The stockmen could not reach the scene of danger too soon.
Had he not done so, he would never have had a second chance, for the stockmen were very much in earnest.
Morning would probably find them in sight, if the stockmen should stay where they were.
Like shipwrecked mariners scanning the horizon for the rescuing sail, the besieged were hopeful that some good fortune would bring the strong body of stockmen that way; but the vision was rewarded by no such welcome sight.
The other stockmen were equally alert, now that there was but one man to watch, so that Vesey was really as helpless as though deprived of all his weapons.
Luck's running your way, Jennie; the stockmen have moved their camp since Fred left this morning.
It was an interesting question as to how Inman and the others would act upon meeting, and the stockmen watched for the junction.
He had fought the stockmen more than once, and, with the memory of the recent collision and the advantages on the other side, he welcomed the chance of a conflict on anything like equal terms.
By a providential coincidence, the whole party of rustlers halted before ascending the ridge, which would give them a view of the building in which the stockmen were about to make a stand.
They therefore fled in the darkness, the promptness of the leaders probably hastened by the knowledge that they were the parties for whom the stockmen were looking.
He was killed by the stockmen less than an hour ago.
But the leader of the stockmen quickly recovered his self-poise and accepted the matter as one of the peculiar incidents liable to take place at any time.
Nevertheless the agility displayed by the stockmen and their excessive coolness is marvellous to behold.
Archie and Bob hardly permitted themselves to swallow breakfast, so anxious were they to join the stockmen and be off.
The object of the stockmen was not to alarm the herd, but to prevent them from getting any farther off till morning, when the march homewards would commence.
The stockmen have ringed the mob, and now at a slower pace they continue the drive; the men opening out, and keeping abreast the leading horses.
Both of the stockmen beat Joe, but were behind Sandy.
The stockmencertainly looked, and no doubt felt, that the one thing above all others necessary for their ease and comfort after the stable and the house-yard cleaning operations was a plunge into the cool, sweet waters of the creek.
They pretended to bestockmen in search of strayed heifers, and made out that they had come across their tracks just at nightfall.
All day long they were in the saddle, overlooking twenty stockmen and shepherds, examining the herds and flocks, and often themselves doctoring any which were found diseased or injured.
They were surprised that none of the stockmen or hut-keepers from the neighbourhood had made their appearance.
Craven, who thought he recognised them by their figures as stockmen belonging to the station, recommended that they should be followed.
The two stockmen and the hut-keeper especially were snoring loudly, and not a sound from the outside was heard.
The stockmen and the bushmen and the shepherds leave the station, And the hardy bullock-punchers throw aside their occupation.
At its junction there is a fine space, named by the stockmen Native Hut Valley.
Well-bred station crawlers, as the stockmen term them from their peaceable and orderly habits.
Men who in their youth had been peaceful stockmen and station-labourers.
Stockmen whose ranges include this tree, make corrals of the stems by setting them in the ground as palisades.
Stockmen employed posts and rails split from valley oak to enclose corrals and pens on the open plains for holding cattle, sheep, and horses.
It is excellent fuel, but it is burned chiefly by stockmen and miners in their camps.
Stockmen use the trunks, which are usually small enough to be called poles, to make fences and sheds.
The region where it occurs is thinly settled, and demand for lumber is small, but stockmen build corrals and fences to enclose sheep and cattle, and the Arizona white oak supplies some of the rough poles and posts for that purpose.
Stockmen west of Peace River Landing would have to feed their cattle, taking one year with another, an average of seven weeks, and east of that probably more.
Peace from the Indians, half-breed hunters, and the few prosperous farmers and stockmen of the district.
He’ll give you hearty welcome, and a stunning pot of tea, For thestockmen of Australia, good-natured boys are they.
He searched up and down every gully he knew, But he found not a hair of his poor old screw, And the stockmen all said as they laughed at his woe, “Would you sell us the chance of old Wallabi Joe.
Such a night in the yard there never was seen (The horses were fat and the grass was green); Bursting of girths and slipping of packs As the stockmen saddled the fastest hacks.
His horsey-pattern Crimean shirt of colours bright and gay, And the stockmen of Australia, what dressy boys are they.
From the shade of lovely bonnets steal forth those glances gay, For the stockmen of Australia, the ladies’ pets are they.
For the daddy of all the stockmen As ever come mustering here Was killed in the flaming mulga, A-yarding a bald-faced steer.
To join in the amusements be sure he won’t delay, For the stockmen of Australia, light-hearted boys are they.
To muster up the cattle they cease not night nor day, And the stockmen of Australia, hard-riding boys are they.
Through illegal fencing, leasing, and driving small stockmen from the country by various methods, Canby had obtained control of a range of astonishing circumference, and Wallie's homestead was nearly in the middle of it.
This was particularly true of the Canby sale, where the "culls," both in horses and cattle, were better than the best animals of the majority of the small stockmen and ranchers.
I believe they've got a regular arson ring, maybe with unscrupulous stockmen behind them, and perhaps just a penny-winning deal of their own.
Well, one reason is that certain stockmen think that a burned forest makes good range--that the undervegetation that springs up when the trees are burned makes good feed for stock.
Some of them you will find in well-guarded paddocks, while some still roam the prairies in wild bands which are the menace of stockmen and the vexation of cowboys.
