Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-01-30

Fraud-Coming Back Home.
HOTEL DE FLowEREE DAN, }
Sun RIVER, January Esd, 1872
TO the Editor of the Herald:
providence shapes our ends rough
For the remainder of the above quotation
prospect your Shakespeare; for practical
illustration l offer myself and the poor
buffaloafers, who were cruelty induced 20
leave their homes and the fresidcs of their
friends to engage in running races, mounted
upon hard trotting borses, with long -winded,
tireless prairie bison. We are swindled
community. We are band of outraged,
motherless orphans. But as per agreement
with you, Mr.. Editor, when you outitted me
to make the trip, will now try and give you
faithful account of the journey and hunt.
l left Helena, as you are aware, a few
hours after the advance guard of the party.
hadn't journeyed but few miles when I
discovered that the horse with which you
had provided me exhibited unmistakable
signs of having the terrible epizootic. Now
this was nice predicament to be placed in,
wasn't it, to have fine trotting horse trans
formed into running" horse without
moments warning? was completely at
loss what to do with the poor beast. Horse
pocket handkerchiefs wasn't provided with,
and medicine was out of the question. With
considerable difficulty succeeded in getting
the animal to the. stable of ranchman, a
few miles from Silver City. The owner of
the ranch claimed to be possessed of con-
siderable skill as veterinary surgeon, and
after careful diagnosis of the case, said
that without the horse could be made to
sweat freely he would su rely perish
By this time the poor beast had become 50
weak that it would have been impossible to
have him exert himself to the sweating point,
and ! sorrowfully led rim out to die. While
awaiting the approach of the death angel, or
devil-whichever pilots the equine spirit to
its last home-I took from my pocket copy
of the North West containing His Honor
Judge Knowles speech on the N. and S.
road, which proceeded to read for the edi-
fcation of my friend the ranchman. l had
not read but few hundred lines when per-
ceived that the horse was listening atten-
lively, seemingly much agitated. As pro-
gressed, his agitation increased, and when I
reached that portion in which the learned
gentleman says that his "destinies are united
with those of the people of the West Side
from CHOICE" the animal became very sick
(from sheer disgust, presume, as he is
very intelligent horse and perspired freely.
This was just what was required to save his
life. After blanketing him, we led him back
to the stable. Vim two hours he was nearly
we'll. The next morning he was ready for
the road, and I mounted, inwardly thanking
Hiram for his anti-railroad speech. ar
rived here an hour before sundown, and
found the party awaiting me. They had
not interviewed any buffalo yet, but intended
starting the next morning, bright and early.
Our host, Dan, assisted by Sam Scott, of
Deer Lodge, did the honors of the ranch,
and dispensed their .luxuries wit. lavish
hand. They had made the trip without any
incident worthy of note, though Woolman
and Davidson had little unpleasantness with
a stock grower about his herd of Texas cat
tie, but am sworn to secrecy in the matter
Our first evening passed very pleasantly,
seated around the fireplace OF the hotel,
listening to the stories of danger by ''flood
and feld' that each individual had been en-
gagged in at some time previous. Not a man
in the crowd that hadn't killed from so to
100 buffalo in day. l was really ashamed
in this crowd of mighty hunters to tell of the
little old twenty-six head that had bagged
one afternoon while "coming the plains
across" but before we retired for the night |
l had serious doubts as to whether the stories
told were correct. g .aa taH af Il
& The gentlemen became engaged in an ami
mated discussion upon buffalo, during which |
Joe Woolman maintained that a genuine
buffalo was about twice as large as Jersey
mosquito, and roasted at night in tree.
Davidson swore that the buffalo in Missouri
were built upon the same plan as narrow
gauge locomotive, with the cow-catcher re-
yersed John Kinna's recollections were of |
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