The Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys and Their Experiences on the Range and on the Trail During the Days that Tried Men's Souls, Volume 2John Marvin Hunter Jackson printing Company, 1923 - Cattle trade |
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... rode up on a high ele- vation , looking down into a canyon , where they discover- ed the Indians , and the Indians at the same time discover- ed the men . There being a large party of these Indians and only a few white men , a running ...
... rode up on a high ele- vation , looking down into a canyon , where they discover- ed the Indians , and the Indians at the same time discover- ed the men . There being a large party of these Indians and only a few white men , a running ...
Page 17
... rode up the boys asked me if I was going to cross , and after studying the mac over , I decided that I had better cross , so we crossed our cattle and one other herd . We went up the river and the other herd went down it and that night ...
... rode up the boys asked me if I was going to cross , and after studying the mac over , I decided that I had better cross , so we crossed our cattle and one other herd . We went up the river and the other herd went down it and that night ...
Page 19
... rode fully a mile and seem- ed no nearer the switches ( ? ) than when I started , when I discovered that I was lost on the apparently boundless prairie . I dismounted and took the bridle from the horse that he might graze while I ...
... rode fully a mile and seem- ed no nearer the switches ( ? ) than when I started , when I discovered that I was lost on the apparently boundless prairie . I dismounted and took the bridle from the horse that he might graze while I ...
Page 33
... rode off , one behind the other , thinking no doubt , the accident was the work of a ghost . We did not herd our horses at night . Just scattered them out north of us and let them go , so one morning about daylight we had just saddled ...
... rode off , one behind the other , thinking no doubt , the accident was the work of a ghost . We did not herd our horses at night . Just scattered them out north of us and let them go , so one morning about daylight we had just saddled ...
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... rode to Wrightsboro in Gonzales county where I arrived in May 1870 , and began my carrer as a cowboy . Fortunately for me I met and worked for A. B. Johnson , one of the finest men I ever knew . I also got acquainted with Mr. Crawford ...
... rode to Wrightsboro in Gonzales county where I arrived in May 1870 , and began my carrer as a cowboy . Fortunately for me I met and worked for A. B. Johnson , one of the finest men I ever knew . I also got acquainted with Mr. Crawford ...
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