Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987 Page: 70
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stepped in front of Mallard and said, "You speak
'come again?'" "Nai." So then he stepped over in
front of me. "Ah, ushi man, you speak 'come again?'"
I said, "Nai." Well, hell, he knew it wasn't me. He
knew me, and he knew it wasn't me that spoke. But
when I said, "Nai," the damned fool hit me across
the windpipe with the flat of his hand--a karate
chop across the windpipe. God, I could hardly
swallow for two weeks.
Jones: Why do you think he did that if he knew it wasn' t
you?
Pryor: Probably, I was a marked person. He probably figured
I'd gotten away with too damned much throughout the
whole thing. I was received favorably by all of his
guards over there because to go out with me and the
cows was like liberty to them. They only got one day
of liberty about every three weeks, and then only to
go into that little ol' local village of Tamuan,
which was a very small village. There was little
attraction there. So to go out with me with the
cows, they had a whole lot more fun and opportunity
to have a good time than otherwise. And I never
"ratted" on them in any way and always protected
them, so we got along very well with most of them.
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Jones, Waller F. & Pryor, Charley L. Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987, book, December 5, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/m1/72/?q=%221920-02%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.