The book Prairie Experiences in Handling Cattle And Sheep was written by author William Shepherd Here you can read free online of Prairie Experiences in Handling Cattle And Sheep book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Prairie Experiences in Handling Cattle And Sheep a good or bad book?
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But where is the brave ? He knows of some encampment off the road, and is paying a visit, eating bread, meat, and drinking coffee a duty more to his taste and dignity than looking after squaws and children. The Indians look contented, and I suppose get enough to eat ; but the food allowed by the Govern- ment is said to be insufficient, and the Indians are ex- pected to supplement it by hunting for themselves. A 76 PRAIRIE EXPERIENCES. number may always be seen round slaughter-houses ; the butch...ers contemptuously throw the guts to these poor wretches, who seize and eat them raw in a disgust- ing manner. On return to camp I amuse myself for a few days in fishing, and then join the boys, who are taking a herd of some three hundred steers to the railway for shipment to Chicago. There was no particular hurry, and though the country was stony the grass was very good. The herd might travel leisurely northwards and add flesh as they moved. We had the country much to ourselves. The weather at first was steady, and generally bright ; the cattle lay still all night, and were found together in the morning.
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