The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09
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ifany writer Of romance Or poetry uishes,to find
anew aud untrodden fold Of literature let him
away like. the bull whapksrs and the buffalo
our. Who one look for tho st me upon ne
iiourteon.horse teams and the great wagons
they n haul are Away interested ., II !. worth
| cend to his throne and authori tatively take up
his Jerkrein. and bid his equine subjects get
IN and GO See how yonder teanster. with
| iace as sun burned and red as an Apaches.
nrst bites OF fresh chunk OF plug tobacco.
head and then like a trained athlete elm BIS
over the great wagon wheel and throws him
sell on tho board wagon seat ten or twelve
:, Observe Lis intsrss pride, as he gathers in
The slack OF the Jerklins. when reaches froh
some ! 10 feet ahead Another TIT Of his SOM
brero; and q sweep!nE glance to the rear TO as
the liz sa c hS Tsn Is
the wheels with bang. and with > lordIy yc,
C" The Ell % sixteen S r Sf bGIsc
stretches it, every nerve. The dragging chains
between the spans Of animals become taut,
wagon begin to ' turn ''Wf With fresh mixed lot
OF Spanish and English oaths hurled hv the
teamster the high seat to he strainipe teasts
In harness there il = united pull. and the two
great wac us. piled high with tons OF mtr.
chandise. 90, rumhling ont, OF 'o,wn on another
trin across the whitening desert.
The draught animals are harncssed to the
desert freight wagons in pairs. Care is ex-
erclSed to have the horses ara mules so har.
messed torether that each may reriorm its
share OF hauling tho wagon ira In IA II j. best
adapted. The hest-trained and most inIsi-
GENT pair OF horses are put az the head They
are the leaders. and their common sense is do.
manded rather than their strength; They are
they will display in swinging along narrow
road about precitirc so that the horses be-
hind may follow at lust exactly the nroper dis:
tance from he edge is one OF the wonders OF
equine intelligence.
The strongest pair Of horses are known az
fIA hAn . d a,Alf II
OF the first wagon. In frons # them are har-
messed another nair Of Intelligent animals.
pend, between the very Intelligent leaders
and the next most intelligent pair are horses
and mules OF various degrees Of strenath and
load From the bride Of The nigh horse Of the
the bride OF each nigh horse in tho long
team This rore Il called the Ierkren, AMI
e99 m hhn ns "n rass 4n
When the wagons have been started and the
horses and mules have settled down TO- bust
do except to keep the animals rowing, that 10
out on the desert. Twelve hours jar III.
what beasts are shrkng their share OF work.
and a few ,vell-direrted rocks thrown at the
lazy animals by the swamper keen the labor
well divided among the beasts. But gener-
ally, there is nothing, 70 do. nothing TO look at.
freight wagon journey across a Southwestern
desert The foam ,er sits. jerkline in hand.
Hna chew tobacco and sTenr' At the h3rses r
rear on the back Of the last wagon. nips and
tries 10 be comfortable Inder "A blazing sun.
The team rests ar hour at noon: and the stop
is made wherever noon nnds the freghtng
Quilt: There are scores o; DAYS in summer in
.ands but He tsamsrs and T nas
do not COMPLAIN so much OF heat as ~ loneli;
ness. While the tcamster gets out his food
horses. gets water from n huge barrel on the
rear wagon ndswahh outench animols mouth
and gives each certain quantity of water
In an hour The weary Journey ncross the des-
ert Is resumed. The horses and mules as
sailed by the farce heat from above and the
requires more onths and stones and rocks from
tho teamst,eer to keep the Wheels Of the wagons
nITays made near some sprinG or oasis in the
desert. The teamSters can gauge With won;
reach each .anrinR. and how much water they
may eXreat there NJ any season. The team
can nls2 smell the water long way off. some
once get Whit "f water they become. new
creature and the wagon! 90 forward fastc-
camp Il. night tho teanster ari III" swamrer
has each his distinct duties. Tho swamper IL
the cook lie Fathers the dry grease wood
hrc and gets me canned ICED and the r9rk
"nd bacon E out 81 nnX T ;d the mG1 is
h"r.cs. When each least has been r.lievel o.
etcd out on the desert, with lunch Of hay and
some grain WITHIN access The animals nrc
nN ene Of crrvMr W nonG in hs saTG
When a. rawhde, that is. n tendsrfcot In the
desert treChting team. makes itS first tsw
sand. hut soon It gets to longing for it's evening
and morning roll in the sand dunes As much as
swauper will smoke in silence few rirefuls
nt t0harco, and, curling NJ on blankets he
To M a. NJ and fI soon f are s' once orc
nn their Ireary journey across the desert
uluins,
foothills. III their rrOgresS toward the mining
camp. the work OF teamiuE Necomes fine art.
II eneryatinE renDsr. IT is sight to see one
OF th"s- t"nmsters guide Il team of horses over
100 10 long over tortuous mountain roads:
lnst nonldsrs, along the narrow edges Of
can0ns. and down era les whero the ordinary
las srn conrl,man, would not think Ct t4kingG
and with n"r 30 much effort rs one would nut
l"rth man ordinary r"inngin OF sinGl" horse.
rt his nrse gy ami i" nue.. H t ano ute
sharI' turn, In, road so accurately that
l"Uucrs head to the teamstrI seat and touch
he nigh cav of every nigh horse in the team.
Many %! ia" curves III the rough reads through
Nil hrtunIIr 1ump o'er The chain that holds
tho stnns together, and viii throw lis strcaGth
%n from the inMsr; cat OF Toll SO a. to
narrow carving ioad. When an FASTENER
sees how The tenmstors keen the work Of haul
ing evenly distributed among all the horses
ard mul-s in the team. from the leaders to the
whre horses how he rules and cOrrects an I'M
ruIy beast sivty and seventy feet away hv
throwing tones. by his oath- and Nv working
III" l"rkr"E. the wonderful eNpertEsSs Of tho
nomads CI the. american deserts becomes Az
uarrNt. When eN-ScnatO" Don Cameron OF
PENNSYLVANIA was out hero few wears ago he
said that the most remarkable thing he saw in
This Territory Of natural wonders was an ir-
no'ant. ouIIen teams'er on the road hetween
Congress aud l'hyniX. who drove sixteen
mule team hit"hcd to train Cf'three enOr-
nous ore wagons down the preciutous noun
tain side Of the san Migurls with only n rope
lcr&line in his hand. while he smoked ciCa-
retres apparently without the least con cern.
There are dangers in freghting over noun
tain roads. ia the whtcncd bones Of teams OF
n dozen or more horses that have fallen oTnr
the sides 81 the mountain grades show. II
take the very finest skill to drive n big team
Of horses and mules down steep, rough
mountain ronl strcwn with bnuders, hut
fancy what ability it demands to keen n train
of twO enormous wagons. each carving sew
eral tons from nlunglnE down the grade into
tn" animals Then it il that the swampcr
Ices his h-st work. While the tcamstsr keeps
his ewes Open and guides hy the rope lerkline.
lie has his whole weight upon the brake OF the
HIST wagon The swnmrer AT the same time
Iui.s anil tugs AT tn" brake on the second wa