
There in the corner of the porch.
cowboy, 1870, caretaker, Indians, Spanish, kidnapping, escape, past, history, ranch hand
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
99
Martha Downer Ellis
Skeleton
Over in the Perra Basin.
skeleton, bones, wind, death, saddle
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
100
Martha Downer Ellis
Oat Martine
Oat Martine went to work on the Bell in 1900.
ranchland, life history, Bell Ranch, past
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
103
Martha Downer Ellis
In Dog Canyon
The water in Dog Canyon.
spring house, water
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
104
Martha Downer Ellis
Names
There are names that warm the heart.
past
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
105
Martha Downer Ellis
Old Camping Place
Over in the West Bronc pasture.
wagon, camp, Dutch oven, 1932
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
106
Martha Downer Ellis
As Ever
In a box of dusty records I found.
Red River Valley, 1905
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
107
Martha Downer Ellis
Horse Wrangler
I walked all through the sacaton.
death, stampede, youth, boy, grave, marker, burial, body
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
108
Martha Downer Ellis
Down in the Dining Room
Here in this room.
mementoes, relics, memorabilia, past
Bell Ranch Glimpses
FC 11 E-01
111
Martha Downer Ellis
Gryphaea, the Devil's Toe Nail
How fleetingly we live on this land.
past, history, records, fossil, shell, time, ancient history