Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in The Missouri Breaks (1976): in 3 of its 17 quotes
Scenes with David Braxton
3 scenes
David Braxton The first time I saw this country, it had buffalo grass and bluejoint up to the stirrups. By the second year, we had eight thousand Texas half-bred cattle and over three thousand five hundred volumes of English literature in my library.
Pete Marker Hell, we just cut out the unbranded stock and divided up even among outfits. There was no arguin' over mavericks like today.
Sandy You got it good today.
David Braxton Two percent annual loss then, now it's seven from rustling alone, not to mention winterkill, calving loss, miring down in the spring.
I understand you had to hang someone here.
David Braxton I did that.
Ah, that's tough. What was this, some kind of desperado?
David Braxton No, he was a thief... with probably a million good reasons for being on hard times. The main thing is that we put him out of his misery.
David Braxton This is my fourth frontier and I know how they run. I was in the California gold fields before I was eighteen, I was at the rush at Alder Gulch and I went with the grazing committee to South America. These long ropers in the Missouri Breaks are a mixed bag: barbers from Minneapolis, failed grangers, Scandinavian half-breeds, wolfers and woodcutters, dishonest apprentices, raftsmen, poisoners - you give them a chance and they'll waste everything!
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