Responding to rudeness
and unwarranted condemnation Here is an excerpt from "The Making of Jake McTavish", Chapter 6. At this point in the story Jake has had a successful winter, despite it having been one of the worst in decades. He is proud of that success and the prospects for the future. However, the man he has been working for has made a serious error at a poker game ... One of Canada's Rocky Mountain Rangers, John Clarke with 1776 Winchester Picture from mid 1800s Calgary cowboys in 1883 Three years before the "winter of blizzards" An excerpt from The Making of Jake McTavish Chapter 6 Southern Manitoba , 1887 It was May 16, 1887 when Egan and four other men rode up to the cabin. Jake had just finished having lunch and was on his way out, intending to ride around the cattle. Jake was feeling cocky and proud of himself. Of the hundred and fifty cows he first started out with he still had one hundred and four. They had also increased their number...