I would gallop along at his side as he chased the fugitive horses.

He had a long, plaited lariat which settled surely over the neck of the brute he was after.

Then, putting a "della walt" on the pommel of his saddle, he would check his own mount and bring his captive to a sudden standstill.

He caught and brought in five horses the first day, and must have captured twenty-five within the next few days, earning a sum of money which was almost a small fortune in that time.
Meanwhile the Territory had been opened for settlement.

Our claim, over which the Great Salt Lake trail for California passed, had been taken up, and as soon as father and I, assisted by men he hired, could get our log cabin up, the family came on from Weston.