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IA THOUSAND MILES WITH
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I I have for years been engaged at
various times In the handling of sheep,
being wluit is called n “sheep feeder.”
A “feeder” is u man who receives
sheep from the ranges into the feed
lots, where they arc fattened for mar
ket; and he is distinguished from o
“breeder,” who grows his sheep on
the range. Some years since l con
tracted with a Mexican gentleman liv
ing in Santa Fe, in New Mexico, to
buy 30,000 New Mexico sheep. Owing
to some difiicultles with the railroad
company In the matter of feiglit rates
I determined to have the sheep
“trailed through” to Nebraska, which
in Western parlance menus driving
1hem overland. My ranch and feed lots
were at that time located at Stevenson,
in Central Nebraska; and it was my
intention to get the sheep to my yards,
there fatten them on grain, and then
aend them to the Omaha market.
I hud contracted for the sheep in
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the spring, and if I had consigned
them by train I should not have re
ceived them all before October. But
ns I decided to “tail” them in, it was
necessary to receive them in the
spring, for the drive would certainly
take close upon six mouths.
In the month of April I engaged my
men; I also bought two good heavy
carts ns “grug wagons;” four strong
mules, and two good saddle-horses, to
gether with all camp utensils and ..oth
er necessities for the trip. The wag
ons, mules, etc., I sent down to Santa
Fe by freight. My men sent at the
same time their tarpaulins and blank
ets. Two men next went down with
the goods and animals to take care of
them. The others followed with me
a little later on a passenger*trnlu.
Altogether there were seventeen men
In my employ detailed to bring the
sheep through. Two were to act as
foremen, two ns cooks, and the others
ns herders. It was necessary to divide
tlie sheep into two flocks for driving;
hence the two foremen and cooks. I
bought my supplies in Nebraska, be
cause I could get them cheaper there
tlian in {Santa Fe, and, besides, I was
sure of getting what I wanted.
Arrived at' Santa Fe, we immedi
ately set nbout getting the sheep to
gether ready for their long drive. The
Mexican with whom I had contracted
for the 30,000 had, in turn, sub-con
tracted with numerous small Mexican
ranchmen for the required number.
His agreement with me was to deliver
nt Santa Fe the specified number and
quality of animals. There were sev
eral reasons for buying in this way.
For example, the Mexicans in the out
lying distrlts know nothing of money
drafts and cheques, and gold would
have to accompany every purchase.
Aud to traverse these wild hills aud
canons with money In one’s posses
sion would be positive madness, un
less, indeed, oue had a well-armed
company ns a body-guard.
Well, the small bands of sheep were
speedily brought in and grazed around
the town, until finally my Mexican
told me through Ills interpreter that
he was ready toy hand over the lot.
These grandees, by the way, usually
profess not to speak English, and . so
Jill negotiations have to be conducted
through an interpreter.
I liad lHHiglit lS.(KK) lambs nnd 12,
000 two and three-year-old wethers.
We first undertook to count the weth
ers. The flock, or band as it is termed
there, was “rounded up” and got ready
to run through the corrals. Two
{Jinisy corrals were constructed, skle
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CHARLES TAYLOR, ONE OF THE CHIEF
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TIVE MB. DALY HERE SETS FORTH.
by side, with only a division fence
between them. From the first corral
a V-chute with a narrow gate at the
end led into the second. The sheep
were driven into the first pen or cor
ral until it was filled, nnd then were
counted through the chute into the
second. Ouc thing which added to
the difficulty of counting was the fact
that the corral was not large enough
to bold the whole number at once. I
t»ad to count part of them first, and
thou turn them out and hold them to
gether while I counted tho rest It
turned out later that this gave us
plenty to do, and besides, gave abun
dant chances for fraud. From what
follows you will understand why I do
not give the Mexican's name. Tho
corral was filled with sheep and I took
my station at the chute to count ns
they streamed through. Now, it is
dizzy work counting sheep. I could
count up to about 000, and then I
would become so dizzy watching the
swiftly moving stream of animals that
I would have suddenly to shut the
gate that closed the narrow exit,
which was Just wide enough for n
sheep to pass through. This doue, I
would Jot down the number in my
note-l>ook and then let my foreman,
John Martin, take my place as long as
he could stand It. We were getting
along nicely, and had counted up to
(>000, when Martin made an unpleas
ant discovery. The gate which was
the entrance to the first corral was
next*to the partition fence, and the
“greaser” who was tending the gate
was forcing sheep through the loose
fence back Into the first corral, when
they would be counted the second
time!
