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Show horse V te.'ib had not broken the skin through bis thick clothing, ami ho did not have a onuse to show, bat such was the sudden shock that ho was oa iht tiel: list for two wee lis. V.' war within two days' rido of tho Eon-ita, Eon-ita, and hud beea in camp two or three days, w.ieu o::o of the hunters rodn in just before dark wuh sj'.at- ;.iintf, ami announced that herd j1 at Last l,'JJ wnd hordes was grazing aboat three 1:1;! to tin.' fast of us. This was 0-1 the opposite side of 1 la lxv. which just hi re ;.-v. id oui over u iwl;y k-de, aud waa . KV. wiJl' u:id uboat n iool dcop. Below j1.1!- c:i:n;) v:l.i aii o!d jt 'ovc with many dead ti.i'i 1:1 it. It was tliL'iv wo got our wood. l:i all o:licr d:ii.vtio:is thu irrouud was open. Wo li:id about luvlvt tc-uts iu camp, asido fnin tlio wagons and ambulances. The best fiedin ground was 0:1 the west of the camp, . a::d nil tue uuiinaN were stakcvl out tliera. Oulskle 01 the bu:u-h of an i inula was a guard of two soldiers, and two more were between tlie animals a::d the w;i;o:is. Tbere was no d -.tiller a:i;irhe:idfj fiom tho ludiuna, and tlio uaiil was set to keep prowling wolves oat of camp ami to nqst any horse which mi-lit. g--'t tankvl in his lariat. It had been a hot day, with "Lbumler beads" showing in tho R'.iy, but whoa the sun weut down the s!:y w;is perfectly clear, and all signs pointed to a quiet night. It was jn;t midiiiht, when theKharpest A STAMPEDE. In lb-'d, when I Crst saw the T.io Pl-COs river, which is the nlit hand branch of the j H. o Grande, tbe iVcos plains were a favorite grazing ground for vast herds of wild horses, j I went into New Mexico with a government ; surveying party ; which was of seuii-in.lilary j chaiMCler. A survey of that .ort:on of the I U10 iVcos lying in New .Mexico was lobe j made, and tbero wrs to bo a military post j I. vated belwevii I'ope's welisand the llomta river. Tue country l etwevn was a plain luO j miles long bv L'UU broad, with many small sire mis an! rich feed 1:11; s;:ots. The herds of ( hordes had been seldom disturbed by vrluto j hunters, ami whenever the Indians wanted a 1 supply they i-chvted the ponies 1:1 preference, ( believing that thi'V were the soonest broken and would stand t'bu hardest riding. ; We were well into tlio plains before wesaw i any horses, and the first herd wo saw canio very near bringing about a calamity. We wcro encauiiied in a bend of tho Pecos, and the surveyors und guards had just come in for dinner. There was a truce between tho whites und llie Indians nt that date, but our party was a strong one, nnd tho surveyors never weut out without protection. A truce meant that the redskins would not kill if tho other party was the stronger. Wo bau two ambulances, three or four wagons and from seventy to eighty horses. These last were staked out on tlio rich feeding ground. With no more warning than that wo felt a trembling tremb-ling of tho earth and heard a great clatter, a drove of wild horses numbering at least 500 iar.ni charging torouud a heavily wooded 1 I point directly at our camp. The stream in ; front of our camp whs about two feet deep 1 and ran over u lied of gravel, and tho horses were prolibly in tho habit of coming here to driuk. Tho herd was led by a sorrel stallion of mugnillcent look and limb, and was going at Kuch a pace that tho leaders were among onr animals before a man of us moved. It was well we were all togother. Every man rushed for tho horses, yelling and shouting to drive tho intruders away, but when they went two of our mules and a horse went with them. Tho horse was a 5-year-old stallion, stal-lion, worth at least $500, and his flight created instaut dismay in the camp. The mules would not be allowed to "chum" with tho herd anyhow, and could bo picked up after they hud tried their legs a littlo, but the horse might never bo scon again. A score of ua mounted in hot haste nud sot off to recapture him. Tho herd had gono duo west, in which direction a rise of the ground hid them alter a short ride. As we reached this rise every man of us checked his horse. Below us wuu an almost circular valley about half a mile across, and iu this valley tho herd had como to a halt. It scorned that the presence of our horse had aroused the iro of tho sorrel leader of tho herd, and that the question of championship had como up to bo settled at once. The two stallionB were between be-tween us and tho herd, and wcro already skirmishing. Every one of tho horses had bis bend toward tho pair, and was an Interested Inter-ested spectator. At any other time our presenco would baVB put them to flight, but under the circumstances they gave us no attention, Now occun-ed a combat the