New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-30

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year II is the collecting OF necessary and hereto
fore undiscovered data for this learned work that these
later expeditions have been made to contribute and it
may we'll be imagined that the researches made on the
John Day region have been most interesting to Pro
fessor Scott on this account
At The Cove' about twenty-five miles
from Dayvllle. the nearest pOstofce, making about
fifty miles there and back to get mails. We took
turns in going, two and twos. We made our camp on
the side of little knoll. Our heads were con
siderable slant so that at first kept tObogannng
down It all night and in the morning our heads were
covered with blankets and our feet striking
out-two feet in the dirt. l can't call 1t grass with
any regard for truth. The atmosphere was so dry
that we had neither dew nor rain. We had all the
phenomena of thunderstorms without drop of wafer
Never let t7oodsmen tell tales of mosquitoes black
flies. Those who have met the red ant on familiar
terms Know what biting is. We made our beds on a.
nest of them one night-a night the hIdeOusness of
which will never be forgotten No singing insects
you are accustomed TO begin to play even game
with red ants. A fairly vigorous red ant Of mature
age tic hts right proboscs behind him and give the
heaviest odds TO mosquito, horse-hy, even spider
and whewssh" him. Then we had rattlesnabes too.
We killed at least hundred, and then the supply
seemed great before. We got that didn't
mind rattlesnake more than we would mouse at
home. We drew the line, however, at sleeping with
them. One of our number felt something wrfggling
under the blanket which he was trying TO sleep one
night and on examination found that II a rattle
snake lie declined 10 have him a bedfelow. and
Mr. RatteSnake had TO retire These snakes are, of
dangerous. but the fatality of their bite IS ex
aggerated. is sometimes made sick by the
poison. 1t is only severe bites that kill The boots
and hggngs that protection; besides
the rattlesnake always coils and ratles before srk
Ing and does not after you. They can be killed,
OF course. in various ways among Others by whipping
them with strong whip called quirk in the Western
Willis.
Within a hundred feet of our camp at The Cove
was clear spring of ice-cold water Tai pines
were about us and balsam boughs were easily OBJ
tainable for beds. But after trial 'Of these, we
preferred our accustomed mattress, mother earth
vi couIs7 we ndi 10 puV up WIN roush IalI. 1ul
away We took our turns. Some of us have become
famous at flap jacks The 9utofdSSor life gave oI s
not even he dulled by seeing Of the party wash
Ing his clothes In The b9lngpot and another using
One has TO learn the language Of the country.
VI S we goes sop ns fe nave ay Pao
am going over TO that farm TO put my horses into the
over to hat ranch and he ho INTO ke Corral
Speaking of herding, every morning two Of us had
%e 60 Sgt a@d S ii S e O WITH EhT9 r y
leather their focfeet connected by chain and let
caught them, we had great sport driving them in at
full speed. But our fcats were as nothing TO what
saw at Buckaroo7 Camp. some distance from
q The Cove This is horsegmzne country. There
are no fences and no means of combining the animals.
But horse viii not wander outside of certain arca.
square. So the horses Of the '' yarI,
Gus turned loose. They
arc branded for recognition At certain times tho
rangers have what is called roundup" It was
one Of these that attended The horse-rangars go
out and drive in the horses to the corralan enclosed
place perhaps 200 feet In diameter with high solid
sides made TO receive the shock of hundreds OF fright
ened wild horses plunglng against them. Tho lasso
called out there lass Is freely used The skin
A crack thrower can put HIS rope around the head
or any particular leg OF a horse AZ VIII. When the
got together they drive them TO the corral fun
galop II is an inspiriting sight. One man rides
sde to whip them in, and fourth rides behind 1t
entrance of the corral when once inside an interest
ing process takes place. The colts are caught to be
branded; The lass Is thrown by one man over the
one of the hind feet. There Is jerk and down goes
the colt his side, whore he is firmly held while
WITH Ta the IRON rough ows who had charge s' wO
eating from the same vessels with them and singing
songs around the monster campfire. The place was
enough to awake an appetite in the most dyspeptc
and the bread baking in the frying pans e'''
Two Of our party got 1s stranded on the rough road
out and it was impossible to push on. But one spot
is comfortable as another when you sleep on The
at the ranch Of one Bill Day. who gave them splendid
accommodations under a hay-stack lie treated the
bows most Hospitality and would take nothing for IT,
There are hearts under the Jackets OF some OF
these uncouth rsnohers. They win feed your horses
have you before and expect nothing for n
in return except the friendly disposition 10 do the
for them day. We came 10 the conclusion that
tough they are they possess good qualities which
people in our Eastern cities lack. They have
exaggeraed form Of speech. TO which one becomes
accustomed and which is sometimes entertaining.
Those who have lived in the far West remember the
remark Of the famous Wyoming frontersman. when
asked how long he had lived here. Young feler.7
said he do YOU that thar butte mOuutainl.
Wen come here fust. IL hole IN the ground
Dayvllle consists of six implanted houses I'm
called hotel annexed The room had 10 sit in
a combination OF grocery store. grOg-hOle and
parlOr Our companions were stage driver,
retired sheep herler. cowboy and the hotel pro-
pietor, and more interesting company for the time
being would be hard 70 find. When broke camp
al 1.-THE Cover had about a couple OF tons Of
bones These were taken carefully. by wagon. 10
DayVille and there packed for shipment 10 Prince
ton Our ride back 10 Baker City of the
most trying six days journeys imaginable. 1l'
akali dust thick and so light that II filed
the air and made il almost solid. II pcrmoaied W"
lungs and nostrils and hair and clothing. rocker"
more dap dated dirteI- lookine crowd than Onrs
entered Baker City, could not be picked mp in the
shms OF Ncw-York The pOpulacc ran out 10
us We could hear them crying: Here they come ~
II was anything but triumpha entry. Yes di1
not come in by alley and sneak mp 10 the back
door OF the hotel but boldly walled UP ~ the front
door BY the main street. (Note-1here no other
way 10 get theTe) The barber the bath tab and
otr long stored-up fashionable clothes re-
sorted TO- and emerged party OF Eastern swells-
compared with our former condition
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