Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-11-13
south Briig,on.
coloRApo's WALLED HERD.
rurY rrrp N sArrrY WHERE Iiir
Foor 90 MAN NEyER Tgop.
san FrAnel.co L.amlner. !

~her, IN is.g. the ute. msssacrcd th'
Meckrr family aud every one AZ th'
agency, l. the most wonderful c,ttl'
ranch In the world. within space f,'
mile. la length aud ihr.. mile. In ~idii
roims herd upon Whose sides the
branding Iron has never been placed
aud around hose horns the lsrist h,'
never b-eu iighisued. Hut score ol
even fever ~ them have ever .sen msi
or horse, or other animal of their Kind
aud In fact their Kin. except at dlstsnc'
10 nearly GOO feet shove them. The ti'
lndi,ns call them "p'check-up," or r~
buffalo. Aud vt u an Indian Who h,'
seen them should b- s.k-d sbout IL, h'
would laugh aud shake hi. heed, AMI al
the Information would De-, "l'ch.ck-up
'.m r-d: no k.,ch EN-" There sr. NOR
than thousand ~ rhl. herd, and yet NJ
man owns them, nor !. there msn
whit. or bl,ck az copper color-i, wh
has ever been able TO possess single
hoof II th-.- lat sni t"mp,ing hee'c..
The cattle src IN . prison. Out of v
th-f, Z. one method IL escape, bat Z"
tray.l that Rad means death to the sd'
,-niurous one rh.r- I. no ~sS Ia T.
a. .xc.Ia u ts by the use 20 rop" o.
f-,t In lsngth. ~ th. Indians say
Heap -. 'sm. no k-ich '.m, NO CONE
asay." On IA. two hong sidr. ~ tn
ohlong space IN vhIch ib~.~ cattle roan
fi.s pf-,ipit"u. aud -,rn ,on,sNr r"ck
fnr a1 nf Ca f..t and Il either sna
...tii.-. sni ru.h''. IA" lsmp' or b~s'
Li,.f. F"f mile. sho,. snd mile. b@l"e
" piungvs aud .tutnblss IN IT. hrshl"ng
haste to r-.sh the .rm. 20 IT. psf.ni,
the srafrylN les tumuliuous hat d.rl-
.r-.u Hi,rr. iiks th~ ~oni.fful q q
tea, muuut sin oi ,alaFsda, this hom- 80
"a. impfi.au.,i h-ri hs. ~ lik~D..s W
tis sufid. n fsc.ll. in ". in tc~.ihll.
N, th- msr,slina. .t.fi~. 80 the Vsllst II
S.piurr into shish M,Nnr Gsh's sd'sn'
tuf.r. only fuaud their ~ay bN th'
as.i.tsucs - thu b,lloon.
~. story a The ~sy In ~hich the
cattle ,-sm. thu. !. - .tfsngr - ii'si'
sAi.tsn,s D. Vufious ON"f tsTuiy var
.gu. sl,.n ~. guNvfumeut ir-sps srt'
paf.uing 10. Nsfmon murd"r.r. q th'
lnnssvnt ,i,tim. ~ ths Mountsin Meat
e~ mssscf.. the D,hlt-., oT Assngihg
Angel. ~ ~. Mafmou.. h-i fof thsir
live. Into ~h,i "a. thsn literally tb'
~il.isfn..s. 4 f.N ot those sbo had
ls.u the hlinis.t follos.f. of i.sr. tho
Mormon hsnd incsrnste, vh".~ hsni.
~.t. r,,i - ith the hluod IL women sn,i
childr-u. found w th-ir wandering. =
pretty valley 90 str-sm which ias
irua the wasst,h range into the Uf"'u
River. They stuck their stakes, built
th.it csmp-rrr.. snd during th" night
th.lr .aga,iou. l.,der had Vision ~hirh
toll him thsr- to -tsv. They could
h.rdl, ha,, chosen In all Utah a NOR
fertile ot more i.olAt~i .pot. The,
called " Ashley. aud stout them have
line, g.ih,r.d mor- ~ their sect, until
~h.r. ia. refugee. posted their pickett
ON th.. lonely nights of th" first suO,m"T
IL. groan thriving village. u u iip
mile. irnm The Union Pacific railroad
south, aud il5 mile. north oi the ~"
srande w--trrn. Until within q f.s
wears pact u has b..u i.olst-d .ntir-lv.
but nov n l. Tut thirty miles from tn
Itr t...r, alton. and furnishing supple.
for the agency form. quite a business for
the community.
