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A Native American policeman in “the Choctaw Light Horse,” which is the police force that strictly deals with Native American crimes in Indian Territory. Captain Finch is a good friend of Rooster’s because of how much time Rooster has spent tracking outlaws throughout Indian Territory. As such, he’s happy to tell him what he knows about Lucky Ned Pepper and his whereabouts when Rooster, LaBoeuf, and Mattie stop by to see him.
Captain Boots Finch Quotes in True Grit
The True Grit quotes below are all either spoken by Captain Boots Finch or refer to Captain Boots Finch. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6
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LaBoeuf pulled one of his revolvers and got two dodgers out of the sack and tossed them both up. He fired very rapidly but he only hit one. Captain Finch tried it with two and missed both of them. Then he tried with one and made a successful shot. Rooster shot at two and hit one. They drank whiskey and used up about sixty corn dodgers like that. None of them ever hit two at one throw with a revolver but Captain Finch finally did it with his Winchester repeating rifle, with somebody else throwing. It was entertaining for a while but there was nothing educational about it. I grew more and more impatient with them.
I said, “Come on, I have had my bait of this. I am ready to go. Shooting cornbread out here on this prairie is not taking us anywhere.”
By then Rooster was using his rifle and the captain was throwing for him. “Chunk high and not so far out this time,” said he.
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Captain Boots Finch Quotes in True Grit
The True Grit quotes below are all either spoken by Captain Boots Finch or refer to Captain Boots Finch. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 6
Quotes
LaBoeuf pulled one of his revolvers and got two dodgers out of the sack and tossed them both up. He fired very rapidly but he only hit one. Captain Finch tried it with two and missed both of them. Then he tried with one and made a successful shot. Rooster shot at two and hit one. They drank whiskey and used up about sixty corn dodgers like that. None of them ever hit two at one throw with a revolver but Captain Finch finally did it with his Winchester repeating rifle, with somebody else throwing. It was entertaining for a while but there was nothing educational about it. I grew more and more impatient with them.
I said, “Come on, I have had my bait of this. I am ready to go. Shooting cornbread out here on this prairie is not taking us anywhere.”
By then Rooster was using his rifle and the captain was throwing for him. “Chunk high and not so far out this time,” said he.
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