Martin at once Informed me of the
fraud, and I stopped tlie count aud
hailed our Mexican friend. To our
accusations ho replied with a digni
fied “No snbe.” Martin then hustled
up the swarthy interpreter, and we
gave them some lively talk, but it left
the senor quite undisturbed. The in
terpreter finally told us the greaser
“wouldn’t do It again,” but that did
uot settle for what had been recouut
ea. The delay was annoying and it
took us tlie whole of that day to count
the 12,000 wethers aud get them out
so we could hold them safely that
night.
The next morning the wethers were
started on tlielr thousand-mile trip to
Nebraska. The 12,000 animals were
divided into five bands, each in charge
of a herder on foot. One extra man
went along to act as night*watch.
Tlie cook traveled in tlie wagon, and
the foreman of the gang, Tom Bar
rett, rode on horseback.
The day after starting tlie wetliers
Martin aud I undertook to count tho
18,000 lambs. As on the first day, we
were well under way when we discov
ered another fraud. One of my men
detected a “greaser” in the act of
drlvlpg a small band, which liad been
counted and turned out, arouud
through a ravine and back towards
the host of sheep waiting to enter the
first corral. We .stopped tlie swindler
in time, however. I then scattered my
men out at all points where fraud
might be attempted, and then proceed
ed with the count.
Tlie morning after we had counted
tlie lambs we stated them after tlie
others. I hired a horse from a Santa
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TIIE VAST "ARMY” SAFELY INSTALLED IN MR. DALY’S FEED LOTS IN
STEVENSON.
Fe stable and went with them for a
short distance, riding on ahead with
Martin to overtake the first outfit.
Convinced that the men knew their
business and would make tlie great
divide without serious trouble, I re
turned to Santa Fe. Then, as my
business interests would not permit of
longer absence, I returned to Nebras
ka by rail. As to the details of the
trip, Mr. Charles Taylor, who was one
of my herders and is still in my em
ploy, will give them:
I started ns a herder with the bunch
of lambs which Mr. Daly had bought
iu Santa Fe. and was with the outfit
for the whole trip. There were some
features of the trip which might have
been called hardships, but I myself
enjoyed it. I have worked with sheep
the greater part of ten years, and do
not mind a little inconvenience.
Our IS,OCX) lambs were run in six
bands, with a herder in charge of
each; so there were five herders be
sides myself. Mr. Martin was fore
man of our crew, Frank Willis was
cook on our wagon, and John Norris
was night herder. We left Santa Fc
on the 1st day of May, aud the weath
er was hot. Ou the second day we
diseovered that the wethers which
were ahead of us were getting the
best of the feed ajid not leaving
enough tender stuff for our lambs.
They were travelling slowfy, and ^^r.
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WITH THIS SMALL OUTFIT THE HEN AC
COMPLISHED THKIB GREAT TASK OF
DRIVING 30,000 SHEEP A THOUSAND
MILES.
Martin determined to get ahead. So
we made a night drive, overtook them,
made a circuit around their camp, and
the next morning our lambs were leas
ing the way.
New Mexico is always a dry region,
and the spring lmd been unusually
dry, so that the grass was not very
good and tho dust something terrible.
Dust, by the way, is always the worst
feature of the trail. The cloud that
hangs over the flock looks, from a
distance, like the smoke from a prai
rie fire. Our faces were black most of
the time. We all wore eye shields of
tinted Isinglass to protect our eyes,
otherwise some of us might have gone
blind.
After wo had passed Las
some fifty miles from Santa Fe. we Ik
gan to descend from the high levels
to the lower plains, and the hills were
almost impassable.
From Las Vegas on into Colorado the
grass was burned brown with the
drought, and water was scarce. Of
course wo had to depend on ponds or
streams for our water supply. Some
of it was pretty thick—“thick enough, ’
the boys said, “to carry in a gunny
sack.” But a man is not at all par
ticular when be is “on the trail.”
