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c0.0 -;-e,
ant Co,.1.
itleort in,6,iUv n at 1021,.Sylvhnia
nt,ort ofth,eya1),w o.r. Fob,1844250,at his
fritherdefarm then located in 6mith iA:),40)0113. ie
tPr died 'lbert wat4 an inffint. Ho VRS
adopted Iy '03.rnold, then a resident of iurnA-
z:e,ith whom ho mndo hl tome until 186E. nlbert
tocured ',o,7k on the catti ranch of Jordon lolin,
then located in Llano co,in 1865. Ho romainnd
with the Bolin ranch for v,:verl yo -re fter he
quit his j-1) with the Bolin r nch he worl,Tod for
the J.Harris frInch,a1v,o located in %lane co.'7e
exporioncod Winn ralds,cattlerlens1 gre, and
rustior fights. ie watched a •ann-fieht• between a
gangpof rultlers in the street of Llano. tis
brother fas killed, as he-wne liatering the
Court N use, to testify in a murder trial.The
mf, e:010 7 1ondm o t-
defoniant.
ic
story of milpe lfo foilows:
"I was 58 years old ieb,18,1850. I v bo2n rir?ht hero in
-exas lth co,wn hero m7 lived vlion wilc born.
f?Iihr died wlile I war it a tot and T can't recf-L1 him.
th. name of ,irnold too m rd 1 Ims roar" by the
".B.rnold family. ,hey .ere t.otn.tod in 13urnot 410, I lived
i,,.-nolds until was lf yoarE-o:d. 11..B.rnold farmed
land catod in the Tondo RiVef bottom,near 41:ke :eater. do
also run n feu cattlo on tho u --land. he
rir ors e -e sort
of of to tae cazo of theirseives. ,rricild had -oe: ;Jlt licks
at sevora soots mute um ',fiver and the aniads etyed in
tiv vicinity of tho licks fairly well.
"i,u-ine the years 1 u.s sprm;tinf Into mt?nhood f:nd living
A.th te rnolds cuttle ore net or -h enou h fo Ootlior 7.1th*
uln the Civil -ar nd for peed spell after I. .t ended,
thez'o v.rs no market fo- c ito. nu ber of cattlemen in the
ake 'krictc,r distflet did not botTlor to brl their cattle.
Gautl:lior.4holdon
tdkZ lore.
'.arrant Cosi,ist, #7
pc
2
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"Arnold de onded on h1 farm f r our living, The cultivated
landwts fenced,1,Ath split ,'allsetag.Anst the thousndz of cattle
th7,t, foemell thr- mire. CJ:7 course,you undertAand th •t in tllose
eitvr thP r.21;,0 wa8 open 4
anytme. If a pereon v:Flated to
a eattle raach,a zfAerinp le and the crittery Le e 11. one
n-eded.
es lived off of .,nat vas -reduced on the frm and met
tIthen off ovairif vpau trapped
tiho!. oacil's at had a hank rho -or the meat, ,1 .d
turkey,sagehens,pkosants and ducks v,ore somn of the fl we
(!uld ro.c,flt ur most anyti7le. Leer an,1 antelope Ar.-e ninning
l_ondu in doves. ftlfalo,a1.71oewore roomin7 th(? prairo 1!_Tnd
in herds of thousands.
Tolet of co n,T:hett,ttnn rnA veretnbler..
Afnold made f-Ir!.rn 77..e 1 own 'ri der •ntl taded whelA for
flour. ,,ur clothes :7:ere 1)7 the colored holp,hich -ore
olavo until iTter to lvt .Aar ended.
"I don t on 7ose th!A t,rnold bowht a 100.
and unrliet for hic finily during a year's times
"T leried to ride a hoio t an clIrly ar and was able to
'em in 7ood ape -hori 12 :c- rt7 old.
"I secured a fob as a ccmharlo A.th the Jo -don !olin outfit
in 1665 aw: Trai.d i 16 -vr rnneh heed-tuattes v.e;co
lur.t eampe Locator -note 411J-voever o felt it EIF the
handest. at the time I rstai:ted to to :or '3olin.:-.attl p;.icou
eo lotebu' Ceioro Aere &pecta ions ;or botter (,.onditionc ahead.
