The Saint Paul globe., 1897-03-08
FOUND HER IDEAL.
Cowgirl Marries the Man who Dis
tinGuished Himself in Her Eyes.


tinguished Himself in Her Eyes.
The recent wedding Of Myrtle Nor
risOn, the famous NowIin county girl
brOncho buster, and Frank Dupree, a
part blood Sioux, created quite a SEN
sation among the aristocracy of the
Sioux reservation and in adjacent ter
ritOry, says a Chamberlain, S. D., sDe-
cial to the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. Miss Morrison is a handsome
young cowgirl, noted far and near for
her proficiency in horse training. She
has had many admirers among the
frontier beauX, but always declared
that she would never marry any man
who could not ride, shoot and throw
lariat better than she could and as
such men are extremely scarce it ap-
peared probable that Miss Myrtle was
doomed to lead a life Of single blessed
ness. However, last fall, hay being
scarce on the upper Bad range, her
father removed his family and stock
to Big Plum creek a tributary of the
Cheyenne river Here Myrtle first made
the acquaintance Of the goOd-loOking.
daring young half breed who has since
become her husband
Frank Dupree is a splendid horse
man, thorough cowhand and appar-
emily devoid of fear. The Duprees are
among the Wealthiest stockmen in the
state, counting their cattle by the thou
sand, and Frank like many other half
bIoOdS in that section, has received a
very fair education. Still, Myrtle was
not much attracted toward the swartny
youth until one day they happened to
be riding together, and came in sight
OF a herd Of sixty to seventy buffalo,
which the Dupree family have raised
on their own range from a few calves
caught years ago, when buffalo meat
was the principle diet for, the entire
Sioux nation. Although this herd is
kept from straying far from the home
ranch by "Old Man Dupree's cow
boys, they are fully as wild as their
ancestors who once blackened the
pra1ries west Of Chamberlain with their
shaggy bodies.
The young couple rode up quite close
to the herd before the animals were
aware of their presence, and Frank
in a spirit of bravado, urged his bron-
cho alongside of a huge bull buffalo
and sprang from his saddle to the ami
mars back In an instant the herd was
Stampedlng madly across the prairie,
with the old bull leading the van. Du-
pree'S fOOlhardineSs had placed him in
an extremely dangerous predicament
If ne jumped or fell from the buffalO's
back he would certainly be trampled to
death by the pursuing herd, and if he
retained his seat until the animal he
certain that the brute would make a
furious assault upon him the moment
he dismOunted. So all he could do was
to cling to the animals back and await
an opportunity to escape. But it was
not until the herd had run fully two
miles that he saw the least chance Of
leaving the back Of his novel steed and
escaping alive. Fortune at last favor
ed him, and the animal ran for some
distance along a deep narrow washout
with almost perpendicular sides reach
ing to a height of fully 20 feet Here
Frank sprang from his seat and slid
down the bank of the depression lust
in time to escape b&ng trampled upon
by the closely following herd.
Meanwhile Myrtle had lassoed her
con1panions horse. and was hurrying
after the RAPIDLY retreating buffalo.
She reached the spot where Frank had
dismounted just as he was climbing,
dirty. and bedraggled, to the top of the
ravine. The cowboy did not feel very
proud of his exploit but nevertheless,
the little episode had touched a tender
spot in the girls heart, and a short
time ago the bells Of the Cherry Creek
Mission church announced the wedding
of this typical frontier couple