Sheep are not heavy drinkers and can
do without water if there are heavy
dews on the grass, but on this occa
sion the air was so dry that dews
were very light, and much of the time
there were none at all. Finally, we
were without water altogether, and
for five days the sheep had no water
at all. We hoarded the little we had,
but at length it was all gone. For
two whole days, in intense July heat,
we hadn’t a drop for ourselves. The
sheep had been five days without wa
ter when we approached the Canadian
River. We were fully a mile from the
bank wluyi the poor animals scented
the water and stampeded. We did.
our very best, but sye might as well
have tried to stop the wind. In one
mad whirling rush, gathering speed
as they went, the bands crowded to-,
gather and reached the river in a
dense, struggling mass. They plunged
in, climbing over each other, and pil
ing up until it looked as if we might
lose them all. We, of course, plufiged
after them, towiug, dragging, and
throwing sheep out of the river, until
every man was quite exhausted. When
we got the flock out of the tangle we
found there was no fewer than 800
lambs drowned. Mr. Martin rode back
to warn the other outfit to hold their
bands at a safe distance from the riv
er and bring on one band at a time.
This was done, and so they were able
to get across without loss.
Of course we had to replenish our
stores occasionally, and our coolc
would go across country to some town
near us when we needed something.
Our principal fare was bread, bacon
and gravy. Bread was baked every
day in the big camp kettle. It might
be supposed that we had mutton for
dinner sometimes, but we did not,
though we had nearly 30,000 sheep in
front of us. Very few sheep men will
eat mutton. I myself would have to
be very hungry indeed to eat it.
We followed no roads, but struck
out across open eountrv wherever for
age was good. At night we always
tried to find a hillside for the camp.
Sheep have a great many peculiar no
tions, and will only lie dbwn quietly
on a hillside. Wo made only about
eight miles a day, as we gave the
sheep plenty of time to graze. While
the rest of us slept the night watch
went Ids rounds, moving about tlie
edge of the camp and keeping a sharp
look-out for wolves. Both our outfit
and the flock of wethers were man
aged in tlie same way.
Passing through Colorado we often
had to cross ranches, for there is but
little open range left in the eastern
part of the State. And sometimes we
were hard pressed to keep from daip
aging crops. On several occasions
ranchmen demanded small daipages,
which Mr. Martin always paid.
It was early summer when we start
ed, and we kept on through midsum
mer in the dry heat and alkali dust
till the grass was browned by frost.
Across Nebraska we took tlie straight
est line for the Platte IUver to get
water. We reached the river opposite
North Platte—the very first town I had
seen in a journey of nine hundred
miles.
On one occasion we approached a
large cornfield, and found that we
could save three miles by going
through it instead of around. Martin
said, simply. "Take ’em through,” and
we did. On the farther side stood a
naan with a shot-gun waiting for us.
"What’s the damage?” asked Mr.
Martin.
“Twenty dollars, and not a cent
less,” answered the fanner. Martin
paid him the money and on we went.
We reached the little town of Stev
enson on the evening of the last day
of September—Just five months from
the day we started. The second bunch
had overtaken us, and we went
through the town with' our twenty
nine thousand odd sheep. The fog of
dust we raised smothered the
town.
I enjoyed the whole drive, and we
all came through in the best of health.
1^ found I and had gained felt twenty better. pounds
in weight never
(Signed) CHAS. TAYLOH.
The sheep came through their thou
sand-mile drive in good condition—
much " better than if they had been
shipped” in. Since that time many
other sheepmen have followed my ex
ample and trailed in their sheep.—
The Wide World Magazine.
J“ LITTLE INDIAN PRINCESS.”
Something About I.enorn Porter’s Rare
Accomplishments.
"The Little Indian Princess” is the
sobriquet applied to Miss Lenora Por
* er ’ twelve-year-old daughter of
General Pleasanton Porter, chief of
the Creek Indians and the wisest man
of the five civilized tribes.
Miss Porter is heiress to nearly
and the most beautiful In-
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dian child in Indian Territory, accord
ing to unanimous vote of tile photog
raphers. She is highly accomplished
and can play and sing with the skill
of a professional. The Indians call
her princess. She is a half-blood
Creek. She lives with her parents in
the “white house” of the Creeks at
Okmulgee, and every spring entertains
the children of the tribe at a May
party on the c’apitol grounds, where
they crown her “queen of the May.”
Pleasanton Porter has been three
times elected chief of the Creeks and
is a wealthy man. He is well edu
eated and says his daughter shall have
as good and thorough an education
as money can buy.
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by hunters aud soldiers. It has a
central poie, with sliding collar and
ribs, and Is opened and closed like an
umbrella. When dosed the canvass
relied arouud tlie pole, umbrella fiuni
ion.
An Ornnnu-nt From Sonth Africa.
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polish aud are much cherished as or
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on ebony, like those shown in the il
lustration, they are handsome in the
extreme.
