[Death Valley in ’49 by William Lewis Manly]@TWC D-Link bookDeath Valley in ’49 CHAPTER XI 85/118
The horsemen now rode in and began to catch the calves with their ropes.
It seemed as if they were able to throw a rope over a calf's head or around either leg they desired, with better aim, and at as great a distance as one could shoot a Colt's revolver, and we saw at once that a good raw-hide rope, in the hands of an experienced man and well-trained horse, was a weapon in many respects superior to firearms of any kind.
A man near the gate loosened the ropes and pushed the calves into a separate corral till they had as many as they desired. Rogers watched the circus till it was over and then returned to camp, meeting on the way Bennett and Arcane, with their wives and children, carrying some blankets, for the good lady had invited them to come up to the house and sleep.
They said we could go down and keep camp if old dog Cuff was willing, for they had left him guarding the property.
He was pleased enough to have us come and keep him company, and we slept nicely, disturbed only a little by the barking of the house dogs and the hooting of an owl that came to visit our tree. The people came back to camp in the morning and had their experience to relate.
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