. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . both outfits. So eachman claims as much land as he needs. Of course,that doesnt mean that the other fellow doesnt getover on your range — thats the reason we brandour cattle; it simply means that a certain givennumber of cattle will have a certain given amountof grazing land. Our cattle may be on the otherfellows range and some of his may be on our range,but hell claim so much land each way and wellclaim so much land each way, and then it doesntmake any difference if they do get on each othersterritory, so long as there is enough grazing forthe two outfits. The r
. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . both outfits. So eachman claims as much land as he needs. Of course,that doesnt mean that the other fellow doesnt getover on your range — thats the reason we brandour cattle; it simply means that a certain givennumber of cattle will have a certain given amountof grazing land. Our cattle may be on the otherfellows range and some of his may be on our range,but hell claim so much land each way and wellclaim so much land each way, and then it doesntmake any difference if they do get on each othersterritory, so long as there is enough grazing forthe two outfits. The range claimed by the Maltese Cross outfit extended northward to the river-crossing aboveEatons Custer Trail Ranch, and southward tothe crossing just below what was known as SlopingBottom, covering a territory that had a frontageof four miles on both sides of the river and extendedback on each side for thirty miles to the heads ofthe creeks which emptied into the Little Missouri. The cattle, Roosevelt found, were looking sleek. MERRIFIELD SYLVANE FERRIS
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