THE OHIO DEHOCRACY
Goes on Record at the State Con
vention at Columbus-McLcan
People “Not In It.”
After a continuous session of over
nine hours the Ohio Democratic state
convention adjourned at Columbus
Wednesday night. It was a slate
smashing aud record-breaking conven
tion. The McLean men said they
were asking for nothing and they cer
tainly got nothing. They helped those
who have been opposing them to the
places of party distinction and respon
sibility. free-for-all situation that
It was this
brought about the demoralization of
the day. Louis Reemeelin, of Cincin
nati, was defeated for chairman when
he ran on his own account and with
out consulting even the Cincinnati
delegates after the McLean men had
been declaring they would ask for
nothing. His brother’s name was
presented for secretary of state with
out authority aud withdrawn on
authority from the Hamilton county
delegation. of the
There was a notable absence
McLean leaders. While some say that
Mr, McLean did not want to take any
aggressive part on account of the
Dewey candidacy, others say he was
also willing for others to bear the ex
penses of the state and congressional
campaigns this year and of the Ohio
delegation to the national convention,
etc.
After the chair declared Kilbourne,
Patrick and Thomas elected delegates
and ordered the second ballot for tho
fourth member of the “big four,” it
was found on revising and verifying
the vote that George W. Hull, of Tole
do, had 3G8i votes on the first ballot,
while 3G7 were necessary to elect.
This discovery was not made until
after Chapman, on the third ballot,
was elected, and Chairman Hunting
ton held there could be no going be
hind the returns after the vote was
announced and Chapmau had been
declared one of the delegates at large.
Mauy delegates left on the late af
ternoon and evening trains, and men
who were not delegates answered the
call for counties whose delegates had
gone home. The more noise and con
fusion the greater the opportunity of
these “professional substitutes,” and
the convention at 6:30 p. m. was be
yond control. Charles W. Baker was
then presiding, and he sent for a squad
of twenty police, ordering them to
clear the aisles, knock down those
who would not sit down, and compel
the howlers to shut up. The police
filed down the aisles and maintained
order for the last hour of the conven
tion.
Colonel James Kilbourne was the
neighbor and life-time companion and
business associate of Allen G. Thur
man. He is a millionaire manufac
turer, and one of the original silver
men.
General Patrick was a member of
the committee on resolutions at Chi
cago in 1896, and will likely be the
Ohio member at Kansas City of that
committee. He presented Kilbourne’s
name for governor last year, and was
afterwards McLean’s running mate.
Thomas ban been chairman of the
state central committee for years, and
is a wealthy manufacturer at Spring
field. Chapman is a wealthy coal op
erator and has been a delegate to na
tional conventions and prominent in
Ohio politics for years.
Generals Warner and Sherwood hare
both served in congress and state posi
tions. H. H. McFadden, who heads
the state ticket, is one of the leading
democratic editors of Ohio.
The platform indorses Bryan and in
structs the delegates to support him at
Kansas City.
CONCESSIONS SECURED
By Astor Syndicate For Building a
Railroad In Honduras.
A special to the New York Times
from New Orleaus says:
The Astor syndicate has secured
from the Honduras government con
cessions for building an isthmian rail
road aerdss the republic of Honduras
from Puerto Cortez, ou the A tlantic to
Amapala, on the Pacific. This is prob
ably the largest railway deal ever pro
jected in Central America. It means
a line 200 miles long, connecting ocean
with ocean.
Seized Government Distillery.
Shore’s government distillery, the
largest in Yadkin county, N. C.. has
been seized by government officers for
alleged violation of the revenue laws.
INDICTHENT DEFECTIVE.
Indiana Attorney General Finds Flaw
In the W. S. Taylor Case.
Attorney General Taylor, of Indiana,
announces that he has discovered a
flaw in the indictment against W. S.
Taylor, of Kentucky. The attorney
general says the Democratic claimant
names the Republican claimant of
Kentucky as an accessory but names
no principal in the assassination of
Goebel. This he holds to be an im
portant error of which the Kentucky
court of appeals must take cognizance.
Uniform One-Fare Rate.
The Southwestern Passenger Bureau
has made a one-fare rate from points
in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory to the Democratic National Con
vention in July. The rate granted
leaves a uniform one-fare rato to Kan
sas City from coast to coast.
Yellow Fever In Cuba.
According to dispatches yellow fever
has broken out at Quemados, eight
miles from Havana, where United
States troops are stationed. Thns far
there have been fourteen cases, three
of which proved fatal.
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