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:aifhier..')11,31don
:anroloro.
L'1 0 ;1
,F14.0flesby,7.5,1iv:ne nt rimfi
:ort orth.--:exe,-..a. born Dec 11,1863,in
co,Zennot his -.Mthericilaohn
Oplosby„farm. John :;•Oplesbyozith his C -11.1y,
ned a train o? imArrnts,cosistin
18 Itmilies,t .L:!1 came to 4,exne,n1 yetlod
in lan. The fmliec of Weeby ond Jnek
;.bnor,settlod in ;ort orth. Thc rout of
t're p.:tie 2 continued to othoro Fections
a. At ;Alatim tho 41ereby tamly
r)rrivoe, in or '-orth„ no vac-nt :!louso 7.tle
avA,lat)le. L:aptain ;lelZe all to
falily to live i. lie nrain storte house
to winter,. first echool
bglw_by attonieds in a uItd1n hich
h%d been a p rt of Army ,Amt .(Jrt orth,
and after 7,A.eh t -s namHd. hile
a jou7,7. lad S•Ogleeby traded t:Ankot to
Iadtins 7,11D c;MP to Yort orth in 1!,!.e
n471,i-n13. 2ieiiprocent nd too- :n
t e coleb !Ield in c7fInectio:_
a:riv_l o2 tho first -.railroad in _ort
helped t ruse the to77.7•er-
ar7,60a-rt Not:ze .ic' nt biit i ofk orth•
itnot'o a owboy lnco n ner.ronane dra7
e Mall to the -rinity -Ivor an re lo,71
to dead body :Aso, CPW r.ony t_..o;.boye at
12an',:s when tbeg 7.0:1 in -4,7,71 077vinr
-.0'ver.•,,E.Oglsb; accepted a fob ;-:orkinp
cobpy r --inch in 1878.
huer Jar OL to Rop Irv; nanch took
Ti%rt :171 run fi!:Ac beteeen sheep ,f1' cattle
'en. 7e c,arrtes bullet in 'e7.1r, flo-
arm I.ecolve in ,Inc o' t1-.0 batfie.
-lc r!,po ho 0 -3d
c r;(?.t de tr.mle lotod
0 t.,3 Lc) _otlo:s:
1 t: )ol.n In .1:-,c,eln .7),tonn,Loc 11,186 7 father,
John iliagAosby,liva4 or. .2M auck to:o i om rInd
nt 11 7, Line years ,3,13 .ont2
:have live ttle fit jut a foot on its
soll.
"It za:. In l87 t to family, :!olneil 17
other fallies cov,t 1,11to
inmlu nt train of 18
Gauthier ldon F. Page ,2
AangelOrp* PC 040
Atrrant wo,Dist„.1.7
covered gone which left for piltee
"Uovt of the :mites were 20anicitisons* There were a.
couple of the families were fro, Ais* Two famlioi o Johnitots
r
v,09-60 from Al. The Tenn, folks were Jack Abner's, Gray's
lugo derrieeres, Dr aillerts,aalies, others whoa. names 1
c n't recall.
"All the people had so14 more or less property and bade
little moneyoot mneh,because irithose days reel:estate did not
sell forinch,. Tby all loaded their personal effects into a
cevered wagonaand'sturted for Te*asowith high hopes to AO better*
"During'those days immigrnt traine were compeled to meet
the menace of white trindits and indiah raiders* pi- white
Jandits-were interested in gettiag the money the qmniFrents
had anti th Indians were after alytbing they could get„and in
come Oases the noalp of the white people* therefore,each adult,
men Ind womenscarried fire sArms and a store of ,imunition•
"The immigrant party orwieedfor the trip. 6oMe were
designated te be trail leadersoemeacted at scouts and some
were on guard duty* There wns ne trouble anticiated until
after we rfocholi the %led Amer.
"44, met with no unsual inciient until we nrrived.at
4fenn: At ilemphis we'hA to ores the Ilississippi 'River and
Its bottom..•
"The stage of the river unshigh and we were nform4 that
the bottom was inpassible. tjemphis the river divides and
makes a complete et r_ne wetTeare and
anc again unites 74th the main steam about 10 milee7belOw*
Gauthier i.heldes go fa
.4ngelore. 240
tnrrant coevirt 47
viam competed to take a'bost eat travel down the,river,then
baoh up the semi.,oirele to a "landing place wi the trait.
