The Last of the Plainsmen 



hunters, was settled upon. Then the gigantic task 

 of transporting the herd of buffalo by rail from Mon 

 tana to Salt Lake was begun. The two hundred and 

 ninety miles of desert lying between the home of the 

 Mormons and Buckskin Mountain was an obstacle 

 almost insurmountable. The journey was under 

 taken and found even more trying than had been 

 expected. Buffalo after buffalo died on the way. 

 Then Frank, Jones s right-hand man, put into execu 

 tion a plan he had been thinking of namely, to 

 travel by night. It succeeded. The buffalo rested 

 in the day and traveled by easy stages by night, with 

 the result that the big herd was transported to the 

 ideal range. 



Here, in an environment strange to their race, but 

 peculiarly adaptable, they thrived and multiplied. 

 The hybrid of the Galloway cow and buffalo proved 

 a great success. Jones called the new species 

 &quot; Cattalo.&quot; The cattalo took the hardiness of the 

 buffalo, and never required artificial food or shelter. 

 He would face the desert storm or blizzard and stand 

 stock still in his tracks until the weather cleared. He 

 became quite domestic, could be easily handled, and 

 grew exceedingly fat on very little provender. The 

 folds of his stomach were so numerous that they 

 digested even the hardest and flintiest of corn. 

 He had fourteen ribs pn each side, while domestic 



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