Some months later Arizona stockmen began to hear tales of a great band of wild horses, led by a magnificent black stallion which was fleeter than a scared coyote.
The meeting of the stockmen was held in Medora on the day appointed, and it is notable that it was Roosevelt who called it to order and who directed its deliberations.
He was one of the youngest of the dozen stockmen present, and in the ways of cattle no doubt one of the least experienced.
The older stockmen growled and the younger stockmen protested, intimating that Stuart was a coward; but his counsel prevailed.
For a week before the convention was called to order, stockmen from near and far began to arrive, bringing in their train thirsty and hilarious cowboys who looked upon the occasion mainly as a golden opportunity for a spree.
The reputable stockmen were very much in the minority, it seemed, and wise men treated the thieves with "consideration" and called it insurance.
The Free Grass Question The rangestockmen of to-day are in much the same position as the reservation Indian.
A few years ago the mining men, lumbermen, and the stockmen were almost united in their opposition to the policies of the Government Forest Service.
A convention of stockmen was held at Denver in 1898, at which the burning question was the then new plan of forest reserves.
Often have the stockmen left a herd quietly grazing at night, and found not a hoof in the morning, whereupon comes a fine gallop after the runaways, who always head straight for home.
The chase is cruel, and is only indulged in by stockmen and Bohemians of the plain, who traffic in the skins, for which, unfortunately for the emu, there is a good commercial demand.
The stockmen ride round, hunting up all stray groups, and direct them to the central camp, where they assemble in a great compact herd.
I have service in my house on Sunday, but I cannot ask them to come to it, though sometimes the stockmen do come.
There are three large general stores, supplied with heavy stocks of goods; from this, as a distributing center, the stockmen and ranchers for fifty miles and more in every direction fetch the necessaries of life.
The loathing and contempt of the stockmen for these encroaching sheep!
Many fires are set purposely by stockmen who think by this means to clear away the brush and thus obtain better feed for their cattle and sheep.
The stockmen asked that all the black bears be killed.
On arriving at the camp one of the best mountedstockmen went ahead to lead the cattle, which curiously enough always follow where they see another animal going, and now the work began.
It also happens that the cattle of the squatter are most accessible from the soft state of the ground; the stockmen cannot even ride to protect them.
It is often necessary for the complete and economical use of the forage on a National Forest to cooperate with the local stockmen to develop range by constructing improvements.
One or more stockmen may be allotted to such a unit, depending upon the size of the unit and the number of animals it can feed.
No one can acquire this right to the use of National Forest range, nor can it be bought or sold, but stockmen may acquire a preference in the allotment of grazing privileges.
The National Forests on the whole contain very little winter range, hence stockmen must move their stock in the fall to private lands at lower elevations either where the climate is considerably warmer or where there is very little snowfall.
Stockmen who cannot get winter range lands must feed their stock at ranches.
In this case the Forest Service usually cooperates with the stockmen to provide water.
Certain stockmen may be given preference in ranges secured by prior use and occupancy supplemented by heavy investments in improved property and water rights.
In order to facilitate the moving of stock by stockmen from their home ranches to their grazing allotments and to minimize the damage of grazing animals to the Forests, stock driveways are established over regular routes of travel.
Often cattle belonging to different stockmen are grazed on adjacent areas which are not separated by natural boundaries such as rivers, ridges, or swamps.
In others the stockmen ignored the homestead laws which proclaimed that settlers could file their rights on land.
Many stockmen think that a single pair of wolves may damage cattle herds to the value of a thousand dollars a year.
When a wolfer meets another wolfer, or when he is discussing business with stockmen and others who are interested, his talk is likely to run to "Three Toes," a wolf that killed so many cattle on the S.
Workmen in overalls, carters with teams of horses, stockmen riding to their duties stopped and doffed hats as the train went by.
It employed highly paid managers, overseers and stockmen all the year round, and was regarded as so up to date in its methods as to be quoted as a state model of efficiency and a sort of competitive Elysium for jackaroos.
But they run the stock on the Overland, so slow and awful bum That stockmen get old and care-worn, staying with a special run.
Some stockmen they have starved to death, and others grow so old That none knew them on their return, so frequent I've been told.
There was a lot of railroad tracks and switches, but no houses or hotels, or anyone to inquire from, as I had learnt by experience that conductors, brakemen and switchmen never give any information to stockmen in a dark, rainy night.
A stock train was waiting on a sidetrack one day For gravel trains going some other way; And as they waited the cattle grew old, The stockmen grew haggard, the weather turned cold.
The reports said the markets were lower each day, While the cattle grew thinner, the stockmen grew grey.
I looked on the other side of me and saw another stock train with a group of four or five stockmen on top the cars.
Then he said lots of stockmen who tried to get to town from the transfer in the night and had got killed, and some got their legs cut off by trains that were all the time switching on the transfer tracks.
Jackdo said all the stockmen fed plenty of hay to their stock all the way to Omaha, but never let them have any water till they got there, as they would get a big fill that way.
Illustration: Book Cover] Cowboy Life on The Sidetrack Being an Extremely Humorous and Sarcastic Story of the Trials and Tribulations Endured by a Party of Stockmen Making a Shipment from the West to the East.
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