The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-29

""9 W Tue Instant me rope SiaCkened q
foot; so finally l was forced to cut The
rope, and he soon joined his anxious motb-
er, who was not far off, and the pair were
OF ike the wind in the direction their
comrades had gone.
hN-Popuist Congressman Ben Glover Of
Nahsas was AZ this time making arrange
ments to settle in NO Mans Land.
SOLD him small ranch al which he ex-
pVcted 10 winter his cattle he brought
irom his Kansas farm. and the haod of
mustangs mentioned ABOVE were after
wards walked down by two cowboys. sold
TO Mr. Clover and l being about to re-
turn 20 che East for the winter. helped
his sons take them back 20 Kansas as
far as Medicine Lodge Mr.. Glover had
Kept them picketed for about ten days
before we started with them.
We tied the Two old mares behind the
wagon, two-year-old colt to each of The
team horses hides and Mr.. Clover. Jr.
ana myself each led a yeariing, we being
horseback. The colts were very gentle in
a few days but che old mares were Vicious
always probably noe from natural mean
ness, but they We're like hunted animals
brought to bay. one in particular It was
not safe 70 go close to, and she took SO
many sullen spells we We're obliged 10
carry barrel of water with us, as she
would frequently stop and refuse 20 move
foot, when We We're quite a distance
from water, SO there We would camp end
lev her cool off. We finally were forced
70 leave her in a pasture, and the ex-con-
gresham was TO stop for her ON his way
home l never heard if he or she won
OUT if they tried leading her
Walking down wild horses had not prov
Ell as profitable as We had anticipated,
so the following spring my two partners
and myself decided to try catching buffa-
10 calves.
A. ttfs ,;,,,, t.tb., los4 90 A., ,,,,efa,g,,,
consisted of herd of about three hundred
head having for Iheir range the isolated
country watered by the Buffalo Springs,
now the headquarters of cattle syndicate.
The springs flow for a distance of several
miles above ground, then sink in the sandy
soil and do not show above ground again
for a distance of about thirty miles,
AT this time there Were no cattle In
that section, 50 the buffalo We're disturb
ed but little by caulemen making round
ups. Our Outtt comprised two-horse
wagon and team, camp appliances, three
fast saddle horses, a few common saddle
horses and ten Well-broken mich COWS
COWS that could be MIXED without having
to be run down. roped, thrown and hob
bled. We reached the springs without mis-
hap and soon had located the buffalo. Our
plan was TO locate them at about sun
down, without letting them know of our
presence, start for them early the next
morning, so as to reach them by day
light each OF us on our best horse ara
carrying besides our rope two or three
short ropes which were TO tie the legs of
calves caught. The calves were left for
one of the party to gather with the wa
gon, while the others kept ON after the
herd and more calves, If possible.
Not being as slilful with the rawhide as
my partners, my work was 10 catch one
calf tie him and return 20 camp for the
wagon We had some lively tussles with
the hardy little fellows, especially If one
was few months old, and it looks we'll
trained saddle horse to hold the rope,
one end of which was tied to the saddle
horn while the rider was off trying TO get
to the calf TO throw and Gle him | gen
orally found by the time l got my calf
tied the herd was out of sight and the
boys up and after them.
They usually got two calves each, and
our next task was to make the cows ac-
cept theih foster children, thouhg after
we had gotten about three calves to
COW it was the latter chat needed our
kindly aid, for a more persistent batch
OF youngsters when hungry / have yet to
visit. We usually allowed three or four
DAYS TO pass between runs 10 allow the
frightened buffalo to return to their range,
for ii pushed too closely they would pro-
ably have stampeded and left that part
OF the country. On that trip we caught
thlrty-two calves and on the last day
one of the boys on his pet horse, old Boggs,
caught and tied five calves, but poor Bogas
was stone blind from the effects of the
hard strain. The journey home was with
out incident. The calves couldn't be
driven from the cows and were readily sold
at from $50 10 SIS each TO ranchmen of a
speculative disposition One manager of
a large COW outfit bought twenty of them
and shipped them East as year.ings. What
he realized for them ] do not know, but
have often thought since that we missed
our opportunity to make stake" by not
holding on to our little herd.