out-seeking the world in crave of ascertation. to crave realization of know- ledge, of others’ wisdom. seeking experience via lack of self-preservation, but the sun rises for this land of the Old Settlers. [/thesis] force settled the young to drybed rivers. all with killer statement epitaphs, that is, words to remember as darkness follow’d rifle blast – white shame’s legacy. images of barbarism as a means of civilizing, of settling, pioneering. and cowboy is racist to the non-farmers of Texas. (are farmers a race?) doesn't matter when they write the epitaphs.