Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-15
5TAMP EDES.

MlllN, Ill OhhhpDS'S
BTAMPEDES.
ling Experience with q
Herd OF Buffalo.
never forget that canyon.
j a century," said a front
l the train was slowly creep
over a deep. narrow abyss,
the Western country.
| asked. i
e." was the reply. u
Into il once, or rather. was
and had the narrowest es-
4 life. | was what Is termed
ncher' in those days, and
! of every thing. The year
hind | was guide for a party
ectors and engineers, and
btract to supply them with |
ef meant buffalo, and there
ty OF it-too much, as you
in those days, though they
bne now.
kerally worked ahead OF the
hour or so, to be on the look
he Indians and game, and one
ling sighted q big herd OF
started off With one OF the
kill some, and have their
by the time the main party
My companion was new to
hess. but ! had no idea that he
1T The into the scrape he did.
about four miles from this
which is simply a big wash, q
sides almost up and down
thousand feet wide. A horse
bp from the edge at some
Ind fall fifteen hundred feet
striking; that's the kind of a
is. In crossing in the cars
bot see the steepest part of it
Started off in high spirits. L,
beautiful morning, and there
bething in the air that slim
he. something that is difficult
lain, but exists nevertheless.
hntry to the south and east was
as the sea; but to the west
3 Rockies. blue and pink, and
"a there isolated buttes. Away
northwest rose a cloud of dust,
hung owe the ground for hun.
n ac es. That dust meant buf-
knnd for it we headed,
ftended riding slowly. and wher
near to put on speed ant
them. But all at once my
Ehorse went into a hole, ant
&the cinch. | rode on and lef
mend it, thinking, of course
> would follow. l had gone tw'
4 when it occurred to me to stol
fait for him. The buffaloes wer'
Head, and | wanted to give hin
4 chance. For half an hour
and then suddenly noticed ;
hent in the herd, which was ap
ply coming in every direction
lust seemed to cover the entir
bn. rising in the air like a cloud
preading to each side.
Ia moment | was in the saddl
ading out toward it TO see whic
Hon it was taking, still not wan
leave my companion. just the
IAn to hear a roaring sound lik
Ter. Every instant it grew lone
ID finally began to realize Thu
being surrounded, and then
across my mind that it was
Pede. In a second | was abol
away in the direction of I'll
but had been standing in
tssion, and as l came up | sa
was in the center of a half-moc
pit Thousands of buffaloes WEI
ing down on me, like an av
ae, and their flanker5 reachir
s II to hem me in. ] didn't was
n time, and was soon on a de;
4 If you have ever seen a man
fse run down a track before an e
animals leaping along before
kle fire, or to escape cyclone, Y,
amagine the feelings which il
q me. 1t was merely n matter
hg around the herd, but tn
Closing in on me. and u fall,
Eent OF any kind, meant bel
p ed to death. | soon saw that
Useless to attempt getting arou
erd; it was too big and the st;
700 great, and SO | simply ran f
IN for life.
GU never saw a stamped
imagine eight or ten thousa
&, perhaps more, impelled
[or terror, dashing along. crow
&ogether. A living glacier; it
lstible; nothing can stop it;
fng, solid mass. rush ,ng blint
ard, with roar and noise VIII
les the very earth. Imagt
thing like this. and you can
something. perhaps. of
res OF a stampede 1t is mer
Wild rush of terrified cattle
loes.
ran before them twenty mimi,
vi course gained. and. see
outtes at distance of a mile
n thought l could make the
would consequently be s,
ne Is uncertain. and so is rid
Is country. as, without any wa
! came upon this canyon. I to
pc whole situation at u CLAN
went down, the animals wo
apon me. If stayed on the ed
would trample me to dea
Re was but one chauce-that