The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-15
A PICTURE SELDOM SEEN.
Five thousand Horses in n Bunch in
the state of Washington.
From the Anaconda STANDARD.

From the Anaconda STANDARD.
Five thousand horses in a single bunch,
rearing, running. snorting and shying.
urged on by two score picturesque Indian
and half-breed riders, sending into the
air a cloud of dust that envelopes and
partially conceals the vast band of cay
uses as the riders with swish of ropes,
with shouts and yells, urged on the surg
ing band of half wild creatures before
them, writes a correspondent from the
Jocko Indian agency. 1t is a picture sell
dom seen now, and only possible in the
unrestricted range of the reservation,
picture, If seen, never to be forgotten.
The scene has an Incompatible setting.
In the background rise the rugged, ma
jestic peaks of the Mission range; from
their base stretches forward a dense,
black area of timber. and. in the fore
ground, the rolling prairie of the valley
of the Pen d'Oreille. river. Overhead the
sky is clear, but above the mountains
snow clouds hover and the rocky peaks
are already silvered with the first white
covering of the year.
For five days these bronze riders have
secured the northern range of the res
erVation, driving before them every horse
that was found in this long stretch of
country. They have ridden across the
rolling ground OF the lower valley; they
have searched the canons; they have
penetrated the dense timber of the foot
hills: they have climbed TO the open
parks on the mountain side. From val
driven the half-wild horses, and have
gathered them on the banks of the Pend
d Oreille river for the cutting out.
Five thousand tossing heads, 10000 vi
cious eyes, 10000 tramping hoofs. Almost
as far as the eye can reach are horses,
horses horses. There are steeds of ev
cry color and of every size. Nearly all
of them are the mean, treacherous In
dian ponies. some of them shapely and
handsome il is true, but in every eye is
q flash of wildness that betokenS i'll for
the man who attempts to tame the owner.
Here and there, in mass OF horses that
is being urged onward at a trot, is a
big, fine-looking animal that evidences
good breeding. But there are too many
of these They are nearly all cayuses
of the cayusest order
At one of the ranches on the banks of
the river there are three big, well-fenced
pastures. and here the cutting out will
be done. On the reservation there are
now about 1900 horses, and of these 1t
is estimated that fully 1000 have no right
to the Indian range. This will do much
TO improve the condition Of the range,
and it is for this purpose that the big
roundup has been undertaken.
The band of horses now being driven
toward the eXtemporized corrals has been
gathered in the region north of the Pend
d'Oreille river As soon as the cutting
out has been accomplished the riders
will cross the river, and will round up
the stock between that stream and Crow
creek and there will be another separa-
ton at the Allard ranch on Mud creek.
In addition to the removal OF all alien
horses Agent Carter has ordered taat
all cayuse stations may be disposed OF
in order that there may be some i'm
provement in the grade of horses raised
on the reserve Thus, the roundup will
accomplish a double purpose