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The real origins of Lonesome Dove can be found in the movies Bandolero and Cheyenne Social Club.
Bandolero in particular is easily seen to be the basis of LD. Just read LD and watch Bandolero. Just listen and read for the names of the characters and what they do in the movie and the book. Several characters have the exact same name (e.g., July Johnson, Dee Boot, etc), and do the same thing in the book and movie.
Check it out if you do not believe me.
[edit] Deets & Blue Duck
I've read Lonesome Dove and watched the mini-series repeatedly, and I don't remember any reference to Deets being an escaped slave. Further, I don't recall any reference to Blue Duck's ancestry. I may have missed these details, though, or were they stated somewhere other than Lonesome Dove? 216.39.180.60cneron
Blue Duck is the half Mexican son of the Comanche war chief, Buffalo Hump, whose other son Call shoots in the Brazos River in "Dead Man's Walk". In "Comanche Moon" Buffalo Hump banishes Blue Duck because of his disobedient ways. As far as Deets goes, he says in "Lonesome Dove" that he came to Texas from Louisanna. In "Comanche Moon", McMurtry's narrative tells us that Deets was a slave stolen by a chief named Wildcat and that Deets escaped in transit to Mexico. After taking shelter in the Ranger's stable, he is accepted by Captain Innish Scull into the Texas Rangers. Read "Comanche Moon" it's even better than "Lonesome Dove" believe it or not.
Does anyone know what the latin motto that was on the ranch sign meant? I have wanted to know for years.--The Emperor of Wikipedia & Protector of Wiktionary 05:31, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
Uva uvam videndo varia fit: "A grape changes color in seeing another grape".
[edit] Maggie
Lonesome Dove never gives Maggie's last name as Dobbs. In fact, Newt was told growing up that his father was a travelling salesman named Dobbs. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.71.28.137 (talk) 14:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC).
