Word: chisum
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...Llano is the story of Jim (Lane) Cook as he told it to Professor T. M. Pearce. A white-bearded, sturdy old man, now 77, Jim Cook was born in what is now Kimble County, the son of an Indian trader who became a partner of John Chisum. He pronounced Guadalupe "Warloopy," mixed history, folklore, social theory with his memoirs, all of which was taken down by his audience. Jim was captured by Indians when he was n, grew up with them, married an Indian girl, escaped. He worked as a cowhand, knew Billy the Kid, outsmarted Old Man Chisum...