Thirty years on the frontier . horse-back, generally by both hind feet, then an-other rope was thrown over the head and thecalf stretched out. Thus held by two horsesthe hot branding iron was applied. This re-quired only a moment and ^*doggy was onhis feet making for the main bunch. So thework proceeded until the whole bunch hadbeen worked. The beef cattle were driven along with thewagons and night herded until five trainloads had been gathered. The unused saddle horses were herded andkept with the camp. They were brought tothe wagons each morning by the a corral to catch the hors
Thirty years on the frontier . horse-back, generally by both hind feet, then an-other rope was thrown over the head and thecalf stretched out. Thus held by two horsesthe hot branding iron was applied. This re-quired only a moment and ^*doggy was onhis feet making for the main bunch. So thework proceeded until the whole bunch hadbeen worked. The beef cattle were driven along with thewagons and night herded until five trainloads had been gathered. The unused saddle horses were herded andkept with the camp. They were brought tothe wagons each morning by the a corral to catch the horses in, two longropes were stretched out in the form of a tri-angle, using the wagon as one side, into whichthe bunch was driven. Each man then ropedhis horse for the day. A different horse isused each day, so that one horse is used onlyonce in about eight or ten days, according tothe number of horses a man has on his string. I rode the outside one day with **BeautBowers. We chose our stoutest horses, a* o H p o P n> l-H 00. THIRTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER. 177 cinched on our Imlls and rode in a steadylope from 5 oclock in the morning until 2oclock in the afternoon. When a bunch of cattle was found we start-ed them in toward the center on a full took our slickers from behind our sad-dles and waved the cattle into a run, whichcarried them within the next riders circle. The cowboys are master hands at yelling,and cattle run at sight of a man on horsebackmuch faster when he begins to yell. Two or more men went on watch at sun-down to keep the cattle from straying. Laterin the evening the cattle become quiet and beddown. If the night is still and nothing hap-pens to disturb them, they will remain quietall night. The stampede is one of the worstthings that can happen, even now in thesedays of wire fences. If the cattle are only a little scared theymay be easily quieted, though sometimes theybreak away and the men on guard have toride at break-neck speed through the night,over
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