. In the bosom of the Comanches;. ome at that families were those of Judge Barwise, Judge Sealy,and Mort Wattenburger. In the fall of 1879 Mr. J. settled with his family in Wichita Falls. At thattime the total number of families living in Wichita countyperhaps did not exceed fifteen. Our union was blessedwith six children, three of whom being bom in Wisecounty and three in Wichita Falls. We had the mis-fortune to lose four children, all of them being buried atWichita Falls. Only two of our children survived, Tomand Annie, both of whom are now grown, married, andmaking subs
. In the bosom of the Comanches;. ome at that families were those of Judge Barwise, Judge Sealy,and Mort Wattenburger. In the fall of 1879 Mr. J. settled with his family in Wichita Falls. At thattime the total number of families living in Wichita countyperhaps did not exceed fifteen. Our union was blessedwith six children, three of whom being bom in Wisecounty and three in Wichita Falls. We had the mis-fortune to lose four children, all of them being buried atWichita Falls. Only two of our children survived, Tomand Annie, both of whom are now grown, married, andmaking substantial headway in life. I engaged to & Son for work on their ranches, and couldonly be at home sometimes once a week and other timesonce a month, as my duties kept me out on the ranges,looking after the cattle, and far removed from home. Thisworked an especial hardship on my wife, who had to livealone during my prolonged absence. By this time there were ranches established here and In the Bosom of the Comanches 95. MAXINE BABB, Granddaughter of Dot Babb. 96 In the Bosom or the Comanches there all over the country, and dividing lines between thedifferent ranches were agreed upon and respected bymutual understanding. It was necessary that cowboystravel these dividing lines daily to keep the cattle thrownback to their respective zones and prevent,, as far as pos-sible, the indiscriminate mixing up thereof. However,despite all such precautions the cattle would cross theselines at night, and especially in winter when they woulddrift before driving stonns. With the coming of spring,the cattle by the thousands would be found many milesfrom the ranches on which they belonged. It thereforerequired many men and big work to get the cattle backto their allotted ranges. It must be borne in mind thatin those days there were no barb-wire fences, and it wasowing to this fact that each big ranch had to have a smallarmy of cowboys looking after their employers was the cus
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