On these occasions, the strongest fences that could have been made would have been trampled down like the grass beneath their feet.
Of course, these cattle and horses had never seen the inside of a stable.

Indeed, a barn large enough to accommodate them would have been an immense building, and would have cost more money than all the stock-raisers in the country were worth.

However, there was no need of shelter for them.

The grass on the prairie was abundant at all seasons of the year, the winters were very mild, and the cattle were always fat and in condition to be driven to market.
All this stock was managed by half a dozen men, called Rancheros.

Four of them were Mexicans; the others were our old friends, Dick Lewis and Bob Kelly.