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Bridger, Laramie, Fetterman, and Sidney Barracks, and 

 the soldiers want good butter. The officers and com- 

 missaries send all the way East to Ohio, .Pennsylvania, 

 and New York, in order to get the best butter. Now, 

 the lady I propose to give the Iowa cows to is a butter- 

 maker, one of the best, indeed, in the country, and I 

 shall advise her to pack and ship to the forts, where she 

 will always find a ready market for all she can make." 

 " I notice you propose to use Indians as herders ; are 

 they good for that purpose ?" " The best in the world. 

 The Pawnee Indian is a natural herder, and if I had a 

 million head of cattle I would place them all under 

 Pawnee herders; half-breeds if I could get them." "In 

 your sixth year's estimate you speak of adding 200 

 calves. Where do you get them from ?" " You forget 

 that we have been in business six years, and our second 

 generation, or three-year-olds, are coming in with 

 calves, — that is to say, a cow that has a female calf. 

 Now, in three years the calf will have a calf. In 

 cattle-raising the herd doubles up and dovetails so 

 fast it is with difficulty we can compute increase, but 

 I guess you will find my figures about correct." This 

 gentleman was so very clear and intelligent in all his 

 answers, he satisfied me entirely that he knew what he 

 was about, and not only understood the cattle busi- 

 ness, but mining, sheep-farming, horse-growing, and 

 many other businesses common to the West. 



