The chronicle=news., 1913-03-07
80 rs'.
Resni,aiscences of 81.
The Frontier Days
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

to tell II for him. Mrs. Bryant was
u good old dame who with her sons
George aud Henry ran ranch In
Southern Colorado along In the early
seventies. This place WAS quite IN
establishment at the foot OF the hill
near Fort Reynolds aud not far from
the mouth OF the llucrfano M II dis
chargcS It's limpid waters Into the
Arkp nsax cloee By the present town
Of Bonneville In Pueblo county. The
prime usset OF this ranch was u
pretty good sized bunch OF range eat
tie which had to be close hcrdcd In
those days for the ample rcason that
the country WIS iull Of measley
bands Of rowing Indians who were
always running of stock.
The husky Missourlan who was
cowhcrd to the bunch OF cattle WIS
Dave Moody aud he was u good deal
OF wocdchuck himself In his quiet
pike couaty ways hut nevertheless
he wnE ns handy as the best OF them
aud WIS pretty good cOwpunchcr
when the reuI On.sc were not around
to spike hts work. This herd ranged
an N beautiful plateau between thr
i'uciinnO and PurgatiOrc rivers and
from Timpas cr'eck to the ApislaI'a
on u domain that they called their
own with the grass finer than u fid-
Ole. The masro' OF the herd was n
miserable run. Of 4 buffalo bull Gulf
which had straNcd In und the few
| nci.hbOrs in. the country all knew
tnis Instr specimen OF an cxetIn-
Iuishcd race bu' never cared much
to mix ny with II.
This shOrt ycariing bison was gre
surions In It's tnstc- nni ran with the
cattle Just as II I, belonged naturally
To that branch OF the bovine family.
| The folks Mt tn" ranch not only toll
Grated the hunped-up strnngcrc but
hnd u hankcrinE for II more as yet
thnn as u UTILITY and so II pursued
Its peaceful way Unhappy iudiffcr-
cncc. going with .hc cattle and mnk-
lug Itself "; iomr In the band. II was
naturally u scnry beast 80 far from
home and mother and Ind the mcacn
habit OF xhyipg at everything TINT
lcomcd NJ higher than the Erainma
Irass. lts specially was starting
sian,pc'led und Dave Moody had the
grief Of his lif" working overtime In
trying 10 step u run.
One DAY whiic inc buffalo y.arlin.
was rrnsing plong quietly ns rs.
unl. II took friIi.. from u horned toa,l
hat hoppcd on OF n chico aud struck
for tho river With head up aud tail
over the ashbonrl. There was moth
Ing to scarc ANYTHING but the brows-
Ing kline did npt know this and qua
pcciing an awful foe Hike u Ercy wolf
or sprOwlix uumn they all threw u
1T and struck out pellNcll after tho
TOOL ycNrlinR ,humUjug, nhcncd With
IN funny rofv-poiy III otion. Dave
tried TO cut them off and stem the
stampede by thfning the leaders aud
mtliin. the bunch but the old trick
would not work and onward the sped
| Tho locoed 6ison hearing all the
| ltumul; behind ran all the faster aud
struck out acrcss the prairie like the
Wild horse of Turtary with Mazcppa
on its bnck. II soon put the bunch 70
far in'.thc rear that they seemed
hi;cl,cd to port. The bull bison
never looked 10 gee where II was
piingiug In its rctl-eyc,I fury to get
away from nothing aud ran iickeiy-
split Into u village OF cncampcd
ArapahOcs. The indinn kids raw whnt
| was 20 ming aud were ready for the
tun. As the frcGzfcd ycacrIlug dash.
cd In and out among the oldgcs the
rcd boys pcppcrcd II no full arrows
that the poor thing looked like nm
enlarged Dorcupine out on n bat.
The calf then hiked out faster than
ever aud headed straight for tho
rancl, where the bryant boys. Dave
Moody. John Montroee and some nf
the netGhlsOrs scpnt the remainder
OF tho day pulling the winged shafts
out OF the woody cpldcrIhis and thcu
It looked more like a tripc than
hidc.-Flcid and Farm.
- ,,t.
eighties us we rccoll.ct the period
OF sr,set miring c tciten.nt broke
out In .hc goI. disging; NJ Four M,ic
near Hi1ns sak up IN the no".h.
weserrn corner OF the state. A COM
pany Of CAPITALISTS headed by ~. Il.
Gillespie of tho FL Jcbpi ranch ncaer
Aspen went In there and built q plac.
er'ditch and u hydraulic plant TO get
the wash gold. Among the men en-
ployed on the ditch was the cheer
ful lrishman. william Lcnhy, and n
happy Yankee named Samuci Walker
In no way related and to each thing
naprt like u mans love affair. 70 II
was quite natural that they fell to
watching each other. One day Walk
er asked Leafy to help him lift a
good sized stone out Of tho ditch.
They each grabbed nm end and FUSS
u" away WIN tue uOTuIck tTylnE 10
roll II up the bank like Ccpl,as OF
old when Lcahy lot Ills end drop Just
ns thcv were abOlt to hoist 1t over.
\ You big Mick" exclaimed Walker
Why did YOU drop IT." why" re-
piled the Irish wit. you only asked
mo to .hclp lift the dumbod thing and
said nothing about heuving It over
50 let 60" %
In course Of time I.eshy. became u
sort Of walking boss to visit the
camps up ami down the line to note
how the work was progressing. Walk
or tlI,l not know Of this appointment
and became all het up when he saw
l.cahy drop his pick every day and
noscy off leisurelN up the line. He
regarded this as evidence that Lcaly
was soldering on the Job ana report.
cd the matter IT, Cody. the supcrin-
tcnuent. This Cody man raw II