The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-21

water while I go and find better water
and the buffaloes. I know they are
following up the local showers"
He said: 81 know this is a case of
the survival of the fittest. I'll stay"
AS 1 had respect for his feelings,
I did not say anything more until the
next morning after breakfast, and then
said: George, can you drink this
water one day longer?"
He said: at is not drinking, but
eating that 1 object to-"
Can You Chew Water?
''Well, then, can you chew this wa
ter for one day."
And then he swore he was too much
and especially before the animal heat
was out of it. I suggested that he boil
the water to kill the animal life, but
to this he replied, that as hot as it
was the water would not keep longer
in dead condition. 1 now suggested
keep it any length of time.
Great Scott" said he, this water
has kept too long for me already, and
am going back to Gods country"
I then began to argue concerning
the expense had gone to, but this was
met by the reply that my expenses
were trifling compared to the funeral
expenses he would have to pay if he
drank such water any longer. This
argument was the straw that broke
TIC Cdu46l ) DdCk, anu L TT6OTR0,
you can take the wagon to Cimarron
river where we will camp tonight, and
will join you after I take a big cir
Gle to see if 1 can locate some punches
of wild horse that must bring back
1 was successful in finding a large
bunch of the roanS. 1 saw many
horses that day but I could not make
up my mind what to do. If had not
seen anything, the better it would have
been. A big roam stallion came out
to meet me before I had gone two
miles and was within sight of the
herd I got off my saddle horse and
hiding behind him, to conceal myself,
waited for the stallion to come UP.
He came to within about fifty yards.
and then stopped short as my saddle
caught his eye. Thinking it strange,
he went around me, to get the wind.
No sooner had he done this, than he
wheeled and ran back to the herd.
They all came to within about two
hundred yards. After winding me,
they gave a snort or two and then ran
off as far as 1 could see I rode back
to the Cimarron river that night and
the next morning We pulled for home.
There was nothing of interest on our
way. We met Buffalo Jones on the
way to No Mans Land to capture the
same buffalo that we started out to
catch. Arriving at home, I employed
Ed Tice to return with me to catch the
roam band of wild horses 1 had seen.
He was to do the cooking and look af-
ter the camp. Ed was fresh from col
! lege and a perfect "tenderfoot." He
thought he must sport a revolver,
| high heeled boots and white hat and
everything else that made him look
wild
He said: "I have got to be in har-
| mony with the country
Go Into Camp.
After reaching the range where the
roam band of wild horses moved, we
found their watering place and there
| established a camp. I rested the re-
mainder of the day. knowing the or
deals 1 had to face before they could
be taken off the range. They were To-
Gated early next morning and that day
found me about ten miles south of that
| Wiggletail pond. There 1 found fresh
surface water and about four hundred
head of buffalo.
| The horses 1 was seeking and the
buffaloes stampeded together and kept
together for several hours, making a
very interesting sight. Late in the
| afternoon they had made the sun and