The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
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The ftst national soaysntipn B b ii eattIs-
men ssef He'd ilss oi,pened Its
sessfon in St Louia Tuesday IT TIE
exposition building, which wss kaRd-
somely fitted up and decorated { for tho
occasion. Delegates were present re.
presenting nearly all the westsrn states,
territories, several eastern states, Mexicas
England and Scotlond. Col. b. S::s
Hunter, Of at. Louis, originator Of It'd
project, called the convention to order
and announced as ths object Of thssi
gathering the formation Of national
league of cattle intersts for mutual good.
Addresses were made BY Mayor Ewing.
Of St. Louis, Gov. Crittenden, Gen. w. II.
Sherman and others. "a very pleasant
and amusing features Of the convention
is the COW bly, band Of Fort Dodge. Kan,
twenty strong, In full frontier costume.
They played eyeralselections during the.
mornings session, exciting great ap-
plause. The leader wields in place OF /
baton his silver mounted Derringeri
nearly foot long. n
One Of the most startling and romantic
features of border life occurred recently
on the Wild Horse praire, thirty miles
north Of Los Angeles, when 1 band Of
wild horses, under the lead OF . nobl6
sorrel stallion, came galloping over tho
plain to reconnoiter q company Of sur
veyors engaged in making . survey OF
tho tract. The band dashed towards
Capt. Keller and his party Of surveyors
till within about 500 feet, whenthe leader
halted in a grandly prond and defiant
manner, with neck curved, nostrils
distended. erect, and tail on dress
parade, and all the band ranged them-
selves on each side Of him like q squad
OF cavalry in battle charge. After
surveying the scene for . moment the
leader gailoped proudly away. followed
by the band in the most graceful and
dignified manner. The scene was most
romantic, and the picture of the lordly
leader, with his most obedient subjects in
their feet MD graceful motions, was
worthy of an artists pencil. There was
another band of wild horses on the same
prairie, under the leadership Of q dark
mahogany bay. stallion, with black
mane, tail and knees. In this band
there are two white horses, while the
rest are bay and sorrel mainly. Few
people are aware that at the base Of the
Sierra Aadre. only thirty miles from
this city, wild horses roam in thsif
native beauty and crop the rich grasses
that grow on Wild Horse Prairie. Yet
such is the fact, and their slick appear.
ance and graceful motions are the
admiration Of all behelders.-HoS
angeles (Cal) Express: Il,
A Des Moins, Iowa, correspondent Of
the St. Paul Pioneer Press writes AZ
follows concerning the mysterious
deaths of cattle In Iowa and Minnesota:
Two months ago there was great
fatnlity among horses in a western
county. The cause was traced to
plant known as wild Pa, which grows
on bottom lands along rivers all over
the state: A recent extended mortality
among cattle in the northern part Of tbs
state has been traced to another plant
known to botanists as Limnactis
minutulia. 1t is found extensively Id
Minnesota lakes, in Okoboji and nearly
all lakes in Iowa. It appears in July In
the shallow water about the shore. It ID
round, nearly the size Of n plnhead, and
is suspended in the water in masses,
In the latter part of the month 1t under:
goes several changes Of color, from d
greenish hue to that of frost bitten
grass. It floats in masses on the shore
undergoes decomposition, giving out I
peculiar sickening odor, which will b
recognizable by every person who has
frequented the shores of these lakes II
the months Of July and August. Fol
several years farmers around Lake.
Tetonka and Sakatah, in Minnesota
north Of Albert Lea, and around Okohoii
have lost cattle I'M July in q very suddet
and mysterious manner. APPARENT,
we'll, they would be dead In two hours
So, also, Of horses and hogs. The caus,
was mystery. It was discovered TIN
the deaths occurred among animals tha
that had drunk At the lakes, BY the fac
that Of gang OF men at work on rail
road in 1883, one evening several 20
water from Lake Sakatah; the fsmainde
from brook. Those tlfht drank 1T Iii
lake died. This year thafs Nas repsti
ton Of the mort ality, and 1t Hkss notice,
that this peculiar odor was prdssn
around the lake when the aGfmais died
At other seasons animals drank the lak
water without injury. post morter
/ was made q some Of ths cattls, and III
1, lining membrane Of the stomach SHOVE
distinctly the line reached by the wats
. drank. The memtrane wss sioughin
. Oh scalded cuticle. Rof. staiksr, stal
veterinarian. was caliad; who hAs tracs
the trouols to this plant: Hs II NOW Il
| ysetigating the plant 10 ascertain q
poisonous prcpertie