HOW0V0f, -Llec didn't A.ck up until av2und throe yoars
,orth of food
tionthlor.,beldon 74' Ame At3
Angelore. PC 4C
a,vent Cas;Dist,a, d 7
"The Bolin outfit was located in Llano co,and our work took us.
over many miles of the rarve in the ;Ake victor district.. There
were five of 1;s cowhands and ze rodo the range each day loonng
)r sick or inIared c-itters. Also, ue watched the bogs for
eared crittrs. If we locatee a crit7er mired in a Dago,e would
ut the loop around its horns and the.hoss You'd drag the animal
out. If ure boss couldn't do it, as often was the oase:tto hoess
woad be used.
"During the Summer time screw-soros were our biggest worry.
Mum a critter received a deeo eoratch or a cutothe worms vould
eve lop in the cut and cause a reater1147 sore. Us waddles were
furnished with a conoSetiOn in the form of a salve,which we
polled to the. cut. The concoction would kill the worm and then
the cut would heal*
In the dprig and 1111 there was held the general roundup.
11 the outfits would throw intuother an and work at,. one large
outfit. ,4,1n,y one of the rawhides would be cut 'in charge. of the
roundup and he vould direct all the wk. the cattle 7ould be
f-hered in one section at a time. Iller.all the (ritters bad
een roundedup and worked in a section then the outfit would
*me to a notner location. The diflorent brads would be seporat.
44 and each brand herded separately. jjuring the spring roundup
.the calves ',-ould be branded in addition to tie other work.
"The roundup would take around 90 days., After the roundup
se went buck t our regular t rk of watchinf the herd.'
"Our camp was a dug -out. That le we lived in those during
the bad spells o eather and the 4inter months,. iinring good
ther and 4ummer months we tired in the 000n. e used our
asuthiersheldon Page !4
anrelore. Fe E40
Tarrant co,VIety.f7
saddl c for pillows lnd the Poft side of the ground for a
mattrims. 3ut, sleeping outside vs aore to our-likiag than
sleeping in the gopher hole.
"2he du .out were !net abo,tt eiqht feet equare and when
all of us were crowded in the hole on a damp dApht thn atmosphere
became a little whiffy on the lee sidelpespecially when the whiffle..
berries were on the chuck LimpoUO those generally wore.
"Our chuck was composed of beansiameatilsourdough and corn
bread and a few canned.vegotabless 6e made and dronkblack coffee
bj the gallons. 4hen we had canned vegetablesstelpreke the
chuck monotony with son -Of -a -gun stew. Also, during the Spring,
when we castigated the male yearlings. the chuck monotony would
bo 'broken with messes ,4•,mountain oyotera.
"During the first couple f years I worl,od on the Bolin
outfit,the cookinp WIMP porforlee by up waddiee. VO tnok seen,
tur 11 at the !ob. 4.1mrecefothe chuck wagon s,,t7 handled in the
eamo wny. about the eecond year after I /it with the 4olin
outfit it woe rommeedd that cattle would be in demand4oesause
a railroad being built into thnefte. hert olin took on more
hands and tie rent to work in earnest takingoare of the herd
kept the critters herded close and there were two men pnt to
night riding.
iehile the Civil oar was being fought4there were a great
many cattle left unbranded and a scramble to brnnd the critters
s arted. xhe scramble boa to many -ighta. :he unbranded c-itter
w -a supposed to belonr to th,: herd with which it run or 0 the
controller of the vane° where found. am* men started in the
Jouthier.dholden rs
2.unfolores
Tarrant l'oeldst,.4-7
eage fit
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cattle business by branding the unbranded critters and never
pfAie out a dollar for cattle. They registered a brand and then
went o- the range branding every critter without a brand regardless
ohere it was found or thol herd the animal vlo arazinr with. Then
lateroseme want further and Imrked braLds over. There were several
methods used. One me hod we pickin the hairosnother was using
the sap of the milkweelidwiJch world cause the hair to die here
it vas arrlieds Bat, the chief menus vas twins, stgenbax_ redo
or one like it. By heating the iron the hot end could, be used
as a pencil,changing the brand. kor instance,the letter 7 can
easily be changed to read W. A on to a seven4six and so
on.
"It vat next to is -stable for a brand to be devieed which
the brand 4urners couldn t change.
"I heard of one brand which had the b. -and burners stumped.
