Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-31
COWBOY ROOSEVELT.
Some of "Teddy's" Experiences In North
Dakota.

Dakota.
A Bismarck, N. D., correspondent
of the Chicago Record writes: Com
ment of the cowboys and plainsmen on
the Lig cattle ranges where Roosevelt
has passed a brief part of his time for
each of number of years past shows
that Roosevelt is popular with the
Rough Riders on their native soil. He
has lived among them, hunted with
them and been as thoroughly one OF
them as possible. To them he is al
ways "Teddy" and they are proud OF
his distinction as a soldier.
Roosevelt was one of the first OF the
eastern men to realize the possibilities
of profit in the cattle business in the
west. With plenty of money, taste
for plains life and as much endurance
and courage as any rough rider, he in
vested in bunch of cattle placed them
on ranges in charge of Ferris and
Merefeld, his western foremen, built
two ranch houses and passed por-
ton of each year in them. He came
for sport, experience, relaxation and
material for magazine articles. He Sc
cured all he came for and he sold out
his interests this year to his foremen,
S. M. Ferris, of Medora, after having
paid expenses and secured return on
his original investment. He was well
satisfied with his western experience
and feels a warmth of affection for the
scenes of his many experiences in the
west, which may bring him back there
again when the war is over.
Roosevelt and De Mores were con-
temporaneous in their western invest
ments. Both were wealthy, courage
Gus, fond of outdoor sports and the
wild life of the plains. They were
alike in some respects and in others
utterly dissimilar. The difference be-
tween the Anglo-Saxon and the Latin.
Both had the same courageous nature,
but Roosevelt's bravery was the cool
intrepidity of the Saxon, while De
Mores was the fiery and impetuous
courage of the Frenchman. AS a re-
suit of this desire for excitement De
Mores found his death on barren
plain in Africa, and that Roosevelt
did not find his before Santiago, was
due to some good fortune.
Roosevelt had two ranches in the
Bad Lands, where he came every year
when his affairs in the field Of business
and politics would permit. He came
as he told his men to be one of them.
He was treated on the ranch as any
other ranch hand. One of his first
experiences on the ranges was a round
up as cowboy. He Jared there just
as the other men Jared who were
drawing $35 a month. He has his
"string" Of horses with the roundup
and performed the same duties as the
cowboys. In the morning he was
called with the other men-as usual
thing at 8 o'clock-made his way to
the rope corral into which the large
band Of rope horses were driven, rop-
ed the animal which he desired to ride
for the day, saddled it and after has
ty breakfast, started on a long morn
ing's ride. Nor was he favored in the
matter Of horses. He took the same
kind of animals as did the rest of the
meu--the majority of them half-broken
bronchos, more inclined to bucking
than to passive servitude. Not infre.
uuen,ly he was tumbled over the head
of vicious mustang whose bucking
abilities overmatched Roosevelt's rid
ing by several degrees. But the dis
couragemepts of cow punching were
not permanent, and he was no sooner
thrown off than he was on again and
ready for another trial.
Nothing suited him better than hunt