Buffalo Talker
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Orphaned and mentally challenged, Bobby Devane’s cruel uncle called him “slow and backward.” But Bobby had a very special ability –and the Cheyenne band that takes him in can recognize what no one he knew before ever could...
A short story by Peacemaker and Spur Award winner Troy D. Smith
Troy D. Smith
Troy D. Smith is associate professor of history at Tennessee Tech University, where he specializes in race and ethnic studies. He has won several national awards for his historical fiction.
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Buffalo Talker - Troy D. Smith
BUFFALO TALKER
By Troy D. Smith
SMASHWORDS EDITION
*****
PUBLISHED BY:
Wolf Pass Books
BUFFALO TALKER
Copyright © 1999 by Troy D. Smith
Originally published in The Shootist
Cover: Frederick Remington’s Calling Back the Buffalo (public domain)
This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously
BUFFALO TALKER
Troy D. Smith
My name is Bobby Devane. Folks back at the settlements -even my own folks -called me other things, too. Like slow, and backward. Stupid. Some called me big words which I don’t know what they mean, but I