Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-08
From the Roundup.
SECOND DIVISION. Nav

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EDITOR INDEX AS we promised to
keep you posted in regard to the move
ments of the second division of the
Territory roundup we will write you a
few items.
Howard Capper, the man who was
appointed by the stock meeting held at
Caldwell to act as captain of this divis-
ion declined to act and l.. g. Farris was
appointed to take his place, andwe will
say that the outfit could not have made
a better choice as he is good cow-man
and rustles from early morning until
dark and leaves the gallas-backers.
mares and colts and hounds sitting ON
high points looking to see where the
roundup is going to be.
The outfit met on the day appointed
at the skeleton ranch and the next day
they moved on to the McClelland pas
ture and commenced work on the 23d
of May.
The Barber county cattle show up
very scattering here and up to the time
of writing there has only been five gath
cred.
The loss in cattle ia this country is
estimated very low, the general esti-
mate is about per cent. We have had
the best of weather since commencing
work and in fact everything has passed
off in favor of the stockmen. Every
thing has been quiet and peaceable,
without anything to mar the pleasure
of the boys. The outfit has worked
some country that has never been work
ed before. The work has extended as
far southwest as the great Oklahoma
country, and we will say that it is fine
country, with an abundance of grass
and water. The grass is mostly blue
stem and it makes fine summer range
but we cannot think that it is much of
a winter range. The outfit has worked
as far west as the Wilson & thinner
son pasture and is laying over to-day
waiting for them to get their stock in
shape to work and will again resume
work tomorrow.
The general opinion is that we will
not get done working this division be-
fore the lst of July and perhaps later.
We are glad to see Harry Brisbin and
'Rattlesnake Bill" two notorious sor-
ghum lappers, join the outfit from old
Barber county.
John Elsea, better known as "old
dad" among the boys, is getting to be a
desperate man. and it is quite startling
to see him going over the prairie with
his shirt tail out and his hat in his
hand.
We heard gentleman remark the
other day that Bill Nichols had got to
be the boss sour-dough-bread- baker.
He baked three biscuits that filled his
oven and they raised so high they burst
the lid, and now he haste tie it togeth-
er with a pair of hopples. But the old
city marshal, L. p, is given up to be
the best cook on the job.
We have had but one accident on the
trip. Alex McKinney's horse fell with
him the other day and he skinned a
little place on his finger and he. came
into camp crying, and wanted the boys
to send for his girl as he thought he
would die.
Old L Johnson has concluded that
he wants to quit this world for he has
been trying to get the boys to raise the
wagon tongue and hang him to it. He
gives no reason for his actions but we
have an idea that his girl has "give him
the goose"
There is man in this country that
wants to start hat farm and he want
ed to get the seed out of Thad Cutlip's
hat as it had gone to seed, but Thad
could not spare them.
There was certain boy working for
the = outfit that went off in trance
the other night-on a mare-and found
himself seven miles from camp and it
took him three days to get back. He
came back on stick horse with his
blank sinch loose.
We came near losing Bob Yates the
other day. He was missing and when
found was IA miles away, following a
bunch of Indians that had red rags
around their head. He had stolen the
cooks towel and was wearing it on his
head.
We will close this time as chuck il
ready, but you will hear from us later
RANGER & SNOP.