"2he entire train loaded ona flat bottom bort otkithrgo,
There 'vie not enough room, on deck for all the peopleosteek and.
wtons ,therefore. the 10 wegone-were swung out nt the side of.
th,1 barge by ,moins of cranes.- he cranes were a vrt of the`
boat's equiptent for the purroce.of swinth slagony at the
side.
"hen loaded the boat nreeented.a picturesque scene. 10
'teamed down the .river and stnrted ua th,1 semi.oirole without
an;; troublo,and all wc'e enloyinr-the ex orlon... t4 hod not
traveled far up the eubftetesam until we otruck a rani -bar and
thni- we stayed for three days .and nightsw
"hotyost was oquiptod'with 4 fire-nlace Cooking_purpoeq.
so the,ctay did not CAUTO any ineonvience co far an eating and
cckine were vonserned. 'layover, Ihe delay oaueed•cInsidernble
enxity. 24aterin t7le ovenin of t41 third day another beat came
up the atAwam and .took enough of mur'bent's load to enable it
to float off of.the'bar.,rt wne not long-antil we Ler, landed
and again on land.
'We then headed :4!suth-,est tewordenne Bluff Ark. We
forded many streams an4 were ,fertied Emboss others.but bad no
time troubli until *Al arrived at the Aed Amer B of -Atria,
*Una*
"The riVer was high nd the ferry could take only one wvon
at, a timooto to the job safely. It too:- the ferry all day to
/1‘ht wagemsostook and humans on i!xne 0011.
Janthier*Qheldone*
"aneelore*
Warrant co,461st,*0
2age f4
Fe 240
Until we arrived in Mr Indian Territery(now Okla) we did
not see t.ny sinister looking iv.rtitiesbut thereafter parties of
1 613ns werc seen freggent/y and then everyone became alert*
4:he Indians never gave Us any trouble,except to beg for trinkets,
food,a horse and anything they trusted we might part with.
"Each night „Aurim7 the entire.trip,the wagons were placed
in a .ircle %hen te camped and armed guards rode in the vivinity
of to circle at all hours* After '.0 -begin to see Indians te
doubled the night guard and everyone kept their rune at their
id..
-Nest of the women tore fair shots* y mother was an erscr,ilerit
shot* he and father went hunting game regulnirly back ti Timm4
2herefore„ the wour'n orer ready to shoot in defense of the train
at anytime* 3ut, there vac no accession for using the guns e the
wiltire trip*
meryt5)ing went well %nor we crossly'. the :ied Avereuntil we
ived on elack land 8 of .eris„Tesse* here had been a three
day riin and that mod w -e so sticky we could not travleioecanse
it balled up ofl the wheels and on the animals feet till movement
ime impossible. .8 v,o:v compeled to camp in that mud for five days,
bef-re it dried se travel mous ossible.
"hile camping In that sticky mud our worries about bndits
and Indian raids vore dispelled* Ihere was a one coulq travel
I and thqt on a herse„but.a horse colld trovel no faster than
a walk. to knew thA, no raider v s going to travel th-ough that
mudck*
4autrlierviJhelden Pagef5
,aLpeLore. 240
7..rrant f7
"he ikxt day we. tore camping,walting for the mud to dry,
Weed for
cookinr•beeame a problem. Zech on earried/imergeney purpose,
Out the sunply gave out .a.nd ae were where fuel coC:Al not be
fund.
"-e rine9y arrived at allas anel from there we traveleel to
sicohaehie and then beak to ort :.orths It was fiv• monthn and 12
days after we had left Amtion oe„ 2enn•
When ue arrived.
"Lly father and Jack Abner eettled• in -,cort ‘iorth. :;he rest of
the party continued on ancesWIled in vnriolls.21aess.. Dr
went to t.o7011 -co. where -he practised hie profession: for.eevors1
years JaCk Abner bought 160 acres of land N.R.Of to -and
Coveloped a farm. he -,ort =orth -,;otton 411 is now located ,on
port oi the old Abner farm.
