“Well, Mr. Y——-, when did you assume command at Fort Buford? Any orders that you want given, while on this military reservation, please submit them to the proper authorities, and if just, they will receive attention. What right have you or any of your friends to stop a man without due process? I spent several hours with these men a few days ago and found them to my liking. I wish we could recruit the last one of them into our cavalry. But if you are afraid, I’ll order out a troop of horse to protect you. Shall I?” “I’m not at all afraid,” replied Mr. Raddiff, “but feel under obligation to protect my counsel. If you please, Colonel.” “Captain O’Neill,” said the commandant, turning to that officer, “order out your troop and give these conveyances ample protection from now until their return from this cattle inspection. Mr. Lovell, if you wish to be present, please ride on ahead with your men. The rest of us will proceed at once, and as soon as the escort arrives, these vehicles will bring up the rear.” As we rode away, the bugles were calling the troopers. “That’s the way to throw the gaff into them,” said Sutton, when we had ridden out of hearing. “Every time they bluff, call their hand, and they’ll soon get tired running blazers. I want to give notice right now that the first mark of disrespect shown me, by client or attorney, I’ll slap him then and there, I don’t care if he is as big as a giant. We are up against a hard crowd, and we want to meet them a little over halfway, even on a hint or insinuation. When it comes to buffaloing the opposite side, that’s my long suit. The history of this case shows that the opposition has no regard for the rights of others, and it is up to us to try and teach them that a love of justice is universal. Personally, I’m nothing but a frontier lawyer from Dodge, but I’m the equal of any lobbyist that ever left Washington City.”