September 29, 2007 – biblioklept

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There he fell in love with an orphan girl and was prepared to marry her. Glanton and the other settlers pursued and slaughtered the natives, but during the battle the women were tomahawked and scalped. Fannin, and was one of the few to escape the slaughter of that regiment at the hands of the Mexican Gen. Urrea- the man who would eventually employ Glanton as a scalp hunter.

During the Range Wars, Glanton took no side but simply assassinated individuals who had crossed him. He was banished, to no avail, by Gen. Second in command to Glanton was a Texan- Judge Holden. Chamberlain saw him also as a coward who would avoid equal combat if possible but would not hesitate to kill Indians or Mexicans if he had the advantage.

I’ll celebrate this momentous occasion by recounting my recent trip to my favorite used book sellers, where I loaded up on more than I can possibly read in

Rumors also abounded about atrocities committed in Texas and the Cherokee nation by him under a different name. Confession goes on to detail the killing, scalping, raping, and raiding spree that comprises the center of Blood Meridian. He also apparently indulges in the habit of describing battles and other events in vivid detail, even when there was no way he could have been there.

No matter. Re-reading the book again this week, I was struck by how funny a passage in Chapter XI is. The passage comes immediately after one of the more confounding moments of the book.