The brand was no as the year brAid. The figures of the year
in which the.branding was did were placed on the critters. for
example: If we sere to brvne a critter this year,of 1938, the
one would be placed on thn flarikethe nine and three on the -1-)e
and the eight on the jaw: That brand was nerd by a ranch up in
lho rye, country.
'hen the cattle businese began to pick uø Bolin st%rted to
increas his herd. He too began to give the unbranded critters
special attention, Orders were given to up waddles to brand all
critters which we found grazing in our section withaut a brand.
40 were finally paid a bonus of BOl for each critter we found and
placed the '4111' brand onto it. To be honest about it. %it waddles
didn't over look any bets and brander critters shereever we
Genthior.:aheldon i.
liangetore.
7:arrant 4•Jdisti,..t?
?ape ;,6
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located it even it it was in some other territory. e generally
found a reason for riding into other territory. Ithen we thought
no one woulo see u$.
".e v.ore 'pt busy and the crow was increased. to lb hands
and the herd grew to bettor than 10,000 head. 2hen the outfit
was furnished with a coOk,an old nagro-which had been a slave
on Bolin's home pince,and 7.4m was a tolerable good cook:. 0
were furnished with a hose wrangler WO Pnel our outfit aecame
a real covicamp.
"Our remuda vas increased to around 100 bosses. That provided
onch rawhi-e with six bargees in his strinp and a few extraa
i'orses were used up miphty fast nA a cow. r4oth nd it was thl
wranglers lob to keep the romuda full o fresh bosses. 1 have
aeon five or six horses ruined Ot;ring one ctampedos Some would
be solonedowind-bicen or ruined otIler:Ise from overriding. dole
touid step Ln a ole whilo mn.1ag and Irwook a tea and thor
twro to be shot..
Phen a stampede stflfttd at night,o2 day fc- that matter,'here
vas no thought of saving hoows flesh. Zho range held plenty of
wild hossesswhih couLi be had for th- taking,and couhosser could
be oouet broke and ready for work frx from OA to $115
ilaturallyipour worst atom ede siwnyo'hoppene4 at nig. dor:ng
the worst stows. 41 e h times men e. hoses tluld not see who e
to step. It waw a case of t-usting to luck.and many times 1,1ek
seemed to Je asleep.
"I rt! P,0,4" to tell of one nipht when we had n rtam-ede
which I can't forget. he day hrd berm a hot one and hard onb
b•authier.,3heldon 20.
a,ngelore.
!,:arrant -o„Dirt„.:1-7
s. 1,17
FC 240
the critters. be aniAals did. 't do Ameh rre7ing until about an
lulu: before sunset ow7 them crlitinued to 7rnne pest their;ernel
-eeddit time ,w1lich was arrA;nA duck.' This nightiabenvy cloud
showed suddenly in the north and came on. fast. A heavy rain
with sky -fire come on thi syk-Areswas wearing'the critters'
watming all -f us to do ”lenty of L-idinp• in order to hold the
animals frcm going a ,Uni. Buddenly,hs11 about the size of
pigeon eggs began to fall. sihen the hail nit thn critters they
decided to p- :.omielatterie in spite of hell,highustir or'rauhicies,
and the animals aid that prohte.
"ihile rking in h 11 storm wasoone time I found the
ten gallon honk cover a mighty handy article. If we rawhides
had peen tearing an fordinaiv hatethe hail rAgsmew-7,uld isould
hvve knocked us love. Our heads tore sved,but the rest of our
bodies who full of welts from the•pounding of the hail e4oneee
Our Maces wore loco from be ne pelted and ue c.-uld-hardlg entrol
thl pc;or devils. blest half of the m,runts etnrted pitching.
'141 se thidh were not pitching,sert) runling a:? fron their ridere•
uere luck that the catt7e and hossee all were g'7.ing with the.
storm. In eddit4on to loco,hmasee critters and half loco ray/hides/l-
it wee d4rk and weoi.Adn't Dee what we .Lere running into.
