Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-09-16

hour or more the pain gradually subsidized,
and fell into sound and refreshing slum.
ber. This was the first food that had gone
into my stomach for twenty-one days. When
I awoke it was late in the night. An al
most Unsuitable desire seized me to fill my
stomach with the raw flesh of the wolf l
knew, however, it would be death to do so,
and partially relieved my hungry cravings
by chewing the flesh and only swallowing the
juice As soon as day light appeared l COL
lected brush and wood, made rousing fire,
and soon roasted the hams of the wolf, on
which subsisted for the next two days, swal-
lowing very little of the flesh, but all the
juice | could extract by constant chewing.
During the two days I walked eight miles
and reached the fort, where I was received as
one of the dead. Twas put in the hospital and
under the kind care and skillful dietary man
agement of DR.. Arthur Stevens, surgeon, G..
S. A., l slowly recovered my health and
strength. My ordinary weight prior to my
starvation was about285 pounds. The sec.
ond day after my return to the fort weighed
1861 pounds. My height is six feet one and
~ AoiA lASACo'
THE CATTLE HERDERS OF FLORIDA.
A letter dated Fort Myers, Florida, says: {:
The Caloosahatchee at this point is deep
and wide stream, affording easy navigation
for ocean craft. From here eastward the
river narrows, and drains an open prairie, or
vana.country. This region is vast cattle
range, and inhabited only by herders and the
remnants of the Seminoles. Some of these
cattle raisers are wealthy, and pride them
selves on their acquisitions. Cuba affords
them market and their available wealth is
mostly in Spanish doubloons, though great
deal Of it is in Mexican dollars. The silver
money is kept in sacks representing $50, 500,
or 5000, and never untied-passing from hand
to hand, for the amount marked on the tag.
Every man is his own banker, and his coin is
good deal safer under his own roof than it
would be in the custody of any bank. 1t
would be impossible to rob one Of these cattle
men of his money and get away with it.
The weight Of the coin would prevent rapid
fight, and there is no place to fly to, if flight
were possible. Hemmed in by swamps and
ocean, there is no safety for him who would
rob his neighbor, for he could not get away or
make use at home of what was another's. If
theft were attempted swift punishment would
follow the offense. No useless judge or su-
perAuous jury would consume time in deter
mining the magnitude of the crime. The Of.
fender would die with his boots on, and there
would be no numbering of court record with
the transaction.
The people of this region are honest from
desire to be so. Every body's house is open.
The merchant, who is always his own clerk,
leaves unclosed the door of his store when be
goes to dinner. If a customer should come
in during his absence and want plug of to-
bacco, he would take the tobacco and leave
the value of it in coin in its place. If he
couldn't make the exact change at the time,
he would mention it afterward and square the
account. There is no such thing as cheating
on the part of merchant. he couldn't keep
store if be was known to cheat, and he never
attempts it. There 'is unlimited mutual con-
6dence on the part Of buyer and seller.
One of these "cattle kings" as the herders
designate each other, is a miser and lives in
miserable hut, with no company but dogs.
He has boxes of doubloons in untold num-
bers secreted about his premises, has no visi-
tors and no eighbors, for, in addition to
being a miser, he is hermit. Perhaps fancy
has credited him with more wealth than
he actually possesses, but be is reputed the
richest man in Florida, and marvellous stories
are told of the gold and silver he has buried.
As poorly as this miser cattle king lives,
there are none of them who live much better
Bacon is their staple meat, and with all their
CATTLE they have neither milk nor butter, and
fresh beef but seldom. With climate and
soil that would produce fruits and vegetables
the year round they have nothing of the
kind, except what is gathered in wild state.
One or two families at Fort Myers have done
something in the way of producing fruit, but
this direction.
The Caloosahatchee is a favorite home of
the alligator. Thousands line its banks, bask-
ing in the hot sun of April. Deer are found
in abundance, and bears and wild cats are
too numerous to make the rearing of hogs or
sheep possible except in enclosures. Fish of
6ne quality can be had for the catching.
Birds of gaudy plumage and ravishing song
enliven the forest, and bush and tree of ex-
quisite flower and foliage make picture on
which the eye delights to linger.
Glass RANK OF NOTED SoLDrERs-The
following table, prepared from official sources,
giving class, rank and year of graduation at
West Point, of noted Federal and Confeder.
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