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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1922)
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF e Nigfhi 5fawpc4 a aaaaaaaaaaa: a ssajwa i mini n i Bin 'nJUyv- Rain Water and Pure Soap Girls who pride themselves on their appearance know the value of a smooth and fragrant skin. . .Three gen erations of lovely women have set an example in using the pure cleansing lather of COLGATE'S Cashmere Bouquet Soap Luxurious Last Ing Refined 7 'Dramatic Incident from"The Cowboy bycphilipAshton )llin$ "Your Skin is So Fragrant and Snxooth" VI jvn&vfi $zp Pl mbS ranBMPaMBaWfMft WlmlllnTOaMlff h n n i t T I Tin i IHIlsMrriM bwk aRlK9-Vr'IBVBV9BHKaBBBHnBaIQl!9i tw-J "- "jj Mi 1 BBBBBBIBHWVlaBBBBBSSflUft'BBBSBrBSaSrF O XSBBBSVw- r "f.aWC';?HPV "If iaWBBnnnaBiaMiaMCJKflHflFKBiaUr' X ,( vjjtV,t) INTItODUCTION IJY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN 'HIS Is nn iinoiiiuly In these Twentieth century days. That as the cowboy Is jiasslns from the West he bulks In creasingly lar;e In fiction. The presses of book ami magazine pub lishers are apparently working night ami day in turning out so-called "virile" stories of the Great West. Mostly this "popular literature" Is de voted to cowboys who talk a lingo In ented by writers who never heard n tmncher talk: who are n fearful and wonderful combination of Don Quixote and Sir Lancelot; who always ride the best horse on the range, wear two guns and beat the head vil lain to the diaw; who rescue distressed maidens from cattle-rustlers or Mexican bandits. In the heyday of the lanchlng Industry 1S75 1SUH the cowboy dotted the plains from Central Nebraska to the foothills of the mountains of the I'ticlllc' slope and from Montana to the Mexican border. Then came the homesteader, the farm and the fence. In 1S5VJ, during the "Hustler War" in Wyoming, the stockmen and the cowboy of tho "Open Itange" surrendered to the United States nrmy and the farmer. In this year of grace 1022 A. D theie iux still unfenced areas or grazing land open to the public. There are still large fenced ranches. Hut 1802 saw the end of the "Open Itange" and the hey day of the cowboy. Anyway, Philip Asbton Itollins In his new book, "The Cowboy," speaks of the cowboy In tho past tenbe. He says In his preface: Tho American cowboy, by reason of Ills plcturcsquoncss. has ueon a frequent sub ject for the dramatist, tlio novelist, tho Illustrator, and Uio motion picture pho tojirnpher All thfso producers have been limited by tho technical requirements of their arts, and havo stressed tho con boy's plc turesqucness to tho exclusion of his other qualities. They hnvo dono this so defi nitely and attractively an to create nn ontenslblo typo which rapidly Is being accepted by the American public as an nccurato portrait of tho now bygone puncher. The portrait Is ofton charmingly pre sented, but It Is not accurate. Tho cow boy was far moro than a theatric char acter. Ho was an nlllrmatlve, construc tive factor In tho social and political, de velopment of the United States. Consequently ho desires to bo assured moro kindly treatment by ultlmnto history than presumably ho will receive unless, whllo tho testimony of oyc-wltnesscs be still procurable, such testimony bo gath ered and recorded. Mr. Uolllns, n college ninn nnd now n New York lawyer, Is not of those who seek experience to get local color for a book. He Is of those who write down his experiences becnuso con vinced thnt they are too vnluable to lie lost to posterity. The writer hopes lie Is nmong those who convinced Mr. Itollins thnt "Tho Cowboy" should be written. Following Is tho story of n night fitnmpede during n cnttle drive one of the many drninntlc Incidents which tin udeuunte book on the cqwboy neces sarily, contains: All through the dnrkness men of tho "night herd," working In shifts of from two to four hqurs, rode about the iinlmnls; nnd as the men rodo they constantly serenaded tho bqnsts by crooning to them songs or chants, which, when so used, wore entitled "hymns." This serenndlng was done pnrtly to hold the cattle under tho compelling spell of tho human voice, nnd pnrtly to disabuse from tho mind of nny fearsome member of tho herd suspicion that either n puncher's ellhouetto ngnlnst tho sky-line or else tho nolso of his moving pony might represent n snooping dragon. Tho irlder, when "singing to tho cattle," ns Is vocal efforts wero