THE CATTLE COUNTRY OF THE FAR WEST 



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COWBOY FUN. 



Some of the cowboys are Mexicans, who generally do the actual work 

 well enough, but are not trustworthy ; moreover, they are always regarded 

 with extreme disfavor by the Texans in an outfit, among whom the intol- 

 erant caste spirit is very strong. Southern-born whites will never work 

 under them, and look down upon all colored or half-caste races. One 

 spring I had with my wagon a Pueblo Indian, an excellent rider and 

 roper, but a drunken, worthless, lazy devil; and in the summer of 1886 

 there were with us a Sioux half-breed, a quiet, hard-working, faithful 

 fellow, and a mulatto, who was one of the best cow-hands in the whole 

 round-up. 



