CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF J)OMESTICATED ANIMALS. 243 



by Mr. Saxtou ; the second one wliicU died was an animal belonging to 

 Mrs, Smith; she died on the 22d; on the day following 2 head died be- 

 longing to Mr, King. 



He then had an examination instituted, and as a result of that ex- 

 amination notified all the owners of cattle in his possession to remove 

 them forthwith. Mr. Robeson also stated that he received into his herd 

 on the 20th day of July 75 head of cattle belonging to Davis & Con- 

 nelly, butchers, of El Dorado ; that some of these cattle remained on the 

 range until the 28th of September. They were half-breeds with the ex- 

 ception of 7 hea<l, which were supposed to be thorough Texaus. The 

 Texans were in poor condition when they were brought on the range, 

 and were marked on the middle of the left side with an inverted A [y] 

 brand. Again Mr. Tiobeson stated that he received from Isaac King 

 300 head of cattle on the 9th of June. 



Mr. King bought, during the winter, along the north line of Arkansas 

 and south line of Missouri 1,000 head of cattle, collected them at Fort 

 Scott in March, ship})ed them at the latter jjlace, and unloaded at El 

 Dorado on the 2oth of April. He drove them on the range north and 

 northwest of El Dorado, and there herded them until the 9th of June. 

 He then drove 700 of them into Colorado on his cattle ranch, and placed 

 the remaining 300 head under the care of Mr. Robeson, who already 

 occupied the range at that time with a number of the town and other 

 cattle. On the 9th of August 120 head more of the King cattle were 

 taken into Colorado. I next saw Mr. Connelly, of the tirm of Davis & 

 Connelly, and got from him the following history: 



I bought on the 18th of July 68 head of half-breed cattle from Mr. Page. These 

 cattle had been wintered on Deer Creek, 12 miles southeast of Caldwell, Sumner 

 County, Kansas. When I bought them they were on a range, owned by Mr, Cox, 6 

 miles southeast of Caldwell, on Bluff Creek. I bought 7 head more to fill out the car ; 

 these were brought to Caldwell early in the spring from Benton County, Arkansas. 

 I unloaded at El Dorado on the 20th of July, and placed my cattle in the care of Mr. 

 Robeson. When I bought the 7 head of Arkansas cattle they were with a herd of 

 .'iO or 60 good grade native cattle, a fl^OO bull and several polled Angus cattle. None 

 of the latter died during this season. 



Mr. Connelly also informed me that Mr. Carter, whose farm adjoins 

 that of Mr. Cox, lost 38 out of 50 or 60 head of cattle. Five of them 

 were full blood polled Angus, and another a Hereford bull, for which 

 Mr. Carter paid $1,000 last spring. All of Carter's cattle were held 

 securely in an inclosed field, and have not been exposed to any foreign 

 cattle. 



On the 10th I saw Mr. James Mossman, who had just returned from 

 Caldwell, where he had been to ascertain where the Connelly cattle 

 came from. As near as he could discover the 08 head were bought from 

 Mr. Carter ; had been wintered cattle, half-breeds ; that Mr. Carter 

 lost many cattle at about the same time that the cattle began to die at 

 El Dorado, and that Mr. Connelly had bought the 7 head from a Mr. 

 Smythe (the agent for Mr. Donaldson, of Arkansas City). These 7 

 head were supposed to be through cattle from the Pan Handle, and 