fother wat a carpenter and took up hi tyade here. Qinel
he arrived in zOrt itiAgmAila, in 18nother° hrlit been one
fami'yoOr morefgaRg in tki city ftnd mo6 or leee of the men
engaged in the carpenter trade,'
"Father could not fint a it:cl,nt houve,of kid, in -;ahich
he could move his family- when e arrived. 2ho winter rine fibout
on ui and it looked ns th -ugh wo won,16 have to live in-our'wegon
or a t9nt .4, Captain A.elde ownA a building in whieh he eto7ed
feed. It tee locaW at,h•t is now, the prner of lar and
Belkmp etr4ete. 'ate,flaer 7f the building was covered with
corn,but ;Ielde told friter that L he Co id find room enough,
after.movinp the corn to ono pa:t f the :ool, he could live there
temporally* Lather accepted th,1 offer of °Abide and we moved'
the corn to one sidiothen movedsin using the vacant space for
living purpose until pring..
Gouthier.3heldo ,i*Te #6
Rangelore. PC 240
.arrant CoAlvt„.47
"Tilye was Just Ha few 4usiness houses in tort ortheat the
time wo arrived and they were el:Altered around 1.alat is now thdi
hotice square. ¶hestockade emar some of the buildiage Of
the old fort woz:e ttill standlng which were located on the tract
of land Sefrom the Criminal 4;ourt building.
"The first school I. attended in fort torthewas held hi one
of the fr.7,m-Jr 'tort's buildings. It was.lopeted whore the CriMinal
Court building is no located. Ioested at. the Iteend of the present
‘'eunty k,ourt House,wse the first fleur ,TInuite 211 sort Aotth„a tem.
porsry log building. Uassisted is the work of tearing the
stiAicture down,after the permancit,buildinr. eomploted. That
permanent structure burned in 18760
"Fort 4orth s visited by matiy Indians in thoro dfiye. A'he
Indian trap. entred tom at 4y. near where Taylor tit,V now locat.
ad and ran N to Plasma -idge4that ridge of hills in I7,A'ort
'Alssun Ridge 1 -;as an Indlanssettletent covered with tepees. The
India/1z 7.ere moving off of the ridge then we came here and white
peo7le were settlinF there. -the vicinity became known as the
Alto Settlement. A prrt of.tho old rat4,11.Ai. fq' Fort :';orthols
still being urnd and is a -nrt et' the old Shiteliettloment 4Se.
Awn the first famlies tirt steeled in the x esum A.dge vicinity
were in Alford,;uhn Ingram, Grant, nrld three fnraties of
the larMers.
"Lana many o.ht yeurr lads, traded trinkets to the Indians
who vie1646. In toss. ;1, secured cIaweilhorneebeeds and other knack
knacks. Any bright buttonor otherarticlee that would shime,w uld
bp accepted by tip, In. trifle for thetr twee. I still have A set of
horns that I traded two bright buttons for,
tint,thier.i4eLdon k.
elorie.
.‘%rrant 44,Dist
pap 7
n,240
"A pee -0181r trait o1, the Indians, was the they vouLl all
dienenear by darkebut "would be .in evidence
"Thin:-Ang of ma Vflialo horns brings to ma mind ouf,:alo
hides. several m-nths prior to t time a railroad entered
tort ilorth,buffalo frAiters begun to transport hides here which
thog ttore& waiting f.r t/he cernplotation of the ruilroadoo the
hidec could be sipped out of tort Verithis
"The hide wore stacked. In hug° pUle. here the Brown :block
is not located,tha,t entire block ens full o: buffalo hides oiled
Alc to eight feet highs
"A:ter the railroad entered /brt 4nrth4 there uss a continuous
,Toceecion of gegen loads of hides 'coin g into eort torth.froo
the westoduring the hi ht of the buffalo ',laughter which ended
Ovrinr the late 701*
"I shell never irtit .1147 .19,1876,whiCh was tho day the
tra n pulled into zort Lorthe It use a day of Oelebrat:on by ill
the people for miles arouni
"2he people ofpfort worth, had been under a tension for days
zatorinp the construction cressacing agninst times the.14eislatur
had. made a grunt of 17=1 to the rod b: ilderes The grant contained
a provision 1.equtring the road to be completed by a certain.time.
