The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-15

killed. Immediately hundreds of the spec
| tators, scarcely any of whom had ever
seen buffalo killed previous to this time,
jumped the fence and rushed to the scene
/ OF the killing: The suggestion of secur-
| ing a handful of the buffaIo's hair as a
souvenir was made, and at once became
! infectious. In few minutes the crowd
! was nothing but a confused mass, some
! struggling to get to the carcass and 9TH
ers trying TO get away. They swarmed
over the dead body of the buffalo in such
a way that the officer of the day had to
ride in one his horse and press them
back. At last the carcass was divided
into halves. one part being given by Mr..
Miller TO the Indians and the other half
retained for the use of the COW boys at
the ranch. The head was retained by
Mr.. Miller, who will have it mounted.
The Indians were dressed after the man
ner peculiar 10 the Red men of twenty
FIVE years ago, the main part Of their ap-
parel consisting OF several colors of paint
used with lavish hand, and several
yards of eagle feathers trailing from
their head gear. They also had the usual
strings of VOLTS teeth. and metal bands
around their arms. Those not in the
hunt had their blankets wrapped around
them, partly from custom and partly on
account of the chilly state of the weather
not agreeing with their brief apparel.
The squaws We're grouped together at
one end Of the tier of seats, to the num-
ber of about fifty, and gaZed on the
feats of their liege lords with only an
occasional grunt TO show their admira-
ton. At times one or another would
make some remark in their native Lam
guage, which would call forth a loud
laugh from the others when they would
again subside into their former impa ssive
manner. Even the kodak fiend failed to
rouse them from their imperturbability |
and when an Indian fails 40 notice a
kodak, there is something very attractive
to take their attention.
The '10l' ranch consists OF 1000 acres |
and is situated in the Ponca reservation. /
J. c. Miller is manager of the ranch. and /
the hunt was given under his direction. |
Previous TO the killing of the buffalo a !
bunch of steers were driven into the |
enclosure and about fifty of the cowboys I
from the ranch, with the addition of a
number from the neighboring places and |
others from the panhandle of Texas, |
ton was paid TO order in this part of |
the program. but any of them roped a
steer wherever they found him. 1t was
an exciting spectacle. with horsemen and !
steers chasing in every direction, and |
any direction one would look they would |
see a steer go heels over head. 1t was
then the training and intelligence of the
Cow pony" would be seen. As the rider
Ieaped from his saddle and ran towards
the fallen animal, the pony would back
off keeping the lasso pulling on the steer
in such a manner that it could not rise
to its feet. Then, at a word from the
rider. the pony would step towards him,
so that the rope could be taken from the
horns. Without this help from
the pony it would be impossible to do
roping.
There was some "broncho busting also.
Several bronchos who We're known to be
bad ones were brought ont and ridden,
and they were sure enough buekers. They
went through all the moves known to
horSe-fesh, and even invented few new
capeTs for the occasion. but their riders
maintained their seat with an ease that
,an only be acquired through years of