The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-12-17
Some Rambling ThOughtl
BY "NEMO."

Inc IeGHlOlSCh~ug h'N' II
who were off duty, atthe wish II
mounted and joined th0s, +loua vi
the time, gave them strongSN
tape in the efforts being made to I'll
the stampede. The plan was to
the cattle to milling" or running In
a circle. The elder of the Wilson broth
ers had been a cowboy from childhood. I
He was riding a cream-colored stall
lion, and as he passed me he had his
Colts revolver in his hand. One OF. the
cowboys on a gray horse was able%Qd
keep up with him. These two distanceuN
all the others. They rode across the
front of the stampede, which is feat
attended with terrific danger; for when
a rider is in front of the rushing drove
of mad cattle, if his horse should stllI2s. =
BILE and fall, he may be put down as
thing of the past. The herd will wipe
him out" This Mr.. Wilson knew, and
the cowboy riding close to his crupper
also knew; but they were going to
take all the dangers and get that herd
running in circle if it were possible to
do so.
{ Some cattle can outrun others, and
in this case there was bunch of about
SO fully &c yards in advance, and toward
this leading group the two rescuers
rode. Of the leading group, also, some
were faster than others, and this group
ran in diamond shape, with two i'm
mense steers leading all. When Mr.
Wilson and his companion reached the
two leading steers they began shoot
ing their revolvers close to them, and
in that way the bunch was made to
oblique, and as the leading bunch of
cattle obliqued the main stampede OBJ
liqued, and the first step in milling"
had been taken. BY this time the cat
tie were getting tired. Nearly five
miles had been covered, and the breath
of the leaders was coming short and
painfully; but they were rushing on,
because the front cattle at this time
knew as matter of fact their only
safety was in keeping up the run.
Those behind were coming, and they
were in the majority, and the leaders
were compelled to run. There was real
danger for the forward members of the
stampede.
In the invoice of articles contained
in the regulation "outfit," there is al
ways some kind of stimulants; and
but for the stimnlants contained in Mr..
Wilson's outfit, it is possible that the
stampede would have been halted with
out disaster. He had Mexican along,
one of the best cowboys in the south
west. This Mexican and his horse al
ways reminded those who saw him ride
of the tabled centaur. He rode far for
ward ard bent over, so that he and his
horse appeared to be one animal. No
horse, however, rugged, wild and wool
ly," had ever been able to unseat him.
This Aztec had been to the little brandy
runlet too often, and had filled and
emptied his tin cup with surreptitious
intoXicants, so that his usual excellent
Judgment went awry. When he sue
ceeded in getting mounted, after having
fumbled with his bride a good deal,
he was far in the rear and the stampede
had gone past him, so that when he
overlook the rear end, he passed to the
front on the other side, and rode on
the wrong flank. When he reached the
head of the herd he was Just in time to
defeat the maneuver then under eXecu-
ton of bending the moving mass from
a straight line to a semicircle. Re
volver in hand, dsregarding the other
men. he began shooting in the faces OF
the wild steers; and the effect of this
was to straighten the run and bring the
advance straight toward a precipice.
This precipice was a wash in the prairie,
forming a deep ravine fully 80 yards
wide; and in shorter time than it
takes to tell of this contretemps the
head of the column was pouring over, a
horrible cascade of beef. plunging
madly into destruction while fleeing
from an imaginary danger. When Mr.
Wilson and his lieutenants saw that it
was impossible to save their cattle they
saved themselves by deXterously turn
ing at right angles at full speed and
riding out of the way. They next re-
turned to the flank and held council
and all hands commenced shooting into
the herd. the object now being to build
breast-work of carcasses and save the
rear end from the destruction that had
Overtaken the front. The gulley was
nearly full of cattle by this time. They
were snorting and believing, crashing
and tearing, and still heaping up; and
when the firing began the wounded
ones tumbled over on the others, and in
a short time the gulley, like the sunken
road at Waterloo, was bridged by car
casses. The herd surged up in pillows,
like an ocean, and bent now, because It
could not do otherwise. The semi
circle was formed, and Wilson and his
men crossed the gulley below and rode
around the opposite side and recrossed;
and in a short time they had the cattle
halted. forming an incomplete letter o.
and there they stood. blowing. below
ing. shivering. All hands remained on
watch all night. and in the morning
when q count was made it was ascer-
tanned tAat 2.700 head were missing
There were afterward 2.7Oo pairs OF
horns taken from that gulley. II was
called Stampede Gulley for many years
afterward. and perhaps will ALWAYS
with some people. be remembered ''
that name.-N Y Independent
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