Jed Hawkins place was about a day's journey north west of Frontier Town. Blood Stone Creek, which had its source in the mountains and flowed southward into the Powder Horn River, formed the dividing line between the Hawkins land and the vast holdings of the Lazy Y Ranch. Jed and his wife, Matilda, were waging a losing battle against the dry, barren soil, which they tried so hard to cultivate, and Jed finally called in his foreman for a discussion...