The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-18
The Far w est.
AN INTERESTING LETTER IRON
Opt. ISNOR.

,,cu or sEow AND LeUALLEE,
prn ROCK, ISDIAE TERI, Jan. 10 AooO')
- ,he Editor Of The AGFristown Gazette' y,
Tbinking the many readers OF the ia ?
1rr,rE might be interested to some sx-
tent in this country, and border life gen n
erallv. will proceed to give yeu shSr' f
oooovrt ~ what have seen here. III
After long and tedious ride oy ran
through Indiana, Illinois, Missouri snd
nortion of Kansas, reached Caldwell
IN SIMMER county, Kansas, about the
o7tb 81 December Caldwell lisa border
towr in the extreme southern part OF
Uo,sos and about two hundred and nifty
miles from the eastern line st the otate'
Herr I donned ghe "slicker," "a loAB |
cottop coat, boiled in oily, mounted
3 non.r and started fer our ranch. The
t frat davis ride brought me TO smiths
+ ronob On Deer creek. The night was
= stormy. but by a liberal bride l got
s quarters in a dug Out-sleeping, Or more
e properly, laying curled up in my blank
l. a+ On the ground. In the morning l
e. f.und things locking anything but ia
Is yiting, but preferred TO face the storm
e. rather than remain at the ranch, for
E. ersi0bters. ranchmen and Indians occu-
ly MED all available room and many seeoo
he shivering about little hres, So / pushed
Hg on. hoping to find better quarters at
ill saltfork Ranch. This hope, however,
raj was dsesptivsl All Was full, AHs fear
ed ed should have ts pass the night in the
He snow and slees, luckily one Of the COW
he boys from eur ranch mel me asFs !" h'
~ my guide TO the ranch, and it was I
TO well-time precaution, for here we lief
OF the trail, and, so far as could see, haC
In nothing to guide Us. We REACHED on
or dug Gus about midnight, hungry ant
ext tired, and, had it not been for tn
ca slScker, wet also. The boys soon got m
us something to eat and, although not a
no. nicely served as have eaten in Morris
The town, ! partQok Of it With g good AZ
are petite and thankful heart, and in spit
ate of the bowling wolves I slept sound
ven during the night, and by morning tn
To storm had abated.
ttee The ranch is situated about sixt
miles south OF the Stale line aad ou
su- nearest neighbors are: east, twclV,
rus north, fourteen; west, fifty, and seut
Inc twenty-five miles. So you see.w hay
sus plenty OF room for cattle. found IL
lent cattle looking apleRdialyi most OF the
led' are fit for beef. We have many yari
lonS ties of grasses, such as the curly mu'
4he ! keet. buffalo. salt, winter aud sedg
llch The winter and muskeet grass is gree
aust or, part of it is, all winter, and Gait
ena- keep fat all the TING, We do not fe'
Iea' at all, and have had no troubis so I
h@V' with the Indians. Cattle thieves ha
Phla given US some trouble, having attack
aS the ranch east of us during the summt
killing three of the cow boys; but
al force from other ranches made she
VIC work of them, and, as there are 20 eoul
ION here, they took their departure to tn
us stbourne from whence no traveller r
mat turns,n without the sanction of law.
st Of The country in this section Is not p
r in-t adapted TO farming, being rough a.
- badly cut up with canyons. Exec
along the streams it can never be FAR
ed and is Just At for grasing. The
sea ter in the email streams ID pure a
ash good, though during dry season t
- larger streams are impregnated WI
'A0" salt, SO that the cattle will not drink
erp- water; this is caused by large salt mari
rade es through which they flow. All streal
hill here flow towards the south east and 6
n,od tributary to the Arkansas. But lit
ni"u timber. and that on the streams; it &C
face sists of cottonwood, scrub elm and
last few pecans. Wild rye grows abunda
In " on most of the smaller streams, viii
,;an is good winter range. There is no pll
'tiSh tense to farming here, and all suppl
i'm for the ranches are brought from Ia
t the sas. There are plenty of antelope, W
ntic turkeys, wolves, and other game.
their dams are not aIio"eu tS NUM- "a no
Lus- ton or anything that may be used as
the weapon is prohibited. In my next
NON will give an account of some OF the d
ferent Indian tribes. ID. SNOW