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the trail of the Andersou cattle died. The Auderaou cattle passed 6 

 miles west of Authouy ou their way south to the Territory line. He 

 also told me that Mr. Singer, 10 miles east of Anthony, lost a large per- 

 centage of his cattle last winter ; they are said to have been in good 

 condition and were well fed. They had been brought from Iowa and 

 Northern Missouri in the fall. After returning to Harper I traced up 

 the town cows that died in Harper as follows : 



All of these cows grazed north of the railroad track. The town cows 

 which were not allowed to graze north of the track escaped the dis- 

 ease. 



HISTORY OF THE ANDERSON CATTLE. 



Six car-loads of cattle shipjied from Springfield, Mo., in the name of 

 the Bank of Springfield, and consigned to Mr. Anderson, were unloaded 

 at Harper on the 6th day of June. These cattle remained at the 

 stock-yards about ten days, ranging northeast of the yards during the 

 day. They were then taken out west about 4 miles, southwest until thej^ 

 reached the Medicine Lodge road, followed this road into Barbour 

 County, through the Illinois colony, and rested upon the range of P. B. 

 Cole a week or more. They then were driven back again by way of Inyo 

 post office, thence by Joppa post office, passing over W. E. Kline's 

 range 5 miles west of Attica post-office, then in a southeasterly direc- 

 tion toward Anthony, but leaving Anthony 6 miles to the east, then 

 south to the line of the Indian Territory, then east along the line to 

 Gilmore's range, G miles west of Caldwell, in the Indian Territory. Sev- 

 enty-eight head of these cattle were sold before they left Harper to a 

 Mr. Smalley, in the southwest corner of Kingman County, and were 

 driven by him in a direct course northwest from Harper to Kingman 

 County, Mr. Anderson stated that these were Arkansas cattle. Mr. 

 Cochran stated that he bought conditionally 100 head of cattle in White 

 County, Arkansas, last winter, but that Mr. Anderson afterward saw 

 the same lot of cattle, and by offering more for them closed a bargain, 

 and drove them to Springfield, Mo. 



