Short stories set in Old New Mexico, many based on actual people or events. Includes: That Damn Mule. A green-broke mule balks at the rain-slicked shale on a narrow mountain path. That'll Teach 'Em. A group of trappers encounters Apaches in the Gila wilderness. They Were My Friends. A tale of friendship and betrayal during the Taos uprising against American occupation. Decisions. A young woman must find a way to cross cultural barriers and marry the Pueblo man she loves. Obsessions. An Episcopal Methodist missionary interferes in Maxwell Land Grant Company politics and suffers the consequences.