Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-19

struction. On they plunged and right over the brink of an awful gorge into the Bear river. Down went tho whole herd, believing their terror through the rush of wind and rain. It was q fearful, sublime sight, as one of the cattlemen told mo aft erward. Some of the cattle were not killed. You see, the first that went down formed n pillow for the last to drop on, and SD the survivors crawlcd out of the debris and took up their abode in this inacccssi- ble gorge, where they have thrived and still roam beyond the reach of any mans hand. There is no possible way to get into this place unless you choose to be dropped down from tho edge of the Prccipice at the end of a rope ,000 feet long.
 In Prison Ranch.
 Men are pretty adventurous out here, but the bOldest of them would hesitate over this method of reaching these cattle The rope might break, you know, and then, if you should once get down there, how are you going to get the cattle out? There is absolutely no way of escape. On all sides rise black, frowning mountains, and at each end leaps and foams the mighty Nampa, or Bear, river. There is nothing like it in the world The place is utterly inaccessible. The whole region of country hcrcahnuts is the widest and most in urlnuur,abr It is so miles to lIt lIEl II tl Mttht'F, llt agency Wnerp the atrocouS massacre by the Ctes of the MCCkCr family and every one at the agency took place ill 1879. There are several white men in Mceker who have seen these creatures, among them a famous guide and trapper, Coon Powell, who has ire quently visited this place and looked down from the lofty prccipico upon the cattle roaming about their prison ranch. The Ctes, too know about them and have seen them. They very wild and agile and will run liko deer. They are small sized and numL",r ovey O0O-a mighty nice herd for the adventurous cowboy who will solvo the problem how to get near enough to lasso them and then how to get them out of their mountain pastures. They have lived well on the grasses of the gorge and have had plenty of water. In winter they have been sheltered by the lofty over hanging mountains. So they have thrived and waxed fat. And if ever one gets at them he will have a very good thing. | There is great heap of bones and skele- tons at least 30 feet high to mark the place where the awful plunge was made. Those who have looked into this yawning gorge | say that the effect of the black, jagged mountains, the mad, roaring, tumbling | torrents ard tho huge pile of glistening bones, bleaching ill the sun, Is something internal But, at all events, it's the most remarkable cattle ranch in the world and we'll worth a description. If you were to | ask Mormon about it, he would tell you this is fable, but the gentiles know bet l ter. Mormons naturally do not like to l think that so much valuable property is | lying useless and inaccessible through the ] knavery of one of their most prominent l men,"
 "Wouldn't it bo possible to get into the gorge by means of the riverP'' one of the l listeners asked.
 "It has been tried again and again." re- turned the mining engineer, but you must remember that the Bear river is al. most impassablc. Its current is swift; its bed mass of jagged rocks. It tumbles and plunges along and raises the very deuce until it enters Green river. A boat or canoe could not exist long in those tn, multuous waters. There is a legend among I the Utes that q renega of their number, who had stolen Sioux woman for his wife and on that account was driven from his tribe, tried to reach this gorge by means of the river. He thought it a safe retreat from his enemies and that he could kill and eat the fat beeves and make gar ments and a tepee from their skins. HG made q rude canoe and taking his Sioux wife with him attempted the descent oi the rapids. The canoe wag snapped into chips and the adventurers lost. No, tht bravest and most hardy, either white ol Indian, will hesitate before trying to effect an entrance into that mountain prison."
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