CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-07-16
FRONTIER SKETCHES

whereabouts of an enemy. while their
sense OF smell Is 80 wonderfully de-
veloped that neither animal or man
can pass them on the windward side
within two miles without being i'm
mediately discovered. Under domes-
tication much of this keen instinct
appears to be eliminated from their
nature.
The confined buffalo absolutely fall
to recognize anything by scent. de-
pending entirely on sight or sound-a
complete reversion In this particular
from their normal state OF freedom.
While wild 1t is an impossibility To
turn a herd from Its general course;
under domestication, however, the
buffalo yields readily to the cowboys
will in this particular as do native
cattle. Yet they will never allow
themselves TO be driven into q close
corral. barn or any other Enclosure
without domestic COW In the lead or
are tolied In by some seductive food or
salt. A corral made Of wire only has
no terrors for them. as In such an in
closure they are able to zee In all d.
rections. They are strong feeders.
taking kindly to corn and all
other grain and alfalfa a. well - 70
root crops. their appetitss never fail-
Ing until their capacity has reached
its limit.
They propagate ~ readily a. DO
domestic cattle when they have large
Enclosures and are NOT disturbed too
much. In close confinement they are
not at all prolific. When they Do
breed under such circumstances. the
offspring Is almost Invariably q male.
Il tried many styles Of fence whsa
first engaging In the business Of buf-
falo breeding" says Mr.. Jones and
OF course experienced many OF the
dihcuities pointed out. but when
stretched five or six barbed wires 70
fair sized posts rod apart. with .
stay between, had NO further d!0-
Guilty in restraining them. kept
from nifty to q hundred bnfYaio on .
section OF land for more then 4 year.
II am firmly OF the opinion that
there are very few buffalo, excepting
the master Of the herd. that cannot b
subdued by man II he only possess the
nerve to face them. never yielding or
turning his back toward them. 30 ioag
as you confront them and continue to
advance. they Invariably surrender
Just before the apparently supreme
i, moment arrives. II you turn your
back. even for an instant. they will
rush at you with all their natural
vigor and rage. and unless there 10
fence or some other good refuge near
you are gone. know only one In
stance when q man was hurt by q
domesticated buffalo and this was in
the case Of A. H. Cole OF Oxford. Neb-
raska.
"An old buRaio wanted to 90 out In
the road to hght q domestic animal
which had just sounded the challenge,
roaring furiously and paving up The
earth in his rage. The buiRalo bull, In
front OF which Mr.. Cole stood, was
six years Of age. His keeper attemp-
ted to turn the buffalo back, but the
pugnacious animal ob3ected. upoa
which Mr.. Cole. becoming disgustsd.
wheeled suddenly around and started
for q pitchfork which stood Q few
rods from him. whom the bull. imasin-
Ing theat he had blufRed Mr.. Cole,
made . furious dash at him and drove
one Of his sharp horns into the unfor-
tunate mans back. from the effects Of
which he died In ten days. Had the
map rstrsatsd backward, keeping his
face toward The animal. there would
mot have bssn The sllshtsst danger. ths
bull never woald hAvs made an q.
tempt to charge hin. have haA hat /
bu9alo insmy herd shst ives insllnoa
70 " dAnesfously puanacious s-Sdfa
L 1sliivan. ~ is uasesr q al ~
o@hers. He rulss Ne ccaeaasrs ~
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