ItI.a tenet 90 the DANTE. that rob
bling or theft from Grntllc u no crime.
- II Nas thought Ia be only q cunning
tri,k when John wyclifie, one ~ th'
Mormon settler. of th. new t0Nn. snd
hi. thf.. Sous, made a night sortie "i'
Henry. Ford In Wyoming and CARRIED
away 800 head of cstil, ranging th.r.
This wa. In ls1i. III. owners ~ th"
cattle discovered their lo.. q few day'
after they we're gone aud started In pur'
suit.
The thieves aud the stolen herd lad
~ ,ched me.. of Inviting grass NJ sun-
dosn n one day aud hsliei Ia camp fo'
IN. night. 4 terrific storm arose. The
lightning dashed lncessantly and th'
thunder pealei aud cracked with uninier.
mittiny fury. The four met held th'
,rrror..trickcn cattle by riding around
th.m constantly aud chanting some
weird tune. lIat the Wild fe,rfuln..s 81
the furious storm excited the brute- b''-
yoni measure. They surged aud glnne'l,
every moment growing less subject :"
control. All At once, ss " by one m I'd
imIulse. they .ttmpeded.
John Wycklifie aud his sons met their
fate amid the lightning's glare aud th'
thunders roar. They endeayored u
head of the .tampeding herd. Instead
they and their horses we're swept an sn'i
driven, In terror Ia escape the charge oi
the msddened animals, over the brink ol
the asful preciplce which frowns up
from the waters of the Bear. Aftei
them plunged the whole fright-cr,ked
herd, aud down Ia the bottom of th'
0lInR. and
horned creatures. Out of TIL. plunge al
/ life, 10 what w,s .ecmingly ceft,il
death to all, . few ~ th. herd were no'
Killed. Those which had gone ah.sd
/ formed a cushion of death. Maimed
stuune,i, hut It'll Invested with a spark
of life, when the dread storm was over
the living c,itl. crswlei out from ih'
mass benesth them and formed ma, leu
for the herd which now rosm at vii
within their rocky confines. Ga th'
bank of the river. stretching back n f.s
hundred yards. grow sucrul-nt grsss"-
and upon this the cattle h,ye propagsi
ed and thrived. In looking over tn
sdg. Of the preciplce one can see ih'
they are small and ~ Wild and sgile n
deer. They have been shot at Ia see tn
effect. aud have learned to regard the aI'
pearanee of a man, whether Indian I"
white, as a mensce from which they Zee
cl,mb-ring oyei rocks aud through un
derbrush Ia the chase To point of con
cealmsnt.
The place where the thieves and thsi
horses aud the herd fell IL plainly mark
Ell BY n pyramid of bones which rises u
the height Of thirty feet. The ghasil'
reminder and relies Of the human ant
4 animal victims OF the terrible leap shln'
forth white snd gli.t~ning when the su'
!. high aud reaches that spot With 10
full glare. The progeny Of the sarviv
Ing anlm,ls from the fall are fat an
sleek though, and have their sunny beds
deer like, where they lie for warmth u
the winter. and to them the monumen
i OF skeletons IL no source OF di.quietuds
There l. no fierce mountain lion or NOR
dangerous bear, nor, In Tact, any oihe
animate thing within this COW garden q
Eden. "A yet, too, no man has besl
able to reach ar disturb them.
Til. remarkable spot "a where Blu
Mouutain aud Cross Mountain, bot
well-kpown landmarks for the hunters
savage and white, rear their precipitou
aides out from Bear River.