The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-01
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coweoY soY, BUFFALO
AND TEXAS CATTLE WITH
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AND TEXAS CATTLE, With
RANCH NO. io1,
1t viii not be many years before
four characters at least, that are
purely American will be characters OF
history only. The determined march
OF progress demands this. The In.
dian, COW boy. buffalo and the long
and crumpled horn Texas cattle are
being blotted out OF the plains with
a rapidly that will ultimately mean
Sheir complete deliberations; Those
who have interested themselves In
natural history, know that OF the once
millions OF buffalo that roamed over
the PRAIRIE. not one remains today
excepting the few herds owned by
private. individuals. The largest herd
in existance is owned by the Miller
Brothers and roams over the vast
lOl Ranch, in Bliss, Oklahoma. This
is the ouly herd that has ben known
to multiply. The government owns q
small herd in Yellowstone Park and
these are TO be shipped to the 1O1
Ranch In hopes that this number may
assist in the perpetuation OF the near.
ly extinct animal. History has failed
10 record where more ruthless
slaughter wns ever carried on than
that which has almost wiped the buf.
falo from the face OF the earth. The
Indians only killed the buffalo for his
meat and hide. but when the white
man invaded the Indians country
he slaughtered the buffalo Just for the
sport of killing him! His carcass
was left on the prairies for food for
the yultures and wolves. s S
With the long horned Texas cattle
1t was different. They did not meet
the same fate as the buffalo, but they
gradually died out and in a very short
time they will be no more. Years
ago before the ranges were enclosed
In wire fences, the Texas cattle roam.
ed at will over the plains ami cared
for themselves. Only the brand on
the hip distinguished them from own.
erless animals. Once a year they
were rounded up and the branding
those to be marketed cut out and
shipped TO the eastern markets.
They roamed and thrlved, but with
the ranges fenced in the long horned
cattle soon lost their identity and bred
into the domestic breeds that would
starve to death II forged to live as
did the Texas cattle. These nomads
OF the plains are now becoming part
Of domestic cattle and soon will be
they are known among the western
cattle men us Gamers" simply be.
cause their meat is only good for the
canning factories and there Is only
n slight demand for them at that.
One can be bought for $25 and aside
from the hide the purchaser has but
little for his money. They are like
the razor back hog in the south, all
legs and no meat. 1t Is almost in.
possible to get them into shape for
market and the beef Is not at all in
demand y S.a,,5. a. II NY.
The building Of fences has also
caused the COW boy to lose his use.
fulness. 1t is no longer necessary
for him to lay out on the prairie
and watch the thousands OF cattle
stampedes TO be feared, for the cattle
are all enclosed behind the wire
fences and the COW boy has now
become simply rail rider. This Is
the name given those who ride along
the miles of fencing to see that It
Is in condition SO that the cattle can.
not break out. or course at brand.
Ing time and during the cutting out,
again. On the immense ranch like
the 1O1 Ranch, COW boys will never
be dispensed with no mater ohw many
lenses are built. He is and always
Will be q necessity there. They are
the pure unauthorized COW boys who
do not affect the swagger and shooting
up proclivities that the mriters OF nc.
ton have put to them. They are COW
boys pure and simple.
Driven from place to place and no
place that he can call his own, the
Indian Is gradually, but surely be-
coming one OF the characters OF the
past. This. once proud and noble race
Is becoming less, yearly. The slick
ness to which he was q stranger he.
fore becoming acquainted with Tie
White people is carrying him Off. His
children are marrying into the whites,
his spirit is broken and the older
members of the tribes are only wait
ing for the final summons to the
Happy Hunting Ground. or course
Indian blood will be In evidence as
long us the world goes round, but
those through whose veins 1t courses
will not be the Indian that has been
the hero and the heroine for poetry
and fiction. 1t will not be the In:
dian rs we today love to think of
him. There are not over 10000 pure
blooded old time Indians In the world
today, outside. OF Alaska. - Z
Among the many features that are
educational as well us interesting
with the 10l Ranch Wild West Show
which Will be hereon August are
Just these rapidly disappearing char.
acters. No one should let the Cd.
portunity, the coming OF this show
offers, to study these characters 90
without taking advantage OF 1t. 1t
will unquestlonably be the last one
Iand parents will do well, TO let their
children learn from contact what they
now only know from their text books.
1t Is show that caters to the old and
young alike and while one Is being