If my menory LE eor ct the provision was thet the coal ivs'to.be
complAed on or before the LegivIsture adjourned. The regular
time. for adjournIont had frrived 41th the road oeveral ilea .of
,,ort worth. The vote toadjourn sac defeated time after timo,by
friends of tort 6orth,but ,by aeon, maphis4The mnrein 1;n0 so
close that stillt the vote could possibly be .changed at say moment,
A,. in.:
Gauthier•dheiden
ilangolore•
4:arrt,nt Ayloist„,i7
Page .08
PC 240
de there was an intense parliamentary battle being fought at
tin over adjournment. On the out come of the narliamentar7 fight,
hunp ti -le success of the railroad en ering Fort North immediately*
“ith news of the intense battle at Austin ooqing in eoeh day •Ald
th fery r extnstint amen- the werke.'s co ,st-:icting the rallro-d,
t ooplo era in sta e nf ,ixoltement w* -11 e wateh:Inr th-
race•
get tile train into iort Nierthscoeiderabl,) of the road
znE of a tem-orary natree or inottince,the ties and mils which
.crorsed Sycamore. (;reek were laid on a crib ortiee, When the
train putled in *ver theAmpereat* structure it half to crawl
forward slowlysto keep fr-m lumping to track. But, the train made
succeref01 run over the IJ'ack entering tort 4yethil awn it did,
the pent up emotions of the people were turned loose,Os onereees
1
people give vent to their feelings at a race track,hen the favorite
here', come° down the home streloh in a nose to nose finish4,-
"The whistle of the onPine WiltV tied dovmmand blowing steadily,
the bell s*.:s ringing and the yier.ple vhoutinf loudly.
"ho people for miles f:som the counrty around C91110 to eee the
sPectacle, Lqny of the gligo never seen a 'rain before and unee
tatcling the train's 'movement intutly•
TI woo otanding nt tho side of ..rest armer &DC his wife,
::ornndial when the tnin pulled to Its stopping pol3t, Just when
the em.,-Ine,with its train of thrc?e or four flat -cars and eaboos°
cme to astop,the eheine started to pop off steam.. Prost iarmer
grabbed .is wife's arm en g stfAiod running and seld,„'ffelll aerial,
Lierandia,that darn thiri is pcing to blow up ours as the devil
.0authiare4holdon ?ego t9
nangelore* ?C 240
'.,:arrant "oe'ist1047
hoe, a tails.* armer and Zerandia were not the wily ones that
cunilbut aStor runninp a pieee„,Ind bearing nothing more thin the
steam rmpniagetliey all gradually AlidaeiLbeeki,and feasted -their
0,;-t1 on the contraptien4-
'B*B. eaddock,*oho edited a net por'hereecraAed int tlAw'
cticin012 cab and poked wood into the fire.box,thus .keepine up
to so that the chistle would continue to blow*
thn Coming of the railrrA,dexort A5rth soon etartild to
grow to importance and soon Vtic-R busy .stock center,* thuidreds
of cowhands andmssatimen were coming and going everydwdidthat
t -me -ort -t:orth was sa:.rounded .iUth cattle ranches. d'here were
a foi scattered farms.bgt each /21rmer hAl more or less cattle
runnine on the onen range and the small cultivated fleas v:ere
fenced against the stocker
'Luring those day:, I an eomn amusing incidents and sOme'
t-agic affairs* I hall relf.te same of the events that register.
ed on my mind*
"Cre of the first,if not th A.rutevew merabants that opened
a store in sort .orth,zas-named Brim* !-:e follOv.ed the Jew's
custom of tiv4t day,17.hich. s'A-; to_stnd in front 'of his sore and
urge folks to step inside and. look. at 141.1 verve*
"One day two cowh,inds and ,1 ve e wal.ing pa't Brim's store
and he jeL4M0 very preeistent* 4) too hold of one of the ddies'
arm sac tried to le!_d the boy ntn the store. be boys fused to
step in and ,walkod on. But, an idea cane to one of the boys Feder
0 had talked a short distanae and the weddy said'4' go bnolt
'and if the sew tackles us again we'll duck his',
Jauthier.ahelden 1.
golores
tarrant CooDistit.F1,
Page AO
FC 240
"There was a barrel of water eetting,in the space betzoen
rimes store and the adjacent building ant, that b.rrel of water
;az uhet the teddy p:.sociated with his idea. we went back and
Brin was true to le traitthe tackled 7,6 again. en he did the
tve zaddles went into actiontotaking hold of his collar and the
coat of his pante the boys pitched him heed first into the barrel
of cater. .'hen the ddies kicked the barrel over.letting the
water run outobut left 3rim squintieg,to.vt out of the 4ar'rel.
