The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-06

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esczpe. mouuted Ksntuck again ana -
~ after ancxAef nufKaloI
o D q
Undes duuextScas3uu. Col Jone1 sAyA sus
buikalo lases hut few of tts DsrMA cnaf-
acfersstics- The greatest change j.
70 be In the 6fmsnutton OF ~ poWR g
scent. which serves Il % admirably IN IL
Wild STAKE, and Ii m increase u The power
81 vision Ia fhelr natural CONDITION tne eye
- rarely depended upon TO locate tne
whefeAbcu2o 81 m enemy. WAt14 their scuss
Of smell u 70 vonderfuily Developed fnat
neither animal nor msn can pa1s fnem ou
the windvard side within two mIes Win
out being immedfnfeiy discovered uncer
domestfcation much Of this keen tnexfne1
appears &c b eliminated from their naxufe
The buffalo absolutely fan 70 recsxnizs any
thing BY scent. depending entirely ON sight
or sounds ccmpi<ts revers5an In this par
ticular from their normal stA<e - nee-
DOM
He mys further: .wAEie Wild. Il = n
impoussbilsty TO turn . herd from it, gen
erai course: usder domestica ton. however.
the bnfRaIc Yields. IN readily 20 the COW
boys win In this particular as do our ma
tive cattle. Yet they win never allow them
eeixes 10 BE- driven Into = close corrAL barn
or any oSh<r Enclosure without q d0messic
COW In tia lead. oe they are toiied In oy
some seductive food or nif. A corral
made Of wire only has no terroFs TOR them,
NJ In such m Enclosure they arc able TO
SIC ia all directions They ara strong feed
e-s. taking kindly to corn and all other
grain. ~ vel ~ I, root crops. their APP
rssaes never failing until their capacity
has reached tn limit
They propagate A. readily ~ DO the do
rnesfic cattle when they have large In
closures and are not disturbed too much
In close confinement they are not At all
prolific. when they do breed under such
circumstances Inc offspring y almost In
vAriahly male
II tried many styles Of fence when hrst
engaging in the undertaking. and, OF
course. experienced many Of the difficult
ties pointed out. but when stretched ave
or SIX barbed wires 10 fair-sixcd posts .
rod apart, with . stay between. had no
further difficulty tn restraining them. I
kept from ffty to . hundred buffaloes on
= section Of land go acres1 for more than
year.
Il am firmly Of ths opinion that there
are very few buffalo. excepting the mas
ter Of the herd. that cannot be subdued by
man. II he only possess the nerve to face
them. never yielding or turning his back
toward them. A. long a. you confront
them and continue to advance. they inva-
rtably surrender just before the apparently
supreme moment arrives. IL you turn your
hack even for an instant. they with rs1sh
~ you with al their natural vigor and
rage. and unless there II . fence or some
other good refuge near you are gone I
know Of only one instance when man
was hurt by . domeaticated buffalo. This
was In the case Of Mr.. A. II. Cole. OF Ok
ford. Neb. An old buffalo wanted TO 80
out in the road TO fight domestic animal
which had just sounded the challenge.
roaring furiousIy. and paving up the
earth In his rage. The buffalo bull. In
front OF which Mr.. Cole stood. was years
OF age His keeper attempted TO turn the
buffalo back, but the pugnacious animal
objected. upon which Mr.. Cole. becoming
disg,lesed, wheeled suddenly around and
started fer pitchfork which stood few
rods from him, when the bull, imagining
he had bluffed Mr.. Cole, made furious
dash at him and drove one OF his sharp
horns In the unfortunate mans back. from
the effect Of which he died In ten days
Had the man retreated backward. keep
ing his face toward the animal. there would
not have been the xiightex. danger. the
bull never would have made an attempt to
charge him. I have had but one buffalo
In my herd that was inclined to be dan
eerously pugnacious-John l.. Sullivan.
He is master OF all others. He Is a perfect
dictator, ruling his congenem AZ absolutely
as was ever q subject by imperfous mon.
~v.h Should any one NJ the growing butf1