The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-24
dashed TO A BRONCH0.
An English Cattle-Owner Stripped anu
Tied to a Wild Pony.
Rescued After Seven Days-A Wronged
Husbands Terrible Revenge.
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fOmaha dispatch 10 Chicago Herald
Nj. Boussaud, wealthy cattle-owner,
whose herds range in the unorganized ter
ritory of Northwestern Nebmska, has Just
returned from the annual roundup" in
that region. and relates tale Of the plains
that is, in some respects, a counterpart Oh
the orthodox Mazeppa. When Boussand
reached his ranch about the middle
of June he found his cowboys nurs-
ing young man whom they had rescued
from the back of a broncho. When DIS
covered the modern Mazeppa was
lasheh to the horse, entirely naked and un-
conscious. The animal was about broken
down, as if from long running, and was
easily lassoed by the cowboys, who cut the
thongs and released the strange captive
This happened about two weeks before
Boussauds arrival, and during all that time
the stranger had lain in a stupor.
A few days before Boussaud left on his
return Journey TO Omaha, having little
medical knowledge, he succeed in restor-
ing the patient to cons ciousness, and his
recovery was rapid When able to talk
he said his name was Henry Burbank
that Ire was an Engllshman, ana
"a wears of age. About three years
ago at Falmouth, England. he formed n
partnership with a friend named Thomas
Wilson, some Years his senior and with
him came TO America, to embark In the cat
tie business. They cast about for awhile
and finally settled in Northwestern Ne
braska, where the range was unlimited, and
herders few and far apart. They built
comfortable ranch by little stream, where
Wilson's young wife reigned as house
keeper, attended by two or three female do
RnrhanE uhn q a handsome
young gallant, found it agreeable, while
Wilson was absent riding about the range
to make loye to-the latter's wife.
This continued for some months, until IL
the latter part of May one of the cowboys
who had a grievance against Burbank
surprised him and Mrs. Wilson in a COM
promising situation, and reported ii To the
womans husband, whose jealousy had
already been aroused. That night Bur-
bank was captured while asleep in bed by
Wilson and three of his men and bound
before he had chance TO make any re.
sistauce. After mutilating him Wilson hao
him stripped of every bit of clothing anG
bound on the back of wild broncho, which
was started off by vigorous lashing. Be
fore morning Burbank became unconscious,
and was therefore unable to tell anything
about his terrible trip. He thinks thlt the
outrage was committed on the night of May
~, and he WAS rescued on the morning OF
June 3, which would make seven days that
he had been travelling about the plains Oh
the horses back, without food or drink,
and exposed to the sun and wind
Wilson's ranch is about 200 miles from
the spot where Burbank was found, but it
is hardly probable that the broncho took
direct course, and therefore, must have
covered many more miles in his wild jour
neg. When fully restored to health Bur-
bank proposes to make a visit of retaliation
on Wilson, and in this he will be backed by
Boussaud's men and those of the Ogallala
Land and Cattle Company, whose range is
near Boussaud's.