styled, dis gorged nil tho words he knew set to nil tho tunes bo could remember or Invent, but omitted nny sound or In llectlon which might startle. Sncred airs wero usunl, for from their simple melodies they wero easy of remem brance, nnd also thoy then still held tho national popularity which since Iins passed to the tunes of the music halls; but tho words set to those cburchly nlrs well might hnvo Bur prised tho clergy. The proper words, accounts of horse-races, unllatterlng opinions of the cattle, strings of pro fanity, the voluminous text on the la bels of coffeo or condensed mllk-cnns, mere humming sounds, nllko nnd with seemingly deep religious fervor, wero poured on muny nnlglit Into tho ap preciative ears of an audience with cloven hoofs. Thus tired men, cnt-napplng but nlways crooning, were out In tho blnck, their ponies stendlly, slowly putrolllng, though half asleep; but man nnd horse were ready to wake like a shot and to act tho Instant that n steer started to "roll his tall," or, In less technical English, to gallop with his tall humped up at Its shore end, an Infallible sign of conlldeut ex pectation to disregard both distance nnd time. All through tho Journey the animals had proceeded quietly and rested de cently until one moment when there came a snort, a bellow. What caused tho snort and bellow nobody knew or could stop to ascertain. Merelr "tails" hnd "rolled," and a stampede was on. From a common center cattlo wero darting toward every point of tho compass. It was "all hands to Uio pumps 1" and into saddle and on tho run for every mun. Elders armed with saddle blnnkcts, with doffed coats, hastily plucked. snge-brush plants, any thing that could bo waved, holding pistols, tho only attainable objects tluit would make n commanding noise, galloped out beyond tho fleeing mil mals, headed nnd flunked them, "cut ting in" nil Incipient, bovluo meteors. Flunlly, the frayed edges of the mass constricted, and tho whole was re duced to a rngged, nnrrow, rushing column, ono set of galloping cow boys guiding its van, another, ns flank riders, gunrdlng Its sides nnd en denvorlng so fnr ns possible to sootho the nnlmnls. Tho forefront of this column wns, under tho pllotngo of tho nttncklng horsemen, swerved Into tho 8hnpo of a shepherd's crook, nnd a moment Inter tho herd wns pouring Itself into tho form of a capital letter "U." When Its two ends enme opposlto ench other, they wero welded together by a yelling, waving, whootlng set of mndmen on tho backs of flying, snorting horses. This started "milling," a merry-go-round which kept up until tho par ticipating cattlo quit from exhaus tion. Of course, milling did not take plnco in n circle, nn ellipse, nn oval, or In nny other geometrical form. It occurred in nn Irregulur chunk of grunting, bellowing cattle, overspread nnd surrounded by nn unbreathablo cloud of biting dust, with cursing cowboys acting as sntellltes. A stampedo at night and In a conn try beset with "cut banks," 1. e., pre cipitous hillsides, beset al.io with deep canyons, with vertically sided arroyos, with gopher and badger holes, killed &y pjzrwPuLffcrozrRcKJUiy& were waved In air to strnlghten out tho lutlgos, and wero slapped onto cringing bncks with a bound like that of a slatting sail on a windy day. At times like this when men wero llerco and In n killing mood, their horses seemed to sense the situation. The most chronic buckers would forego their pitching avocation, and, squatting low In tremor, would receive their lond nnd never make a single jump. Tho camp moved out to waiting .Tnck, nnd with It went tho two clenn shirts, each clutched against a rider's chest. There were Jerky, vertical single nods of heads, Jack supplementing his own nod by one later, blow, horizontal turning of his head to right nnd then to left. A gentle sigh rose from the nrrlvlng punchers, two hands Impo tently opened nnd lot two shirts flutter to tho ground. Jnck's Inquiring look was nnswered by Ike's slight raising of the bundle of the shovel, which thus far he hnd endeavored to conceal. Then camo tho first spoken words. Jack commenced the conversation, and In part it ran: "He's up at tho end of tho big draw, right by tho split rock. Went over that high cut bank, him nnd n mess of cnttle. He's lyln' un der 'em. Ho naver knowed what hit him. . . . No, I wnrn't with him. Just now seen his sign ns I wns com ing ncrost. I seen it wns bended for the cut bnnk, so I chnsed over