The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-18
THE DOOM OF THE BUFFALO.
n,vc arr THE SHIGGT MONSTERS
yuIr ROW on THE PLAINS.

mammals Experience hHling the h's"n'"r
NJ. Hide The LIE OF I'"'rN',""" ~.
nis Hunter lhr'" ~ea 80, y" ,,,s,,a., ,n.
How the ''" s.. ~ H.. rh,.c
Tongue INV,
Forty years ag" 'h' u"pI''9 VI Wv
,rs plains sold ih" p'"S o' "'"'r'S ~n"
rw,cns and Ni'd inc usou on'S 'vi 'uou W.
"a. ii these shaggy monsters ro"u,eu "'o
,mrcs. Wa-hinE'' u itNlnE' W. ''7 iV"' ""
he Parties. saw "''u "'"''''''' wv, u''"u
rnpg as IN ocean aI S"rE'hk h"r'l'""Iu'
Theywcre two days ana hIEh's III Tossing .ne
Smoky Ilil River lhele was ''V'' ,''n'ou
market for buffalo h'des, an" ,"o nc,"s were
hunted los Indians only ln,y u'''o ''c n'l'",
iorwnter use ana u-'n 'le sA'ns TOT "pocs anu
iankci-. lu'onn''d mI',ohs W VIZ "n'i''"'s
entered I'm the Varks ~ me h''hy Moun'hlhs
md on the fertile plains oi northern leAas'
The COWS calyod In April ana 10y inc Isl OK Nay
A., .t,,,v armies were headed for the Mis-
VIZ ,or..,5 uorthward with the sea-
souri, lh'p ""'"' 49,. .,..,,,,i.,. It..
SON browsing upon Wo sPr"uuhE JUICY
$500 Th., crossed the Missouri River and
gt"S7'9' 49, p.,,i.h America with tho
ran away w INTO hIl"Sn N'"Vi "''' vac
.,.rts,fthe Rocky Mountains and spread
sunny p"'"' ,t,trs,f Trvaa
tncmsri elves over NV 'i'.''' '' N'7'
Tho discovery of gold ia California opened a
,t. p,.tH. and this halfway onened
PATHWAY o" ~, ,i,,yai,, 49, PHI,
spr,"'no ranJ deye.opment of Kansas and
N ,,,.. s,rcrd tho horde back toward the
kehraska lor''" '"' ''''"' ''N ''""," ",V
mountains Then gold WIS found near Pikc's
p,ok md a stream Of emigration poured into
'1.t, u..,.r o,tar and f1rrcd animals
ioIor"u" "'"'''' 800 ~ n,
began o. disappear. and the brawny Kansas
fuanlo hunter took the place OF the half-brocd
c,r"l.a, tr,,.r.r. Millions were killed for their
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hides alone. The vast nerds began 10 scatter
Ton wears Inter the laying Of the Pacific rail-
- t,r.,i,i,.r, from, the lima NJ the Platte
Toau' i'' '" ''' J." nun ''O ''- " W.. 90
and Arkausd. into northern Texas on the south.
sol Wyoming and Dakota on the north. The
professional hunters followed, and for years
reaied % rich harvest. but the rush OF gold
seekers t0 thc Black ills and the settlements
along the line OF the northern faeinc ROAD IS
driving the northern column into British Amer
M. andthc development Of northern Texas 10
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eMeih 'n"''"t Wv s'"'.' !" No'u"'"' ANP0-
fenccd hunters predict that within eight years
ttauufllo will be- left in Texas.
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wv, " N'N" VS. "A'i
Mr. james Graham. an Englishman. who
,ueut four year- hunting them ON the plains Of
IT, gr,rb.,allv "details his ,xnerience He
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eH'no w. - W -, a,
EoTN MS way OF" 70 me plains anu become. II
possible the chict Of tribe OF Indians. His
,v,orisn,e with tho savages nanr Fort sin
WV .''' - 'e,' 9.''
cAang'd ms Intention ana ne went uoWh mo
Texas and began TO teach school. In October.
is73nhesav. II found myself In Jaeksboro.
800 "' ''' -,
JACK county northern IeNas' III Is near forl
Richardson | was out OF employment and
Uvi,, fr,r, b,p1 IN mouth One dnv n marty
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oicow boys rode IN from the other SIDE OF the
Brazos and said buffalo were coming in from
,hs north -, tbf,g tha, tbev ,rere eating nm tho
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range lh' country was black Win men, anu
The boys We're compelled to drive in their cattle.
rbis n..,vs r,as conarro1 no n ber5or pan,ed
D'7 W vac II =, " sno-'.
browning VINO uroNe thFousu Town WIN oVV "a.
Lecurslng and swearing. and roaring at his luck
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Ih'"rs mine country aIhouEh the puHa'o were
- tli'S that Browning allowed lie could kill
I'm Gffv IN sevantv.uva a dav He made ri
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contract Win one Mchloueh' "eI'nau'' u
d. y"r a thousand hides within three months. n
two dollars apiece. the value To be- taken out y
trade. Browning swure that he would XII
thrm AL within iity miles OF Jaeksnoro. Ht
turned his COW hands out on horseback. ant
sent out his wagons. There WAS not an enper
among them. They sailed into the herd head
fret. using no judgment, and in less than
three days hai scared the bunhln so thnt uel
l'it the range The net result was twenty oi
tlrty hides. Browning returned % Jacksb9r'
and threw ny M. contract IN ,dlsg1sl. IL
GROVE ms catl" vht on we 9Mthdohcu range
One Shaw owned two OK teams that had beer
employed in grading the railroad iron
Dailas 10 fort worm; WORK hah gwen GU
hhI bne iehnls We're iuiei Two llon law