plainsman

So I fell back on the simple methods of the plainsman and Indian and jogged along on their trail.

Only the plainsman's ingrained horror of throwing away a chance held them, shivering pitiably, to their places.

"Tell us when to fire, Auberry," I heard Belknap say, for he had practically given over the situation to the old plainsman.

When he spoke it was with the languid drawl of the Western plainsman.