, 1879-04-21


with the cnw.hoYs riding nrouad. or 1oungIhE
Idly by tller grazing pnhcs. At this season the
Tlyrr.bcds are 10 tic eye but sall.betis or what
are called ont here
"pnT CWEEKs";
but at Intervals running water Is seen In them,
nnd The residents tay thai, ercn IN tlie drycst
seasous, wntcr Is found by digging down Into
the bcd nf the creek. and tint 1t comes 10 the
surface nftcn enough for tho necessities Of cattle
antl the native annass. or thca latter the bGf-
faao hnro quite disappeared from the vicinity OF
tile railroads, but lcr.iA (ur hunehcs " rs they
call thcnl} Of antelope nro often seen running
near the track Tile water is hraektst anl
saturated With alkaline matters; but the cattle.
when uccustomcd to It's use, do rot seem tu suf-
fer FROM this causc.
Near k!owa, thlrt5.two miles out from Dcti.
ycs. we crossed on II tro:tle.brdgc the ws.le bed
Of ono Of these dry streams. Not drop ot
water was in sight. anA the tIppic.mnrks,
wherever snag or log had lodEcd, were
very clear III tho sand. frt often,
after the henry storms which arc
not uncommon In the carly sIrnulcr
In this region, these dry beds hecnmc raging
torrents; ar. the beds, bclng 9u'ck-san.l, when
saturated with water, bccon,e dangerous. Here,
last June, nost singular,
AND THINK uSrRHcEDENTrp,
accitlent occurred, The meeting Of The w,n,,s
,,,,, ruin. cI,nd. rr,,n ovor the ,nt.,,t,1,a Ind
formcl MI enormous watcrspout, which burst a,rl
sae!ucctl tl,e plains. Shurtly utter n passenger
train had crossed the bridge, nn fntncnse vol
ume o! wnter calnu pouring down tic stream.
washed out the pgIisg, nl,d toru away the heavy
tmbcrs of the bridge. Soon heavy freight
train came along. drawn BY ono of tho largest
atiu hnest locomotives ol Tue foao, ah" ", "ath
thirteen ears, WIS plunged Into tic wide but
an,I HI. ,,,,,. ,,os: of,cr,snr,,. ,rns
@ss s.'a s LII. ,.m. ~" 49,"
lo"ba many n1''es down thc stfeam.
III the plunge the cnEine was separated front
the tender, AMI soon sunk out Of sight. In
snort ,,mc rho ooon .uhs,acd. and The .cntcr
a.I t..tas, ,,,.s to,,,,, .',,t h,r,o,1 L., tt.
""" Hc's"sSats "e's ion''u na,' po''eo III '''
eana aha 1eeo7cfcdi Dut thc clGlho
HAD ESTl1tELr D1sArrEANED.
though for many DAYS tho Company's engineers
,,s,, e,a,, ,,,ou,s " 1tsrovcr II. lo,,,tr stnr.
use" every i"e"ns " 'a'seosss 10 'os""ts' s'n"-
,'':s 'oe no' .ous ~ s..'s u.rtNs s'''ous' 1''e
loose ha'hs. ihey eonta mol ilt'a IL, a'lu "cre
compelled to abandon It as lost forever. Pns:,
bly, the Gno!ntB nnh Ecnt or The luw"r world
have takcu possession Of It for use OH sun!u
mystic Underground KatlrUad.
At Deer Irnt]s II statlon Il 1eW miles farther
cast. wo had MI opportunty to withess sumo Of
l!lE AIfcISllls bteAtaat ~ tHte8 IL IN
what IL called cattlc.town. Tie whole rcnon
~ devoted TO cnttle.grazng, md this is
une of The prominent thupng.poluts. Nearly
every building Is saoos', Or hug one attached;
und cowboys, with their picturesque hats AMI
Iouse attre, asnI 1lie llcsi.ab!e navv-rcyovcr tn
their belts, tt'rnilGc1 tu PLATFORMS and stsccts
before thu train Ind stopo.d, nltr attention was
attracted by several ptstnl,sh0t In quick Success
sion, accompanied by loud yels; ind, looking
out ot ihe Windows, we saw
A ouADnAHaut,A1 FIGHT
Il, ,r,,,,t fonr sc,,,rotc c,,,ni,,, ,y,ro ,,,oocod
o,,' ~ r',,t,r'r ,rr e"rs, oti,!.r % ,,t,ts s
soa.. @ S"u,r", ahnts ,r"ro @ sn ,.,t H..
~ ~ ,so- tn,, .,, t.,r "o,,.n: s -, Wv ny M
as a,,. ,a.,,. ,vas .t"n.. =, ,,rsn ,,nrn .,
~, ... -,tarS ~, IL, ~, oGss "
jIs neace- -mnkip. cudeuyors cruspd. 'TIm trnIn
stopped few monents, during which we wcro
treated to ayrotcch,.lcs Of profanity so original
4ntL unique tint thry would have won the envy
n',d admiration Of crowd Of Cauat.strcst ruf-
tnns.
We we're destined to have variety enough on
this trp An hour later, ono Of t.osa terrible
wintl-storns for which tic plafnH Of Colorado
can plnllcnro tllc world, caii.o swuopll,g down
upon us from the north, md continued with us