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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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sily. A break is made in some direction. Here comes theheroism of the cowboy. Those cattle are as blind and unreasoningin their flight as a pair of runaway horses. They know no dangerbut from behind, and if they did, could not stop for the surging seaof maddened animals in the rear. A rocky gorge or deep-cut canonmay cause the loss of half their number. Those in the rear cannotsee the danger, and the leaders cannot stop for those behind and arepushed on to their death. A precipice may lie in their way, over MARVELS OF STOCK-RAISING. 565 which they plunge to destruction. It matters not to the cowboy.If the stampede is made, the captain of the drove and his men rideuntil they head it, and then endeavor to turn the animals in a circleonce more. A hole in the ground, which catches a horses foot, astumble, and the hoofs of three thousand cattle have trampled thesemblance of humanity from him. He knows this. A gulch or gorgelies in their path. There is no escaping it. There is no turning to
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DEATH OF A HERO. the right or the left, and in an instant horse and rider are at thebottom, buried under a thousand cattle. History records no instanceof more unquestioning performance of duty in the presence of dan-ger than is done by these men on every drive. Should the stampedebe stopped, there is no rest for the drivers that night, but the utmostvigilance is required to prevent a recurrence of the break from thefrightened cattle. This may happen hundreds of times on a singledrive. * I remember one in.stance which, from the friendship in which 566 MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST. I held the victim, has made a lasting impression on me. Twobrothers were together on the drive. Both men had been educatedin an Eastern college, but for some reason had drifted to the cattleplains of Texas and had become cowboys. The elder was the cap-tain of the drive. Sitting about the camp-fire one night the youngerwas very down-hearted about something, and finally said : * Charlie,lets throw up this drive. I d

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