%hooting out the,11!ite of n saleop 14 using the brir fi
tures for a tnrget was a flopent happOning.. The cowhog did_t-et
to sstiefy their devalment.eme'ions and not to be deetructive
Ati owner of a place which 'me Wnt un could araje
-depend on the by returning toiseClo. for damage. The cowboys
'v,ere greatly amazed by seeinr the people thick for cover,ae asmu'lled
vorey of quailc would.ro when th- shooting strted and thfibiweu
their rurpese behind.th_r, Cloc.ting. Goaer11:7 no cne.was hurt 'or-
ing the earoes.
I saw one shooting heal hiA tu:.not to what ,ppoured to-ld be
serious d: ring one -1 the coboyf play. :nor° 7;ac; a vrty"of ',bout
a dozen (Axv,boys mekiu4; the rou4d:• of th sEAcons and other -pleee of
intertinnent. mone the .i.houd wens tue of the LC1atn boys tho.
4.
run a rtAnch neae xorta,orth. .11t c:oud tee, gettinr c.. little
'3oisteroustbut rere not hurting anything. a policmanywho'c nem,
1 forget,walkod uo to one n'; '100.alu'ioye ond insisted that
they et rt for their Cap. That depand eas takx.1 an an affront
oy bogs. cClain toU the paliconan'that he lime poing hone
when he vas rendy,alee, th,rt he corld not riot them,
aelithiereiAseldes
'-arrant
Page 11.
z'C 24
The officer etristedt may Ilve been a blu to traw
ia
gun* ,hen the officers /rind movel temard t gun .:,:e0/ain hit him
flush on the jaw* he blow knoolted the polico-nn out f.nd. the
boy took the officerfe gun* :hen tte officer's seneee'r-turned,
he announced thht-he wnr, going to colt his ”ssoclates and the
sheriff for nesistence and orrent 1,:oClvin* 7ho.crowd of.cowboye
asserted th!,t they 7,0v1d,not allow the aficert to taro 7c=31.ain•
:he cowboys mounted their hofer and code -rom place. to -nice
ng drinks and shooting in the air WAle tr:veling. -hon they
came t a nlace in rtich.they c'vld:ride the' borses,they
in one insieted on tyinp served sitting In the eddle* 'he boys
ere taunting the officer,bdesnee thew were riled and nted a
flpht*
It •is not long tiA a 1-rpo cro-11 gatim;red and' Agore.
1Lg he cowbOya expecting to eee a Inn aattle,which anpo•Ired
Imminent* 4heriff Courtwright 1:7%s coon uonine to ards the .cow*
boys neiut.° after the boyr etn.Aed to -ride nnol shoot* he
atMospherie was ten 4,,tyut not fo-,- Tong* rty) :;heriff walked vp
4Clain and told him. he or hie frienetE n ed feed ar est,
-0 long as:they co 'fined theneelree to,hving fua Athort turtIne
anyonelleut'would wylrecinte it if they would cotthiltir nlay time
chort under tie circrIletaricee*
ho aQtion of the .he,-iff,saved having trot:tble and sett fled
'th--cowboys* The tove the he-od.out of town and tithetiat their
appreciation for the dheriff's good zenco„by shooting out the
lights\ln only one alock as they rode a -ay* Art, they were bck
the next day and 8$ttldfOj the lights*
4nuthier.:Jbelden
Page i12
i.nagelore.
2C Tarrant %;ovIdist„.14 240
"I tvas walking on iouston St on day and sair.a co boy throw.
a trou around n negro c' neck,then rode off t a gallop and drnigg...
in the negro at the end of hie rope. it• draggli the colored
fellow to the '.4inity -Iver„whors the •1147ht plant lo now beat 'd
and dismounted. ile then relayed the 'op from the negro's neolT
and rode off w.Thlant.g. he negro had insulted a vlaito
Mlo was known to the cowboy.'I.never 4ard of anything being done
to t cowboy for A.e act.
"zrequontly one voA.(1 see crowd 9; cofeoys st;tnd ng arund
an negro aid shooting c'loso.to foot,forciar the fellow to
dance, I have 7:atehod som4 mi hty fnet stepping dur:ng those'
nee8.