"The hail milted uo fa: abcut ten minutes or o,but the res
more than enough and when the hail stopped n' one cculd meter
uhere the other riders were or what becuzle of the herds
'Ts teddies lit out to find the herd soon as the hail ceased
falling. The herd started to aids .th t#oborndo Aver tnd we all
reckoned the same tay, and thet wes it ups still tmvelinft in
that irections e kenw that when the bed reached the river it
atuthiar4„h;Adon -0
•ancelo e.
turrant
Peep 3'8
.24C
would have to stop or swim thr river. From where the herd etar4.
ed was about ten miles froth to river. In face of the fact that
ue all were separated,we had reckoned the same way and ere
heading for the C:olorado*
"400a ;,1;„ the hail e4opped we all bagel.. to Shoot our puns to
let -:)sch other knew where each other were and it was not ionr
14.1 allbs, in our bearinps. t pf us had reached the herd
3t before _t reached the river. we just let t -el, animals run
until it reached the revel' and thers,Pf curse„it stopped00-in4he
rmals went to milling and e went to work keeping the critters
17.4* scattering. we finally pot the herd quieted and settled,
n started the back.
"-,lben we oboe &I up ,-11 our condition after tho run,, -.e found
that we had. lost two bosses grom broken legs done by stepinp
in tOiole, e pickad up their ridta's an oar my b9ck. Three
f
Yheeetts wore soloaed. irom this stampede you may get S030 idea
of h0 hotees are out olt o. .or;Pinp condition on a cow ranch,
/it
"7he r,ilroede were finally o,lit. Into .4ans, Abilene.enmp
ci
/Opp jrnage, lnd other places became shirmiw points fnr
400.Ce cat,te.but the cvitters hnd to oe driven from texas to
4 r northern market. Driving of -u.dreds of thousands of
atle wet of Texas thou started* Cattle prices raised room
thqlling,comparative%7 ilooaking, tl an livevigo of r;round 2.
for two's and three'sftwo ani three genre old'.
r
'in the Llano co, section cattlemen btiched their mftrket
cr/Wors into one herd, dome oIe in with a crew v..-ould drive
aiherd to market containinr severn1 different brands* "fter
Oauthlorsholdon
rratt:owliacto 4
"'age 49
the; cattle were deliverad tit, drover uo- d -.:sturn ;:nd tt
141th each ranchers ...h* munchers vere paid t, limonnt recolv
lose he portio, of tile expense.
"A driving weez numberad -1:ound a dozon the
belly-ci-Aster and tAn on vvranclers The coolcer lob WAS v0';
attend to the Omsk :.oepiap cookino fuel on hand be -I
clades cooking the chucks Of corve, the hoes vrenFler att nd4d
to the remade,'
,"The nimber of hosees in the driving remade varied in umber*.
but averaged about four for °Oh trail rider.,
"The first day out Gith I herdloye would .drive from early.
morning till around due* without a stop.except for waters AW
Izoason for puehine the herd so. hard the firvt dayews to jet
fal• as possible from the home r41ge for bedding times If theL
herd was clove to the ho .8 rani, tho vould attempt tel
roturn to their usual beddia7 rrounds
"Az a rule Luc hr,..szA de' fo homdli7T. cottle VOW the 4izet
days -ith eatJ1 d%j, driving tho critters 6puld become more 0/Collitom...
ad to beilk, driven aa-id Gane hnndle batterontil it t nk the
drift witaout 1,4 urgings
Ihi
first
"After the deg -xe % li -oui allow the c,ittere to orn I\
along practically at their oun gait,bot always pointed u- the
trails The -nly time we w old push the herd for.ard was 'divan :1i s‘
1 Ik
i
we wanted to retsch a certain spot at R specified timeouch as
get'ing to uaters,edding i-rounds or across a stream before
2c rite
"A h.:xd will drift arotid 10 miles a day,but reckoi.iz
/.1
uel,uthisr4..Aa Idon 1.•
i%rrant Cooioist;,e?
2age
ttlit crow flys;about seven mites woe the average. DriftinF at
VA, ruts cutt'te will drift several hundred miles and be in
eEc4 flash ,,t -the end. of the drive;11,thore is rlenty of-prass.
a drOver.did not ::Ire libnut th, coneiti-n of the herd nt
the ond of the drive.for instnce, if thn herd wns beinpliriven
to a nes rangWeafhecd enn be driven feom 0 to 60 miles -each
da7‘
"Aon it.ce,moo to trlkinp !,bout trncble with et flerd an
AL drivilott-,t ril depends on the nature f the orit-ore in th,,
0iordipthe kind of a ramie it v -s. rnised on,how;it had boon
i handled ell are blot factors contributinp to how it t,Ill
./hondlei, If a herd c-Ime off of a rough bushy range tbeeswere
hare to hnndle on a Trall'ie. .lf the herd had been kent bunched
and mere use to nipht riders those were easier to lv;ndle tnan
those lot run at will.
