1. A “Lothario” or “Romeo”-type gentleman usually residing in the “Four Corners” region of southwest Colorado, northwest New Mexico, northern Arizona or southern Utah – best known for having multiple wives scattered across a vast and barren landscape, showing up less than some of said wives might prefer, and even then for dubious purposes more often than not, as well as lending a certain fertility to the otherwise sere landscape.
2. A mythical figure or western archetype modeled on the Jack
Mormon River Guide from the
Edward Abbey-crafted character in the Monkey Wrench
Gang. Friend of Doc Sarvis, Bonnie Abzug and
George Hayduke. Husband to many, constant companion to none.
Seldom Seen Smith didn’t come around often, and when he did he didn’t stay for
long.
Seldom Seen Smith wasn't expecting the river of tears, but he deftly navigated that rapid into the sack -- and he was off before the sun came up over the Green River not to be seen again until the season had changed and the
frost was on the land and absence had once again made the
heart grow fonder.