The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: Out on the Texas plains in the 1800s, a scout was always glad to see a mesquite bush. Why? Because in a dry climate ---- the climate natural to the mesquite ---- its seed seems to spring up only from the droppings of an animal. The only animal on the Plains that ate mesquite beans was the mustang. Mustangs rarely grazed out from water more than three miles. Therefore, when a scout saw a mesquite, he knew that water was within three miles. All this, by the way, per Charles Goodnight. And if he wouldnt know, who would?
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:00:01 +0000