James Welsh, quote

        "How old are you, Amos?"
        "My name is Amos After Buffalo."
        "This old dog of mine was ready to die, Amos. He was ninety years old."
        "I'm seven."

        ........

        " -- I guess I'll bury him."
        "That's what I'd do." ... "I'd bury him out there," he said, pointing in the general direction of the Little Rockies.
        "Maybe that's just what I'll do."
        "That's where I live. I live way out there." He thought for a moment. "Do you know where I live?"

        JAMES WELSH, THE DEATH OF JIM LONEY