Naturally, all the big ranchers are colonels in the Armed Reserve.

Then the two big ranchers faced each other-Neumanlivid and shaking, Anderson black as a thunder-cloud

And many of the big ranchers south of the Red River, facing competition for grazing lands, now coveted the same reservation grass.

Local security forces say they acted lawfully in destroying Conceicao's home and impunity for big ranchers is not a major problem in the region.

"Well, they've been ground down an' kept poor by the big ranchers an' the money-guys...."

"Why doesn't the government, as such, protect itself with an army and air force large enough to resist any possible coalition of the big ranchers?"