While "The Gift of Cochise" by Louis L'Amour enforces the idea that white settlers had the right to live on occupied land, the characters in "Establishing a Ranch on the Plains" by James Frank Dobie have a more reserved attitude towards indigenous people. In L'Amour's story, Angie continuously defends her right to live on occupied territory by fighting off indigenous people. After her meeting with Cochise, she is left alone. Indeed, she is even given gifts by the indigenous people on various occasions: "One morning, when she opened her door, a quarter of antelope lay on the step, but no…