Ranch Life and the Hunting-trailCentury Company, 1888 - 186 หน้า A record of what President Theodore Roosevelt saw, heard, and did after purchasing Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota and living in the West. |
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... lariat or made of grass , is the one essential feature of every cowboy's equipment . Loosely coiled , it hangs from the horn or is tied to one side of the saddle in front of the thigh , and is used for every conceivable emergency , a ...
... lariat or made of grass , is the one essential feature of every cowboy's equipment . Loosely coiled , it hangs from the horn or is tied to one side of the saddle in front of the thigh , and is used for every conceivable emergency , a ...
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... lariat is the one commonly used , for the ordinary range at which a man can throw it is only about twenty - five feet . Few men can throw forty feet ; and to do this , taking into account the coil , needs a sixty - foot rope . When the ...
... lariat is the one commonly used , for the ordinary range at which a man can throw it is only about twenty - five feet . Few men can throw forty feet ; and to do this , taking into account the coil , needs a sixty - foot rope . When the ...
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... lariat . The night wrangler is now bringing in the saddle - band , which he has been up all night guarding . A rope corral is rigged up by stretching a rope from each wheel of one side of the wagon , making a V - shaped space , into ...
... lariat . The night wrangler is now bringing in the saddle - band , which he has been up all night guarding . A rope corral is rigged up by stretching a rope from each wheel of one side of the wagon , making a V - shaped space , into ...
หน้า 62
... lariat over one or both its hind legs , when it is twisted . over and stretched out in a second . In following an animal on horse- back the man keeps steadily swinging the rope round his head , by a dex- terous motion of the wrist only ...
... lariat over one or both its hind legs , when it is twisted . over and stretched out in a second . In following an animal on horse- back the man keeps steadily swinging the rope round his head , by a dex- terous motion of the wrist only ...
หน้า 63
... lariat round the horn of the saddle , drags the bawling little creature , extended at full - length , up to the fire , where it is held before it can make a struggle . A less skillful roper catches round the. II THE ROUND - UP 63.
... lariat round the horn of the saddle , drags the bawling little creature , extended at full - length , up to the fire , where it is held before it can make a struggle . A less skillful roper catches round the. II THE ROUND - UP 63.
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animals antelope argali Bad Lands band beasts Big Horn Mountains big-horn BIG-HORN SHEEP black-footed ferret boat bottom brand break broken bronco buck buttes calves camp cattle cliff cold corral coulée course cowboys danger dark deep deer driven fall feet fight fire follow FREDERIC REMINGTON gallop grass hard head herd hills horns horses hundred yards hunters hunting Indians keep Killdeer Mountains killed lariat ledge Little Missouri look miles Missouri Montana morning mountain sheep night occasionally once outfit plains plateaus plenty ponies prairie quicksand ranch house ranchman range ravines Remington rider riding rifle river rope rough round round-up saddle saddle-band shooting shot side snow sometimes soon spring steep steer stockmen stretch teamster trail turned usually valley venison wagon walk watch weather WHITE GOAT white-tail deer wild wind winter woods young bucks
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หน้า 150 - NEVER stoops the soaring vulture On his quarry in the desert, On the sick or wounded bison, But another vulture, watching From his high aerial look-out, Sees the downward plunge, and follows ; And a third pursues the second, Coming from the invisible ether, First a speck, and then a vulture, Till the air is dark with pinions.
หน้า 120 - This success gladdened our souls, insuring us plenty of fresh meat. We carried pretty much all of both deer back to camp, and, after a hearty breakfast, loaded our scow and started merrily off once more. The cold still continued intense, and as the day wore away we became numbed by it, until at last an incident occurred that set our blood running freely again. We were, of course, always on the alert, keeping a sharp lookout ahead and around us, and making as little noise as possible. Finally our...
หน้า 38 - Grey, rain-blear'd statues, overpeer The sunny Waste. They see the Ferry On the broad, clay-laden Lone Chorasmian stream: thereon With snort and strain, Two...
หน้า 117 - Not see? because of night perhaps? why, day Came back again for that! before it left, The dying sunset kindled through a cleft: The hills, like giants at a hunting, lay, Chin upon hand, to see the game at bay, "Now stab and end the creature to the heft!
หน้า 10 - They are much better fellows and pleasanter companions than small farmers or agricultural laborers ; nor are the mechanics and workmen of a great city to be mentioned in the same breath.
หน้า 38 - His wheel'd house at noon. He tethers his beast down, and makes his meal — Mares' milk, and bread Baked on the embers ; — all around The boundless, waving grass-plains stretch, thick-starr'd With saffron and the yellow hollyhock And flag-leaved iris-flowers.
หน้า 53 - plunging" bucker, who runs forward all the time while bucking; or he may buck steadily in one place, or "sun-fish" — that is, bring first one shoulder down almost to the ground and then the other, — or else he may change ends while in the air. A first-class rider will sit throughout it all without moving from the saddle, quirting...
หน้า 117 - Burningly it came on me all at once, This was the place! those two hills on the right, Crouched like two bulls locked horn in horn in fight...