there." The foremnn added: "Well, boys, let's get nt It." Then tho Httjo funeral cortege, hnv ing silently smoked n cigarette or two, fell Into Jiggling trot and headed for tho big draw. Tho funernls of tho men who died In this way, of many Western men, were deeply nffcctlng from their crude, sincere simplicity. About tho open grave, which was at merely "somc whero on tho plain," would gather a serious-faced little group. The body, wrapped In n saddle-blanket, would bo lowered gently Into Its resting-place, nnd then would como a pause. Ench attendnnt strongly wished that some npproprlato statement might bo made cither to God or about tho dead; but each man felt himself unequal to the task, nnd stood nervously wiping his forehend. l'erhnpi tho strain wrung from some ono person n sudden ejacu lation. If so, the requirement for utterance had been satisfied, and nil tho mourners felt a buoyant sense of relief. If nobody spoke, somo wnnder Ing oyo fastened on tho shovel. When tho flllod-In enrth bad been pounded to smoothness nnd hnd been overlaid with rocks, as a harrier to marauding nnlmnls, it was timo to leave. That patting would not bo accomplished or even begun until tllero hnd termlnnted the strnlned, uwk wurd silence under which moat Ameri can men cloak their deeper feelings. Tho slienco usually was ended by an expression spontaneously emitted from overwrought nerves, nnd often pro fnno in form though not In Intent. At tho foot of ono of tho noblest penks in tho Rocky Mountains lies n grnve. Its occupunt died in n stam pede. All that was snld at tho inter ment camo out hesltntlngly nnd as follows: "It's too bad, too bad. Tom, dig n llttlo deeper there. Hell, boys, ho was a man," and presently, when tho burial hud been completed, "Hill, wo boys lenvo you to God and tho mountain. Good-by, Dill. Damn It, mnny n steer, broke many a pony's leg, left many n rider lifeless on the ground. After every night stampede there wns n counting of humnn noses. This wns dono with nnxlety which nlways was as tender in spirit ns it wns flip pant in form. Tho riders, returning ono by ono during tho next day's morning hours, came into camp, and nn ntmosphero of bnnter banter which, in Joking phrases and with several participants, ran on ono oc casion somewhut as follows. "Uullon, Shorty, whero'd you come from? Thought you wns dead. . . . Where's Bnldy? Guess lie's gono off to git mnrrled. . . . No, ho ain't Hero ho comes. . . . Everybody's in but Jack and Skinny. They must n ridden all tho wny to Omaha. . . There's Jack now, comln' up over tho top of thnt rise." Tho banter suddenly censed, for, as soon ns Jack bad como completely over tho top of tho hill nnd Into clenr view, ho had begun to ride rapidly In a small circle. This was ono of tho equestrian Indians' two signals of important news or of request for strangers to advance for parley, nnd wns often used by whites ns u mes senger of llko Import or of serious tidings. At tho first circle, somo one remarked "Mebbo Jack's ploying with a rattler. No, ho ain't. There he goes again. He's shore slgnnlllng," while somo one else added "Jnck wouldn't do thnt for no cows. It must bo Skinny." Tho camp had risen to Its feet nnd stnrted for tho tethered ponies. Suddenly there floated down the breezo three faint sounds evenly spnecd. Tho wind hnd shifted, nnd Its new course straight from Jack to tho enmp giving promlso thnt sounds would carry thither, ho hud, used his gun. Tho enmp gnsped, "My God, it's Skinny," nnd then the foremnn suld, with mnchlne-gun rapidity but Icily quiet tone, "Pete, quick, get them two clenn shirts that's drying on the wngon tongue. Wo may need 'em for bandages." Nobody mentioned any thing about n shovel, but n collision at tho wagon's tailboard nnd tho bound of rasping metal showed that tlirco men Instinctively had sought for the sometimes sad utensil, and that it was in hand. Iu rapid strides of exaggerated length tho punchers approached their horses. Ono beast shied away, but stopped tho Instant there rang out with tinny sound, "Dnmn you, Krone, quit that," nnd thereafter tho brute crouched and trembled and mado no opposition to tnking Its bit nnd sad dle Bits wero drlveu Into horses' mouths llko wedges into split logs. No effort wns mado to gather In cinches and offside Intlgos, to lay them ntop tho saddles, and to plnco tho latter gently on tho ponies' backs. 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