Sentence:  "He wouldn't if he knowed what I knowed," I opined, because I'd thought up a way to git Cousin Buckner out of the way that night. "He'd be headin' for Wolf Canyon fast as he could <WSD>spraddle</WSD>. I just met Harry Braxton with a pack-mule headin' for there." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To lie, move, or stand with legs spread.