The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-11-07
Oi'll Nkitsii lsaplss.

np where ynl will in Southwestern
Kansas, there In almost always cay
or two not faI away And wl,en one VI
These animals begins bowling nj night.
or inst before day IN the morning,
person not accustomed IA their noise
Wnnld think there we're 4 dozen III
them: for every csyotc cur II NJ gifted
Tint he can howl In two or three differ.
emit voices; first n yelp, then n fAlsette
howl, thru u dos iike i,ark, and then all
three ri once, blended III ona Wild ont.
cry.
The sudden bursting forth ~ these
cries IN the silence ~ the night In nj
0nce startling and iDcoinlmrably holeful.
The first time ! heard thena, Tho wild,
dts0nant. doiefnl sounds fairly made
ny heart sink. II WA Thu night after
VIZ moved IN Ia our new stock farm,
and. being u little home.iek. the Wild
huwlingr depressed me all the more.
lint ono gets used ~ their Noise, aud
strange Nv N may seem, sDmrtimer
sft1Ally comes ~ enjoy ". II one u
tl,nse animals II about, yOn always know
NJ least, When n yet np In the morning
Tor III das break Mr.. cayot1 IL pretty
.nte To III mp his many mrl0diuu,
voices IN long polygIot howl. " l.
the nork'cr0w u the plains.
lla Kansas eHyDt0s and eayotes arf
much alike alI through the West, I mn
told always sesmHd ~ me- 10 be inter
mediate lHstween thu gray fox aud liz
timber wolf, They remind one N TN
fox, nat only In their rusty grsy costs
Int I'm their movements and hsbitA
aud yet they SOON somewhat wolAsh.
The peaked nose, prick ears and
bu.hy taiI ayc much like those u III
I'M; and The dark and dnsAy marking,
round Ito jowls and On ihe legs l0oL
foxy. In their ynpping and bowling
TINY are f0x and wolf combined. II
alxe they are about halfway between
tho two. Mature, In getting ~ mn
rauder for thu open plains. appears II
have struck mean heswtxt rnlpts ant
ingnr.
Tho first year Of our herding, w. hat
0nr main estlln.pen or "criek" prettl
we'll down ~ the Indian lMnfIr, and iii,
cattle ranged over The line. NOthin,
waA than Haii II tranpass, though, Their,
liss since MnHn trunblH about ii.
WI started In business with eighty
kevsn Young eows. thirty. four 2.year
oil HleeF4. md twcnty.six yearlingr. m,
tlMt first iaIl ~ mustered Teycnty.xii
calves. These made considerable,
hsrd, about ~ large w my brother vi.
! aOtild comfortably look after.
W. did not build l,Uls1 tI,r tirs
teAr, n0r ryHn make .tliR.Uut,r lin
lived IN our schooner" ~ large rDy
efesl wagon, II Wan good place i
sleep, and W. picketcd our ponies rom.
II.
VIZ had small stove, Will, lunne
TIN " twelve feet high, aud liz atom
ut ~ II. III keep tl,s wind frDm blow
ting II over. W. should never hHy
i,.aln dig .Omt' ~ sIl, Int f0r t0s
nnslO, which tore the "seIi60bers Ii
ptarrs,' toward thu last ri the WcDn,
spring ~ were there.
About hundred rods farther 10 Iii
rreek, IN the binn.like bnnk, cay0t
1I.d hts bnffDr. II WA q hole syma
what like TINT made ny u fps. n It'll
larger, prrliaj,s, and there we're three i
ionf entrances leading ititD ii,
Onr N these entrances. IL outlet,
MA Oh tho very top ~ the hank, wi.er
tlls crrstnrs conld poke his head IL
sitd take i survey II tI,e vicinity. An
Otlef VIVA ,iOwn tpe side III Tho bjmm
kind " haek .doOr, opening tDwmr
The water; aud still another emes4n
lesida 4 rock. twenty yards " NOR
fsrll,er up TIN bank.
VIZ Aiterward snrnsised that this ID,
Va y Mst NJ sarret portal, whence II,
nuin,Hl cOn1d rMaiH Iii cane sny IN
tFisd ~ 1e0rnsr3 him III hts lntvsOw.
Then there was Il fourth hole, II,
purpose NJ wLisl, wxx best kn0wn |
taa proprietor himself fDr, ~ dOtsi,
ln hal hIs dig.Dbf arranged In AOss
mr. brst Nh kuit hin 0wH ntjla III jiyinl
Jn1lRtnH from The piles III yellow diI
which ~ hxd thrown out. Tho busro
mutt have bern quite romnuJiDsta.
Herr ~ fullos.setiIer sIsHt I,is III,
li,Iss. IN slumlHting. ~ IL likely. Nea
II Hv.ry uiglit, nitrT dark, ~ could inl
l1ls evening sAIntAtDry III yrIps, snNri
eIl.l harks. THAT meant that L,s hut
IN jsrk rabbits WA atWut ~ begin II
tlIl. sss his customary business. IN VI
nieht.
HI M bs,l nsiHhiUr. AnylIin
lun shout .hA niUyt. III tl,e way III bse1
" fsf, wAA hiife ~ w. gone In The mar,
ine. Once ths lStite carried VI nasrI
= Nbejr ham, nv hu0tntr shot NJ
t4e ~ three times after that. ~
no1rl,0d oDs III ~ eMrH With inlet.
v#fy early III tho morning. ~ wDml
eo1eObiDIes 500 fte cstOsr, sitting ii
nfkh ! dx.u. nnax Ma Nal. L,x.hi0n 40