MDDM Scalping Lord Lepton
pynchonoid
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Fri Jul 2 10:07:28 CDT 2004
Perhaps the same kind of "Business" that brought them
the saddle and European clothes in the first place --
either bloody (they removed the items forcibly from
people who were otherwise unwilling to part with them)
or in an exchange of goods.
Encounters with "Indians" dressed as Europeans are not
unknown in the Western film genre.
>
> > It might also be worthwhile recalling that Catfish
> uses a saddle and speaks
> > fluent English (680-1). When we first encounter
> Catfish in the narrative
> > with "his Lady, and his Nephew" they are "all
> dress'd as Europeans might
> > be", and he is apparently on a "Mission", "as if
> Disguis'd", and "Looking
> > for Business" (673).
Here, this detail doesn't seem to have much if
anything to do with Lord Lepton.
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