"I made man 'ive vhiIo zith th Lotin outfit and we
.1[1:/ ha" are or lore e4'o mired herd, I never (moo two
'hordt t.ic bndlod IC/Ike. 1 b ve beisn vith herds that could
h&reild b on o vtampeda,end others )tr.rde thtt would v.ant
to. n to time..
.1t.firted -rat of TArmo-ooi rne time in the earl 70's
th_v„ rr leb 114:ft rvnAinr th 5rt day and gave us a
.on the averr,pe,eacn day till we 1 nded in Abilene itanle
Thu aninslc'hAl ran so often tl-vt -,-,hen -se arrived in Abilene,
their rennine 84ility was devele-ed to prefection and any lig,
the critters cold out -r7A1 a nice hose. animals hfAl
Gtaithier..oholdon ti
.Aftneolero.
tarrfint L4)4,1444...7
eapeal,
pe 240
(...1ditIoned to uhip-cord muscles and bones. Of course t
crittero .4ere not fit -fr rInnket nnd ltd tl be sold at a
g2etitlj....redtIced
":ur worst run with thnt herd teok olce abet ox milaa
ti.of Donis iiroseing,lf the .ed-alver. iiow, it seemed th-t
11 -)rd ould stert fm thn set:le mode rollinp a emoke pill.
had been pushine thn herd 'the late part el tV,0 dftget”.
eau e we 7;Auted to mrle the river for .4nter bore rjakk
"...metiYing caused a critter to sw; t and -that Aig.Js thl
run Gm O:-.%e7low, runs ri-da b tht-herd
o 111,1d leaned to lust hold t'o.nrtmeTs In btr.ch rntllto
herd h,141 tuclzered itself ent.but nt !thin time ti m millet
outfit wins ahead of us with n e didn't knnw WWIter-
net Allot had crossed thn river,therefore, tried to turn t
lord and put -it milline to revent a lleseible miiinc with
the herd nhead.
"Severalo us waddles, wont to the lend and em -tied
Funs into the fnces of the critters sereral tines.but orr'
efforts did no4 et p the ran or von turn the herd. All
'n10 doings to divert their course to one side them be)r
i-11 the time the herd t6r, ft,Qin0 in the J-enerni direction
the rrer. The course followed by th- :rit-nrsei reckon
g
caused O the animels ccentine waters, ,ell; the hnrd WRP '1941
ion e in re,...4chinp the cressine and thn leaders it nto a
quick -sand Apirr arlAvoins the critters became :aired,/
is an some tent up the shore/
aZMI Vicrtfitimn its
thier.jholdon e, 12
Aiitrrant co.licte.e
"Darkness noon set in after we arrived at the river and_
there we were ;Ath the -herd split into three bunches. It part
o;: -.the c.et were put to pullinv the bogred critters out of the
tick -end -t‘,110 to rest c' the rawhi es divided 1Wileued the
el-ittery elow: tho nhore: 0 tviRn delv rettinp. the here
*inched in had tact qrune 100 anianls. e lost 5 in tbe
qpiek-sand. e7ome died hifoo drng thn nnimele out
4,nd ottv,re nere too reqk fn- t7rtller travel after beinr h,Luled
"During thnt entire_drtve,a dfibble crew vrere ke-t on
411Itg doinr,n1ght riding. Azen re renchA Abillmiktbr crew
irrab ut tha came rurt condition se the anWeree
"alit I htir been tolking about deals with handling
lerf ters,but di:rinr, mu da,711 on the rouge ve had other thine
things to .deal with which dolt us plenty -of misery. It we
Indian deo-edatione nnd :Attie rustlers.
"Oben I lit in Ll_ane co,V.diqn raids zero elTeeeted at any
.m pnnt Ht 0 rt:un.didnt flev, what second n bnllet or crow
an Indian*v.enron VIM WTI' to br.Ind him.