°It was in l878 whonJ wont °a a ranch. I secured a job
-.Ath t Hop. Loose ranch c)(10,t:,d in Jack uoloand the cattle grazed
in the leaches Valley Lootion section of tha t cnuntry. Dave
Afjhorn was rusich foreman. 4Op-scres th9 coubarlda call-
ed a foreman end 3ig Augereo Jun Moose and similar terms -;,ez.e
7.cod refaring to the ov4lers 4;igger 6am wee on cooky Ind a
good one. on the steady Ilado-toro enry nnd kard ;-.owo,sons
of tan cmner. -2;Jere• wore Jack,,eon,ill mc "nrti2 4woonephews
or the wirier. 1„ addtticn-thore ere ;off "Ort,3111 LieGoneg91,
Joe Jephart nd Iligh4,ocket". -he ranch trInloied on an nvorapo
lE hands. e had a 7;e11 c astrcted 'mak house for al,coing
our
Nirv:rtors 7.1d a cbcfe; shock fo:VeatinT place
"ho food,ohuck is uhfl the cowhand clled fnod
bat well coed. Cf course, be.74) VIE the main item on .the menu,
beans cams next then sour -dough corn erend and conned vegetables
11.
Page .1,5
.FG 240
1;t'l t,r•nh•110n Fs
relores
A!. nt CooDistopir/
trailed behind4 Black cof ee .au a1 made and rendj for all Who
wanted eonr: at a'4,7 times
"V;e 411 night ridln7 on 471L' ranch, 410 w wh7At, the
:ch .ume called and it woe the lrnnd, Ihe nint r1d1nf UAB done
in Iteu2: shirts tlth ftWr_mon to the crews --e•enotiph to P:aep
unto% durizm:the night,bedause the cattle air,ays bedded deAl,
aioit duek, liA.ng the daj ;,-Ato the cattle v,ere grazIwgt
required ,Iround 10 men tn 7,.00p the herd to;!otheroMeh numbered
arounf 5000.
'h- ;ii/ '.;(3 1 r:ne
a se7ore strom, 7!:!"'7V.A wit) of th=3
W'C
j2et onl
ae nomittod
4,4
11-157.sto ot,rt 9 t;top l'.em a zletre
o o1 t ni7111.r to ')e wired 7,11d fenr
0.-anAode
-Before a 117r0 ute:m ar.ive4 become
fretf,.1 hnd tendom.r tn •uring thcy4) t;m0 ne
en compeed t ride !'t'd etA7 in or6w, to keen the
herd. 1..7som 4riftini7 off, alit.jf• wore
ree.1-A t r,
7However,:h;rinp to tL7:,e vin-ou on the 'MI rhnoh our
rore troLble e with sh000llordere c1 sheeamen !,,n came in
oq ettli-,.'rnnre tith-therr
ni.hereero'r son pr:Lae terf.V.ory:1 enoiled tor cattle,
ettle will .ot prase after sooep.
."Tho ran own and froe;4-!nd the. soeepaen ht.d a tel
onoel to wrIrk to
,cf.,.ht to it oval Nath the cownen Z)ut then,theehsepmen eame in
4.;ntfthier*dhe don
t_f.rant C,Diste*T?
Peke A4
I' 240
t%6 ranchmon inetruct31 the w.Addlec to ei%oot t.e sheep* -heir
ides rne to ecare the eheepemn off and erevent the ranre'from
i• eir Bootie -a SO -cattle by sheep*
'Ibe m.boy felt av'thevranch oii.nere did,in rocroct to the
reaming of sheep. The dominating idea wne that th6 cermen owts.
on the rant'e f'ret,ths hnd prior eights* 4 vented the eheeOnen
to leave with their cheep becure ue felt it '.,.rong for them
to tooil the rance.ftyr aettlo.and tot bewiee rie.entad monop/i7o
tho. fringe* Aleo,re ;..new the.- o •no Lvl :tion te_oo
ereforo, it une accese'of Tr:Otooting the,rrnge f:r cattle by
oY might in th-, sevorce of a riht law*
'.owe rave u13 orderp,Ilko the other rene-re gave,thikir
wadies, and ue Wan to ttect-theep* 'then tho eheopmen divover-
od their shoevwere beinr t ,they rave orders -to their hordoro
e shoot the covologe horl thy mot moostinr cheep* ;ben folou.
