Came west with him from eastern Kansas, where they tied up on a trail herd.

Here and there we found some branded stock, stuff that had stampeded from trail herds further east, or been driven off by Indians.

No trail herd can cross my land.

And the town was built to supply trail herds.

July felt it was all right to sleep without a guard, as there were trail herds on both sides of them.

A trail herd was crossing the river a mile or more to the west.

Rattler had come north with the trail herd, and he was wise beyond the wisdom of most horses.

Neither can I. My trail herd is kinda small, right now; a lot smaller than it will be later on.

With a trail herd coming there'd be more hands to be fed, and they would need more grub.

I joined up with a trail herd headed for the Kansas towns, but I was a man wanted by the law.