Irt
to tell, c)-. a pectlai::- incident thri h npened to
n f oiruad ,nyoeff. Un,;-16 were ridinc ride'by eidesand
Ave were,Ls unual there da7o,sennlnr tho territory to lactate
nu /urkinr Tnelan. N, -t 5 siar ripht O onn did we see.
denly, on crro t -age If Pn the top of his skull nnd
entered, hie hand. o dropped out of h e saddle and VJOS dead
tj tte time I reached hi r :4de. The Indian who shot that
arrow vas hid somewhere and shot frm a 4'sta:wee the distance
4cluthler.4old ,n
tIrru4.it Co, iant,.?
Base il3
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'ctIrov!' benn,fnr be:!ond top name]. ist?‘itee ler straight
arrow shot, 4:hat tndlan etevated tile aim•enough to pat
the arrow in a dewnwurd position when it hit.
"I .never cewle believe totht is Wore tin a chance
ehot,but the shot .howed th/ the Indian wee a goad archer to,
put an arrow anywhere near th,. object Alen tt .E1E) neeestary
to shoot at the elf.v&tion t.t p.meticelar ohot m de.
"I was it 1 alveri's houze with a ty,ety of five other
r9. hi*ee. oft hod stoped for a 1:ttle chat with cal. male
we were there °tient 25 Indians suddenL, pop006 up and sur:.ound•.
Om house. At 1%ek would have iteCaltz wife and child 'had I
ridden over to a nelghbnr#for. a visit,se there wore lust we
-1 n f-Iks and no women folks to worry
"The 25 Indians we e to many for us five waddles to handl*
Ir. the open,Ole we had the advEaltar uf th 1i house. dopet
think the Indians crolcui.Jted on meetine up vith'any men bocidas
t culvert famliy,er they voaLO not, have came into tho olon
"we rawhideu op n flee sh-Dotl.ne, tourh 'fno acor -nd to
winduLaga olo we pulled the chinks frn boteoen the lotr1 at
eiNorl epots aLl. almund the iaouso an. 1.o 'ere us!ne the chit"
'holes for port -holes.
"Thc 42dians tre constantly eirclin,: the h,uve. they
Indicated th..t sone of them ennted to get to the house,fnr tr.
purport° of settinr it on fire, no doubt. Fire was our bipreat
\danger of all dangerontil we hed a e anee tn bretud a profi 4ftny
or; the redskin,. se were ell Food shnta and 7.er) At'ing
frequently, In fad,%Aso 1ept tto Indians 'uusy carryis-) woul'ided
4Yinther.6he'don ,e
'Run.70'ore. 24C
r7;7'ne14' k:0 t 7
IrAliane out of firinr '::arate•
put five Indians ont of Lombat In n hu,„?ry ane, then the
of Indians
brow off and held a por-vow. _We reckoned that they
were laytn7 Tinny for f:ring the house nd drive ne into the
4p4no If thA hepTone thnt boric. of Lfldthfls corld ehottnas
ey a 4:7 oh of rsb
4msh pile.
thn'Ind:ans
ts woali bn shot .ce.7)11f, from ri4er
,:0 thier next move olpflroas
fit nut of the rear door and crat7ed on our-be/lies "hronrh
are ekdistonOs half mile to a smell ')rake. ;hen
reached the brake we rent to 2-,..nning. %e had net left thn
Pe a 'rot while.nntil me say the smoke of the burning
"At %one linuntain live the itlook family wh.7m I kneW.
o4a came to us 'one day that Indians had raided and destroyed
the, V4tlock home. teat once, °tatted to the place. 'hen
karrtved emre-rere a number of neople there. Sernral of the
"Its len„.7 Bell,the i'411s hults,who ner'lives
orth,ter an us th- crord nreennt.
%.0 femf the hruse Surn-d end thp elle family dead,
A
ex(!ertier of t.Ye voluvr leds who henured tr. be hunt
)43r, at the time of the dorredetine,. Ever:mne of the dead
rle :err sceired.
.e started to ride efl,er the ItkiihE und wit it the
diro ion of thier trail so on as we collid follow It. e lost
,the troll at the'oild of the fiet ifaJ
firet .dSgOut continued to smut the
uthier...holden °d.
ingelore.
&arrent Co4ist,v09
tno surroundlw ,untry.
'A littl pact noon lf
liege 0.5
FC 240
he second Alane were siphtcd.
Bell sp.ed a party If adlne by the use of hir spy glere.