o Goeting w;lich resulted in no7.eral mon retA.nr woulded are
foz wore killed* aheY up t dies received orders to shot every
eheopmen.ue eau,as e tO l soot prairiedopeeem0 t!;lere• vas
e nnmber-A sheepmen
-The Ii14' waddles got into one of the verel .bettles in t.„!se
,echoe Valley section dtrInr there days of the sheep war in that
section* vie were alwayr rmtep,nr for shoopmen and of cotrre they
rare vrAching forA.1c* Une day about 1C of us !net an equal nunber.
of herders and each side open fife, It Tyne a bottle th-!t Tasted
aAout 4U sinntee and fAiring th ie eoer body wee doing their
beet and fastest shooting*
"livery one nok to wht ever shelter was available, i,niqd
tnieromhaidon e*
Lomge orii*
tnrraat Colo.aist.
‘age
,Ott3,g orlh or 116 lie flat oft t: prelna* ,%11 men on each
vic,e v.ere e%otinp at the eoet .1)mm/they knew an opponint wqs
"doe Jephart r,ec the -irct one of us to pet ehtitt.
Ut in the 0.p,but contined to fi ht. 'leek :awe 7.4es the next'
t- Eet hit end he received a Shoulder T.-oand,bul stazied 7i1 t?n,3
fitht. ;lea it ia I thnt received a round. 1 wne hit in thj:,
forearm and the bztllet is 'till inboNted in Iv rtpht arm.
three wounded men were b1.2.edinr Prefutelgs.Cur iqina ma rrt of
cur.clotrAL- 4E:21 dovered.zit bl-odebet the excitemeW „and nnger
thct posec,z.sc,d ell of c lret 1g4 ti e -;he next fellow
.Jeek eonoa1 1A the hit „never did
to i feet.
i1 ti 1.1,ardora hittInt7 ond
to eitent shorti. vne kiled theyethat
ctill aivo retreated* did- net -.follow erdere,
t),!caave v:0 'M320 Anxious to h..vp a cemrtion so that we cd
repair our t:1,t 42.ttly tho tzovuoye hunted
Olooprion earnevtlJ.
var a,it a shot tme after ti s 11:qat bftttle when the
:71i109P en left vn.e 4c.,:chee ..11ej -tAoction. Ihej movA their ehey
to tho rour,?) tbotton of -_4.1.10 Into co. In Palo Pluto co, tlre
iz; co c.iorablu teL lahch lc _fit for cattlelint
ior eheep ne, ehee!) I still Lrbt,l,ni there.
"he thlw that 4,3 Areed in fear of ornery urite
wfw etyinilede. A :.tia could blLwellectod at any tiAs Of the niglit
A.
thier.i41-ol.don 2age 16
4onFelores -PC 240.
or day. -ow:7er, the 7.st mess mailed by n runthfA I ever wfitched,
,v7e. a ets7tpede b:7 3000 head of the jr-ur 5ix eattle lath zoto
te Airk litnett brand.
P hr.? herd was ben: driven lids Fort orthlialid I happened to
je vthering fire wood Hoff oT the loadesor 1601LSoyamiorio
heard the thaudee of rannilat fol,vad the clashing torns,oni
looked to, poe where the noise Aas coming from ant env th h rd
I !mne directly in lie patb4 1 rtfirted to ranoto my-riftht,
at my -1)4A epeed ark eucceeded inOttin, ót of the herd 'c path
th,: width of a hair. If I tad failed I %puld n t be olttin:
hore nov taiking a5out Its
"Those cattle voce equaling 11,, ;once horse An Speeds It
speared to ma that th attle wereAumpirIrr tioe their low7at
-with each leap. he Adore rearcuibooting their gunc ri'Aln faces
the cattle and yellin- their 14et,bt not,ncompli;hinp
he the herd reached t,creek,some crocsodeomn ,rit*
Lp fl,d others went down th* straai‘ of t,-,,e,9rd headed
towsrds town nnd becano seettred141 the residential ditA:.ict.
4iohn the animals began to run In all directions among tho bul'd-
ingeopeople for t11-: hous-s to cl.oar tiv4 w j for tol. v1.14
'etners.f'he ccuboye :fcre.one rettinr,the animalu out
of tne dietrit and until .1the; did.fpoOle wore afrrid to vent-ro
outside.
I tomiinutod m,y ranee caraOr, nnd then entered t;le
co strction J sanest uhich busineer I hltre follozed since