Fiction: Jaudon – An American Family (a novel) [34]

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Chapter 34. Timber War

As wars go, the Timber War was not a traditional war. There were no marching bands, no uniforms, and no cavalry charges. It was more of a guerrilla war, not unlike what the Indians waged in rustling cattle, as when the Kiowa Indians raided James and Goodnight’s herd on their drive to California. The Indians would come in small groups, take a few logs, and be gone before anyone got wise to them. They even stole the 14 logs James had left on the ground to rot after killing the four thieves. The other six were still stacked on the ground beside the road to the house.

Fiction: Jaudon – An American Family (a novel) [1]

The beginning of a tale that might never end

By Ed Rogers

[Editor’s Note: Ed tells me that he “needed to write something, so why not write something that I might never finish? The saga will continue through generations, maybe longer than I will be around to tell it. It could be my farewell song.”
    I hope we will all be around long enough to listen to all of the saga Ed manages to sing.]