AndiaAaer 1414 on the Frondd in the shade of P tree.
44, cala.:ulattk th.jtore ,-sloep 1 t'37 wore. didn't ;mow
8hethei or Act tlyyn ,z,e,:o the !Indians w!qch did lan() depredating,
th4,411 .,ce no question alaked.of them* unr partl
ra-ounuod the crowd of indins n on we all '.er#14 in Food
oourefi_ the lend into them. If. the triaes
4 not been carried ev.4giltlihebon s of all thcm Indians are
till uAder that tine.
"2o rive 0me idea of the fear felks li-red in every ,nute
t!'4041 dajs,I want te relnte a lnrathnole deal that haotun,
eack wuldie Nount in. The mussels loadinF, pun was still tnc toi-r
in ?line and most people moulded tnoir aullpta.
d non'.
1-.7plks
7enereW did the moulding durInr their :Imre time. They used
ladle int ':.hich oo-Lid pincedlen hentnd until it
wOkiLl pour. Alen the.ead would poi It was poured !Me a
j: .t Imps, I recall the same correctly.sae
ttinp before t fire-rleco 71onldinp bulletc. 'Ur Wes we
ed in a ro inr chlr focCnr hie pipe and feelinp, contended*
onlw tbei tv-Inqp111t7 un roken '4v hearing a &Ise vnier
se.he noels came from a spot idore r;hcro the co!:7nle
jrc Jnnes at ihnt moment hole a ladle lull of hot
a. :he first thouph hic I
intered the con le's heeds ',7.as
iiangoloros
lirrpnt
th.A,lndLIns v:ere under tho pu-7..pmc:
fifire• lamps pouree t e rloltn To th'I!o7ch a Oropl: In
A,he floor. The moment the lot'Fwont trellh the floor endk,
crg of pain eil:Itted, n
a igasblIng pe:Ton•
'Tr Janne mshed out the foms of Indians depa
investigated .11der the hoqsn 4nd thor fain& a pile of tands0
wl2id ready to be fired•
'I unshuntW in o ells Crook hattem ono day ,tand hpr
to sounds.af running hossee hittin;! the groundil‘ t7ila
the ridoro wore IndihnseI climbod to the,top of n tree i0.11,0h,
4
had 6 heavg foliage's_ ,Aucky for: trlo that .kiait- T ha not 40 -On'
in the tree lonr,, unti1 a onall:.paryindiens rode up searobi
the *oods'e They hadine doubtthoard my shooting -end had co.
lume..1:10.6710,:N7, by tb,? rvy* 41f
pot my scalp. You moy be alr!o I' didn't move sled did m7 Ilvi'ep
lightUatiring th- five or te7. ralnetee.the indiens were hunt
in the brush.
"More tas a cpell of till* wl,,en the settlers in the/
ice.1.6 compelled te loot thelir hpe0 rlth chains to trees/I* older
0Atp p.event m Indians Iro ste ng ali the ctitterao BetI;4 nth1.4 f
LOdians stealing hossozoseelping and raidine and tholi‘Stiore
y r
stea/in cattle the ranchers were yept from boinK loneopi6\fort,
rem6thinN-te ocupy their mind*
''Euvtlers wore organiz.:d through a general undorStendlOg
uhich•caused them to stick Iv each othor'and conviction'
l'ur,,,tling or was nowt to imponathle. It wqo'denr.er401.
to iv evidence Ilpeinct ono o: tho rustlers or to oven talX
k;aqthior.oholdon
.'angetore.
q.rt;nt
&bout vtoaling, or
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TC f;40
"ty urother thowl-it he was big unoui'h to f7ive evidonce
4giginst a rustler who was beim '.riod fG: a killing,but Jim
ntiver got Inside of the Cotat Nouse
I wont tith oretiter Jim ticc o. tLo trial. J had
6pen tho killing and haa told,vhat h&ri fcen
4tio:rnoy. As:w6s Vit.) thine. thr'Isc alk7s,':,hor., a mareer trial
p opine held.,40argo crOt wLu t;athil-ed arouni2:the COvrt.Vease.
tau th4 crOwd I,-cautione Jim and called his atten'ion
o:to notices he haa received warning hlm eganst
he wmad not listanAo
"Se ft4 Zuarerluit about)to enter :the cpurt',doorwhon
aounded'and Jim topPle'd-,eVordoadi tho -did the Sh-:otin0
nevi learned. The shooting:sas did by somoorze in avro-4,4
78.1)0opleebut not oven one person could be found :who
they -caw 'or "mow vho did tl:e -Oroting. Without
around
vOuld admit
he prot7,couting
Jim's to tlm ny tho prosocution pould-not p"ovc the dotondemt
the killor.
