Wichita eagle., 1888-12-30
SPOTTED WILD CATTLE.
a sREED OF THE BOVINE FAMILY
THAT Is PULLING HUNTERS.

THAT IS PULLING HUNTERS.
surnises a. TO Their Origia-Buils vte
tho Skill OF Trained GenerAls-An EFFORT
Proved Futile.
In the lonesome deilss Of the Coquills
mountains there has roamed at win for bali
dozen years band Of strange wild cattle.
Hunters pronounce them q distinct breed
from those which have been so long in
habtring the Umpqua river. Theyar leopard
| like IN color, being dotted with black in a
skin Of dun
Their horns are thin and long and a.
smooth as though polished with emery.
Moreover, they are pony built, and their tails
are long, sweeping and brush Hka Their
boots, Ike their horns. from constant contact
with vigorous underground, are smooth and
glossy Quick Of eve. feet Of foot and with
strange power of scenting ont enemies. they
have proved moro than a match for the local
sportsmea who have AZ various times gone TO
the heights in pursuit Of them
FATHER nE Woes SPOTTED COW.
well, these cattle are al anomaly. SURE
enough said c. j Andrews, resident of
Co9allie, forty-ivs miles Up from the Pacific
ocean, TO Q reporter a. the American Ex-
change hotel here today. Their origin b
shroude6 IN mystery Some say they are de
scended from spotted cow which strayed
away from Father De Voc IN 1862 The old
man De Voc lives az the mouth of the Co
guile He vas the iirst settler there, ard
brought three or four cosss With him when
he came by wagon from the lower Platte
About a year allerward be lost a COW that
was about 20 catvs, AID, though he hunted
far and near throughout the heavy pines
which skirt the Coquiile, Ls could never ind
her, but when news began 10 eofEe m after
three or four years that there were some Wild
cattle up In the mountains, he half thought
it must be bis COW and Ter progeny. There
are others, however, and De Voc Is inclined
TO share their belief who think that this
breed of csttlc has always been Wild, that
they are indigenous TO that region, the same
as the wild cattle Of Mexico
Certain it Is, OF any rate, that al attempts
10 subdue these cattle have been futile. In
1878 Tom Withrow, q hunter OF the Coquills,
after long attempt to XII some OF them.
succeeded IN capturing 4 calf The calf WIS
newly born and too weak 10 get away, and
the old cow would not leave it, and at once
charged furiously upon him he was
mounted on a feet Oregon mustang. and DO
put spurs 10 him and got out Of there as
quickly as he was able The COW and the
pony tore down the bill through the brush at
q terrible pace, and old Tom thought lie was
done for There was blood in the cows eye,
and vindictive, rnenaciag look, which pus
speed into both rider and horse. The hun
ters gun was strapped 70 the pony's side and
ne had no time 10 Use It The COW pursued
him for nearly half mile, and until the
mustang had chacked W.throw over his
head, down a steep declivity, and both horse
and horseman were separated and routed
Then bos-bovis returned TO her calf
AN OLD HUNTEh oUTwIrTEp.
''Tom was mad lie was an old hunter,
and didn't much relish being routed by Q
COW. BE recaptured his pony, tied him 20 a
tree, and, unstrspptng his gun, started ia
roundabout way up through the bills afoot
He lodged from tree To tre~ aud finally
climbing one he was able 20 descry tho wiid
COW, with her bead and tail up, her eyes
blazing, shifting the air. He was within
rifle shot, and succeeded IN putting two balls
into her. She beloved furiousiy, but tho
wounds were mortal and she could not attack
him.
Capturing the calf, which was spotted
like its mother, Withrow strapped IL to bis
saddle and carried IL home. For two years
he tried to domesticate that calf just when
be thought be was succeeding ii broke ard
got away 10 tho mountains. he never saw
IL afterward
lin IsSl Henry McIane and Bill Jetfries,
two Coos bay men, went UP into tho CoquiLe
mountains and spent two weeks there. They
went hunting for these cattle. as well as for
bear and cougar. After the most skillfnl
uanipulations they finally succesded in kill
ing an cd bull lie was the outpost OF
band was fighter from way back,
and would have made /. not for them, but
they got ths drop on him, after following tho
band assiduously for several days Tho
others, TO tho number Of twenty or thirty,
got away Ali were spotted with black, no
one spot being bigger than silver dollar
You may be sure they were very pretty. as
they were fat and their hair was short
suppose there are DO hsndsofner cattle any
where than these Wild onss in the Oregon
wilderness
This old bull was good one. lie was not
unusually large, weighing about ! 100 pounds.
but no was clean limbed a. q race horse, Just
about ss feet. aud as pretty a. picture.
Since that tins various people have gone
after these queer cattle. bu. NOBODY has sue
ceeded in getting any. II "a uphil business
Nobody Lives Up N those mountain topz4 is
Ia rough, Wild and io1esoms. . q, hons for
all kinds Of Wild animals, aud al kinds
abound there An erceedingiy nutritious
grass grows there. 1t Ia 80 saccslsuf that
hor~es, when they can ges 10, nesd 10 other
feed The country Is % rocky, CUT VI with
canyons. ard With protaxicn u weird noun
tain tops 90 fantastlcaliy formed a. not oriy
70 give beautiful elect, but 70 form safe
retreat for these Wild deaizsus o. this reruots
corner OF Oregon.
"Just how many IL the leopard Ike wild
cattle there arc there ID viii take q loag time
70 find Out, Nobody can arrive at IL With
any dsgres Of certainty. Thers mas - forty,
there may be hundred San Franc.sco
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