This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... have somewhat the appearance of a cross between a wild animal and a distinguished visitor, being generally seen in a single 164 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. specimen with a leather collar about the neck, to which is attached an iron chain or rope whose extremity is securely picketed to the ground. I can imagine the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... have somewhat the appearance of a cross between a wild animal and a distinguished visitor, being generally seen in a single 164 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. specimen with a leather collar about the neck, to which is attached an iron chain or rope whose extremity is securely picketed to the ground. I can imagine the shrug of contempt that would pervade a Kentucky drover's shoulders at the sight of one. The breed is certainly not choice. Sheep need but the absence of the wild Indian and the slightest care in the introduction of choice breeds to enable New Mexico to control the wool market, not only of the United States but of the world. They are kept in immense herds, and feed themselves the year round. Two boys, with two shepherd dogs, will guard a flock of from two to three thousand, going out upon the mesas with them, and sometimes not returning home for months. Goats are generally mingled with the sheep, for the reason that they will lead boldly into places where the sheep cannot be driven. The proprietors of some of the largest haciendas own flocks of from 20,000 to 30,000. They are more healthy here than any place I know of in the United States, and their only dangerous enemy is the Navajoe and the Apache. When the Americans first came to Santa Fe, sheep could be had for twenty-five cents. Now, the unshorn sheep-skin alone sells for about thirty-five cents. An official estimate, made in 1S51, makes the number of sheep stolen by the Indians in eighteen months prior to September 1, 1850, amount to 47,300. In the year 1863, 24,389 sheep, 21 horses, 205 mules, and 402 cattle were taken by the Indians; with a per contra of 24,266 sheep, 152 horses, 232 mules, 215 cattle, and 27 burros taken from the Indians by the troops. REMARKABLE GRASS.--NEW MEXICAN...
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All Editions of Two Thousand Miles on Horseback, Santa Fe and Back: A Summer Tour Through Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico, in the Year 1866 (1868)
