STAMPEDE!
Posted By BGRoberts on February 15, 2010
Chapter 4 of The Log of a Cowboy brings some real excitement. A stampede in the middle of the night threatens to disperse the herd and end the drive!
The Log of a Cowboy – chapter 4 “The Atascosa”
For the next few days we paralleled the coast, except when forced
inland by various arms of the Laguna Madre. When about a week out from
the Arroyo Colorado, we encountered the Salt Lagoon, which threw us at
least fifty miles in from the coast. Here we had our last view of salt
water, and the murmurings of the Gulf were heard no more. Our route
now led northward through what were then the two largest ranches in
Texas, the “Running W” and Laurel Leaf, which sent more cattle up the
trail, bred in their own brand, than any other four ranches in the
Lone Star State. We were nearly a week passing through their ranges,
and on reaching Santa Gertruda ranch learned that three trail herds,
of over three thousand head each, had already started in these two
brands, while four more were to follow. [READ MORE...]
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