"I'lvatchod e despor,t f 't la thl't- p.of 111n
dby botOon nombort:- motioro. John
tl'1111 ,.11ra'--ric;rie vier° 'osrt of loaders :nsrlbor of
nisi:Arcs. ;Jope unt, oIly f Jtwore ac'so 0±rlInning
ft at -the -M6S0 sonerqstling. The renbe of tbgl frag
came an,;zaged In ti %oatoa arrimatlnt over tho 'matter Uhich
a division of tho f";11?. 4a t177 wee at the hood di ono
qter41- iind Harlot th,, other.
"On tho day ,the ivt.tio was fourht,tho tv,s crowds were in
t,--wn and the 2r aruonont michod a burstiT7 stngo and chnoting
arothter.jheldon.r. ;lige 418
24Q
/iv,161o'foo 'p"
:ertant CooDistopi7
etarted.
"Zero was an old uhaok'near- the main streeti ort of a
to Ouildinz built o u.o...i7ht boards. Ono 6rotid haricaded their.
va7v,?u In the shack. Th9 firing so.l.ndod,ati thou' an -young army
es t4rned,lOose Olen thO follov& on ti7(L outside 4t-..teel• ncylring
d. Into the ebbok. Tho on inside were peeping around the door
4amb-a0d firing bock. The fipbt uss hot for rout half hour end
:who. 04 figlAing stopped then, ore eeveril killed rind uouilded
'Ash side. firhtlag Llonpod when. there 'ore ony tuo or
V.ktee deople on each ciao ablo‘to contirsle fiAltingend they
e '1•;
,,are anzious t, c.L11 tho firin.7 off co thet the Mood wc,13.1ded
u7kd receive thrAr atttmtion.
rEvergone ctved at a safe eietlnce tFI tho shooting V9E1
'plsce,hut when it s.d l'eople crowded ermine ere! r -re
'Ilia to fl'e 7:01:neled.
"7ht11' fi;It h9A Or.let!rg =Toot or, +hi, rr.rtlorp
rds kiltirge became loss.
"Atnn e7nmp!e f the danper lur inf! frr on' that e* -rers
orinion about th hillAngs rt to state Ahnt one knew lfte
facts,1 writ to r -late the sox erience of n young fellow hhmed
ifieed uho came into the section to teach 6 co4:,try asho].• To
00 in thatvn n yard one Saturday And vile talking to a crowd of
wok c,pree,Anc his opinion vOlch wee:comdwliw kininfifl. The
fWieuinr :Zor ay morniA7 he .a.Oini. in nth franc. tf his
soh, ol and came to a i,co of aper boneinr 1)7 R s'-ing from a
iimb (14 tree. It was a notice, to him demandinp that he aep
his mruth shut or else he nould be tvin hie i..'eude a job
o .difwing a little h!lls. The teacher *rumored thecoate and
4uthiers4holdon z*
Zarelore*
rr a nt .o*A)letioslif
thqnknd the edVitlevItt
.7121.1 not ten solout
tviVin
Pegs A9
:Pc 240.
-fp
VT1 tins The teacher'
tno scLonl thepV_:er.
"I i!at th,"? B o tfit r 7-Intme in ittl. I 7012 ,nit
went t- f^r in eh.
T wfwItea
folrr or five years and that. vont nver tn the i=nneen rnr.1%hs
,ftlr workirw for to cv-q1 outfit nm&IL nt to
ofic for. thq ,1:1411Alin tat v7:.s.ntiout- tho idp,00t
nutlit in the section t c rane zouirys
,rwored around 15,000
4uit the ratie in 71.1 neh a 71Anie
11 th ottle..friues t lo noting :le
dori.np the hard tines feu jore
lord az tile uur pe od. --aftet; v4c/14.1 thi to -nttlnr, aTho,
rid 2 decided to tr- Ii I xtIA on .nrait
so IcLe D2 --0.43 stale vork.