nor made any attempt to escape…

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attempt to escape. The prisoners were brought in and safely lodged in the county jail; a thing which could not have been accomp- lished in any other western settlement. These men had stolen, burned and buffaloed, bull- dosed and harrassed the settlers for over three years. Risking their lives for years previous, against the bloodthirsty Indians on the ouskirts of civilization they had by economy, hardship and toil acquired from a small nucleus good herds of horses and cattle in remuneration for their labors and when about to enjoy the well earned fruition of their hopes of the tedious years, passed in isolation and privation far from the enjoyments of the civilized world, they are now robbed of what they had so long battled for. Not content with ordinary horse or cattle stealing these people introduce a new feature in the business. They appropriate to their own use the young increase of the herds and besides destroy the original parent stock that the colts and calves may not return to the mothers with a stolen brand upon them and thus lead to their detection. Our informant states that there is positive evidence to convict each of the prisoners on a dozen charges and that others will be arrested as accessories; that they have a vast amount of information unknown to the thieves. The only wonder is that the pris- oners ever reached the jail alive.