The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-06-18
REAL LIVE COWBOYS.
On the Drive, in the Camp and at
the Roundup.
Men Who Daily Risk Life and Limb In
the Performance of Duty-Cowboys
Graduates of Colleges-Some
@@@ Mistakes Corrected.

"Do l know the cowboys? Young
man, I think I do. When you have
worked with them, camped with them,
and been among them for years ON the
drive, on the plains, and on and off
duty. you might say you know. them. =
The speaker was Henry Exall. a
Texas cattleman, who has been spend
ing several days in the city at the
Seventh Avenue Hotel.
1.-The Texas cowboy" he continued,
sis the most thoroughly misunderstood
man. outside of the localities where he
is known, on tteface of. the earth.
know him in all his alleged terrors, and
as asclass there are mo nobler-hearted
or honorable men in. the world. Brave
to rashness and generous to fault, if
you should be thrown among them YOU
would find them ever ready to share
their last crust with you, or lie down at
night with you on the same blanket.
Why young man, see here" and
the Texas man twitched his chair
around until he could put his foot upon
window SILL. Say thatI have 10000
cattle which am about to send over
land from Texas into Montana to fatten
for the market. Those cattle will be on
the drive from the 1st of April until the
middle ofsSeptember. They are divided
into three herds, with dozen or sixteen
men with each herd. I entrust those
cattle in the hands of gang of cow
boys. For six months know absolutely
nothing of my stock. | trust their hon
esty to the extent of many thousands of
dollars without a contract without a
bond, with no earthly hold upon them
legally or morally beyond the fact that
am paying them $35 or $40 month
to protect nyinterestsx And these are
the men pictured in the East as outcasts
of civilization Il trust absolutely to
their judgment in getting those cattle
through wild and unbroken country
without loss or injury. l trust as abso-
iutely tosther bravery and endurance
m the face of Danger
"Daagerpr .Af8Ee s@ YSF
Danger! Yes, indeed. A man to
% a cowboy must be brave man. For
instance, we are ON drive. These
slab-slded,g long horned Texas cattle are
as wild as deers naturally, and, being
n an unknown country, are as nervous
and as timid as sheep. The slightest
noise may startle them into stampede.
we have been on the drive all day and
night is coming on. 1t is cold and
raining. We have reached the point
where we intend to- roandg up for the
nlgnt. The n1en commence to ride
around the drove, singing, shouting,
ana Whistling to encourage the animals
oy the sounds they are familiar
Win, and to drown any noise of an un-
osuai character which might provoked
stafnpede.s Round and round the. cattle
tney RIDE until the whole drove ia trav-
cling in a circles slowlv fbe coyyhors
close. in on them, still sbon+;no' ~ "a
singing pntli finally the cattle become
quiet and after a time lie down and
commence chewing their euds with an.
parent parent. e0ntentment. A stampede of
cattie 1871 terrible thing to the COWBOYS
ana may be- broughte.on by the most
trivial cause. The Slightest noise of an
unusual nature, the barking of a coyote
.ne snap OF pistol. the cracking of 4
.wlg VIII bring some. wild,eFed,sfeer, to
his feet ID terror. Another insf III an =
.ne Whole drove are painting and bel
loving IN the widest fear. They are
IIsauY6o. follow the leadsof ganv ANNA
1l'at makes q break. Then the cool
ness and self-possession of the COWBOY
Is called into play. They still continue
men VIII gafop around the frightened
oroVe, ei1deavoring to reassure them.
ana quiet them once more. Nav be
1neys viii succeed after an hour or two,
ana ana the animals win again be at rest.
nu. the chanees are that they can not be
quoted SO easily. A break is made in
come direction. Here comes the hero.
IS. lsn oftheeowhoy. These cattaes are a,
oilnd and unreasoning in their fright a:
pair of runaway horses. The,
klsow no danger but from behind. ape
u they did they could not stop TO,
tne surging sea of maddened animal,