Cañon City record., 1910-06-30

The Way to Skin a Buffalo: Is one
of the pioneers of the west as well
as one Of the most extensive live
stock hippers of the present day. 1t
is forty years since Mr.. Reed set
tied there. Settlers were very far
apart in those days. and the prairies
seemed wider than now. Il frequent
ly recall how the buffaio hunters
used to work over that country" said
Mr.. Reed in Denver the other day.
Hundreds of men were engaged in
siaughtering the buffalo. l remem-
bered how they skinned the big bulls
out on the praries. By the use OF a
they could pull the hide from an old
bull in but short time after it was
loosened-"
THE plan was to stake the legs
OF the buffalo down, loosen the hide
and then hitch the horse to it and
peel 1t off After the hide was re-
moved the carcass of the animal was
left there on the prairie to be de-
vo1red by the wolves and buzzards,
and We had plenty of them in those
days. When | think how those ami
mails were killed by the hundreds
in that way, l cannot help wonder
ing why someone did not interfere
and have law passed prohibiting
such a waste as that The hides
were packed up and saIted and then
after they were dry enough they were
shipped out of the country
Gar loads of them went out from
that very part of the state in which
now live. In those days settlers
were far apart and a person could
ride in any direction without strik-
ing house. except a dugout-. Today
we see it as populous and thickly
settled country. full of well to do
farmers. where farm lands are worth
So an acre right on the land where
the buffalo were the most numerous
when ! went there. Great wheat and
alfalfa fields and well improved
farms are to be found everywhere
now up along the Solomon river val
ley. which passes right through my
country. John Reed. of Stockton
Kansas. passes right through my
ionally one sees a prairie schooner
coming along creeping across the
plains toward the Rocky mountains
but 1t is nothing like the sight In the
old days. when we see one schooner
now n thousand passed in solid car
AVIAN thirty years ago. People travel
easier now than they did then"
The Legend of Tobacco: Many Of
the old Indian legends read like an
Arabian Night romance and are worth
the telling. We have in mind the sto-
~ OF wannehebo who was a great
chief OF the winnebagoes- In ter
fible fight with rival tribe which
iasted through many moons. Winnie
heho's father was slain and his body
badly mutilaied by the savage foes.
3 Bitterness toward every son OF the
onafonkas ranked in his heart for
ever afterward. But wanneheho had
a beautiful daughter who was called
I Elsaeta and he loved her very dearly.
As she sang to him and made HIS
blankets and moceasins he sometimes
forgot his enemies. but he never for
got that the blood of an onatonka
roursed through the veins Of the hand
! some Niysganza. who was captured
young and adopted into the tribe Of
the winnehaEoes.
Elsaeta sang to the old chief about
the Great Spirit who forgave ever
them that despised him but he hooded
not. And when Elsaeta's heart was
fun and aching from hope deferred
for she had loved Niyaganza from tn,
first. and wanneheho abated not hi,
hate and forbade the marriage. Ell
saeta resolved to die. AS Niyaganz'
was seated in his tepee pointing hii
finest arrows she appeared In all th'
trappings of Indian royalty and said
"Elsaeta is Niyaganza's, for has h
not loved here since as children the.
plucked flowers togetherg The heart
| and the Great Spirit will that the,
should be together. but the father
wanneheho, forhlds and will neve
relent.
He would also send Elsaeta to We
| the young chief OF the Dolores owe
: yon mountains. Elsaeta will thi
, night sleep with her forefathers. Blu
take this seed and when anothe
! sprlngtsme has come and the flower
. / are budding on Elasta's grave, SOY