Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-22

stinct which causes them to drift hun.
dreds OF miles in q p%rotraetei march
Leads them to q place of shelter from
a temporary storm. Their drifting
towards the mountains is considered .
hopeful sign, being taken IS an indlcs-
tion that they are only seeking shelter
from the severity vi the winds. This
protection i, given by the ravines aud
canyons # the foothills. There they
will remaiu for q few days; il the old
Is protracted, they will proceed s:uth
to a warner climate; If the weather
moderntes aud remsios pleasant, thsy
Will return 70 thelt respective ranges,
C~cLyRADo.
The cattle in all pstts OF Colo,aio
orc fsl aid had an tb lndanos of g.ass
up 70 tho present fall of snow. Several
ascck men tsleeyaph: "Cattle fat
enough to 6tand three weeks Of cold
weather wi'houtfo, d; if driven south
ward they cau rCaoa g racm r rton
before starvation or death by fro ling
oocura, Ii u thaw easues and q freez,
I Love before tho STOW Ia one thu
gar WI BE- ire Sod l. ice sTd etsyys-
ton will p.odlca 4 dat @l,,ss1, even il
a drive is begua." Letters from
Teller and other points in the nort,,
aud middle parts Of COLORADO state
that the cat,ls arr srferlrg from the
lack Ct wa.cr, the streams bsing frt
40 during tho cold snao, and there
Il nos sufficient snow to molsten the
feed.
TIE swskrwATER, UPPER PLATTE, N
OTHER REGIONS.
Advtces from the Sweetwster and
Upper Platte region state that the
Snowfall was not as heavy as In east
ern Wyoming The losaea In cattle
are reported at l per cent, and In
sheep about 2 per cant. The capital
now Invested in cattle in Wyoming sg-
gregates $50, 900, coo.
In the Bitter Creek country the loss
Of sheep was very large. Cattle drifted
badly during the storms, and ranch
meu have not sc yet ascertained the
amount Of dauiag Is to their respective
herds, which may aggregate more than
e4pec ed.
Reports from the Beaver state that
the sneep Suffered a great dsal during
the storms, especially the old jnee, Il
largo uunoer dy ipg.
Adyioos from the Medicine Bow ve.
g on state that, while grazing spots
lave been left by the drifting of the
snow, the cattle have suffered from
the intense cold.
, A telegram from Laramie states
thst'aead antelope hsve been foupd on
tho roads along tho Llttle Laramie
river freq sn TO death. Numbers OF
cattle have persisted. Tho snow GOV
eCa the huge known az tbe
laramie piaire," and no bare place
WAS visible. TIE cold was ~inteure,
rnnginging fro:n.85 to DO below zero
A letter froW a cattle nan in Obey
! emo ssys: "In this city ard for m Re:
\ IL every, direction the outlook ia ef,
darkea5. The snow lee Ca p level t
the depth of san to thirty.fve inchs
In an unbroke1 waste. The cattle o,
all this vast range csnaot obtain
morsel of grsss, and there is 40 imx1e
date prospect of their chances bein,
bettered. M the wind had only teel
blowing during the snow storm, &C q
to keep the ground clear In spots, ther
would have been no difficulty. II uh
bowling waste of atmosphere whic'
was hurting Itself all eve this part c
the couatny last week had come at tn
proper time it would have been q boo
ana 8 blessing instead of q source {
profanity. The barometer does nc
indicate recurrence of these Sceezs
aud it is probable that before there
q change q crust will hsv
J. formed over all the snow, owe
which the wind will slide as unavai
ingiy as water over a ducks bacl
The cattle are getting hungrg, anG
with brute instinct, are travelin
: toward the South. IF they trevel ia!
/ enough they may reach grass; but 10
tering, as they probably Will, man
will lie down aud die of starvation an
s cold. Two years ago some atookme
lost az high az 80 per cent, and tn
!bones of the famished herds wei
gnawed by coyotes from Cheyenne
Central Kansas. It will hardly be q
} bad this year, though the passengei
. on oil tie western railroad dimes wi
, see earoesses strewn along the track
: a way very suggestive of the season
t record. When the snow 10 not ov'
8 two or three inches deep the averas
l steer oan paw around and get plent
of grass; but two feet of the beaut
a full &c Wyoming now possesses, Gu
off his supplies"
Reports from Northern Wyomif
Z describe the stock In good oonditic
prior to the storm; weather intense
cold, 36dbelow zero; losses not know
From Snake, BEAR, and White river
. in Southern W yoming and Northel
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