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The benignant Inuit custom that allows a plurality of wives to those that desire it, leaves him not altogether comfortless in his old age; but "Cockeye" was his first favorite wife, and the mother of the great majority of his children.
Schwatka's Search 1869
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Salyer is the grandson of the late E. Clarence "Cockeye" Salyer, who carved out a vast land empire, one of the richest and most powerful in the state's history.
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If we don't find no sign at Cockeye, we can just naturally back track and pick up where he turned off.
The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909
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"Seems to me no manner of doubt but what he's headed for Cockeye," he said.
The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909
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So Curley mounted and we rode on at a walk on the horse trail that led up the broad, shallow wash that came out of Cockeye.
The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909
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"When we come up on Cockeye," he was explaining, "I want you to take a half dozen men or so and throw around the other side on the Cochise trail ----"
The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909
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"What's all this row about?" demanded Cockeye, forcing his way to the front and assuming an air of stern authority.
Calvary Alley Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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But we afterward finds out that he'd met up with Blacklock that day, an 'stopped to visit with him -- sorry day for Cockeye.
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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It was a Wednesday, an 'we lay it out that the Cockeye would prob'ly shoot that day so's to get his fish down to the railroad
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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It was a bay with a white leg, and I knew that Cockeye used to ride such a horse, and that there wasn't a better in the colony.
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