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Title: Marvels of the new West : a vivid portrayal of the stupendous marvels in the vast wonderland west of the Missouri River : comprising marvels of nature, marvels of race, marvels of enterprise, marvels of mining, marvels of stock-raising, and marvels of agriculture, graphically and truthfully described
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
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Publisher: Norwich, Conn. : Henry Bill Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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see him killed, and was so excitedI could not speak. Well, sir, when the leaders had got within about aquarter of a mile of him I saw them try to slack up, though theycould not do it very quick. But the whole herd seemed to want tostop, and when the cows and steers in the rear got about wherethe cowboy had cut across their path, I was surprised to see them stopand commence to nibble at the grass. Then the whole herd stopped, 568 MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST. wheeled, straggled back, and went to fighting for a chance to eatwhere the rear guard was. You see that cowboy had opened a big bag of salt he hadbrought out from the ranch to give the cattle, galloped across theherds course and emptied the bag. Every animal sniffed that lineof salt, and, of course, that broke up the stampede. But, I tell youit was a queer sight to see that fellow out there on the edge of thatbluff quietly rolling a cigarette, when it seemed as if hed be lyin-under two hundred tons of beef in about a minute and a half.
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iBlUuii HiiiMk\\_ wij^v\v\^\w\\\m ^^m^ww y^-^ STOPPING A STAMPEDE. THE ROUND-UP. We have said that, from November to May, cattle wander wherethey please for food. Cowboys bestow no special care upon them,except occasionally, after a severe storm, or during an unusually coldwinter, they go out to find how it is with the herd. About the twentieth of May, however, the ^round-up begins. MARVELS OF STOCK-RAISING. 569 All the cattlemen in the district (the grazing country is divided intodistricts, under the control of necessary laws) meet at a given plage,each owner of a herd furnishing a given number of cowboys andhorses, according to the size of his herd ; an organization is formedby the choice of captain and other necessary officers; and theexciting and fascinating business begins. The cowboys, upon theirwell-trained bronchos, sweep over the country, searching for andsurrounding the scattered cattle, driving them towards an appointedlocality, where, each day, each stockman cuts out his o

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