like of which few men have ever witnessed. Tho horses were pretty evenly matched for size. Our champion had an ud vantage in being shod, but to offset this tho sorrel was tho quicker. Their movements showed tho broad disparity between wild und domestic life. Our horse was agile and smart, as the terms go, but tho sorrel bad the suppleness of a panther. As boxers feint for an opening, so these horses skirmished for an advantage. Thoy approached ap-proached until their noses almost met, and then reared up with shrill neighs, struck at each other, and came down to wheel and kick. The iron shoes of our horso hit nothing noth-ing but air, but wo heard the double thud of tho sorrel's hind feet as ho sent them homo. They ran off to wheel nnd como together agaiu and repoat tho same tactics, and again our horse got tho worst of it. He was a headstrong, high strung beast, and his temper tem-per was now up. AVheii he wheeled tho third time ho camo back with a rush, screaming out in bis auger. Tho sorrel turned end for cud like a Hash to use bis heels, but our champion dodged tho kicks and seized him by tho shoulder with his teeth. There was a terrific struggle beforo the hold was broken, and then they backed into each other and kicked with all fury for n few seconds. Every hoor hit something solid, but tho iron shoes of our horse scored a point in his favor. When they separated we could see that tho sorrel had been badly used, especially about insii ot ligiitnmg l over Raw, followed by such a crash of thunder, as made the earth groan, tumbled every s!eoier in camp out of bis blankets. I say tho sharpest Uush I ever saw for 1 was awake in tim? to see the most of it. It was so fiorco that it seemed to burn our eyelids. 1 was hardly on my feet beforo tbere came another flash, followed by another roar. I knew ii w:.s going to rain great guns, and I jumped nfo trousers ana boots, and grabbed up tho r' -t of my clothes and made for tho wagon only a fow feet away. The two wagons woiv close to each other, but the forward ends pulled away bo that tbo vehicles formed a V. While the space between tho off hind wheel of one and the nigh hind wheel of tho other was not over a foot, the space between tbo tongues was six or eight. Tho sky was black as 1 rushed out of tho tent, and all tbo camp fires had burned low, I flung my clothes into ono of tlio wagons, and than hurried back and got my weapons and some other articles, and during this time the boavotiE scorned aHamo and tho earth fairly rocked. Men were shouting, horses neighing, and tho din was awful, hut as I reached the wagon tho second tlmo there come a sound I to drown all others. It was a steady roar I like tho rush of groat waves, and It grew I louder all the time, I could not understand it for two or three minutes. Tho noise came from the west, and 1 stood upon the wngon j so that I could overlook tbo tents. A flash 1 of lightning was followed by a moment of pitch darkness, and then camo a long, tremulous trem-ulous flash, lasting tbrco or four seconds. By its light I caught sight of tho herd of wild horses bearing down upon us In a mad mob, and just as the lightning ceased they entered tho stream. Tho splash of tho waters had the sound of breakers, aud though I shouted a warning at the top of my voice, no 0110 could have heard mo twenty feet away. Next moment that terror ter-ror stricken herd was in camp.whilo the clouds opened and tho rain camo down in torrents. I scrambled back into the wagon, and what I saw during tho next ten minutes can never bo forgotten. Tho frightened horsoa leaped over tho tents, or ran against tbem, fell over guy ropes, bumped against the wagoiiB, and ' nindo clean leaps over the ambulances, and all tho time each one kept up a wild neighing. I beard our own animals plunging and rearing rear-ing and neighing, but know that we were helpless to prevent a stampede. As the first of tho herd got through onr camp to the wagons two of them entered the V shaped space, and others kept them crowded in there. The lightning was flashing and the thunder roaring ugain, and tho poor beasts wcro appalled at tbo situation. There were four or live lassoes and a dozen spare lariats in my wagon, and when I saw that the entrapped en-trapped horses were making no move to get out I picked up a noosed rope, lifted the side cover of tho wagon, and bad tho uoose over tbo bend of 0:10 hi three seconds. Tbs one behind him tried to turn when I sought to uooso him, but bit his heels against something some-thing and twisted back toward mo until my hand touched his nose as I slipped the noose over. Then I made tho other ends fast, got out tbo lassoes, and standing on the front of tho wagou I noosed three horses inside of live minutes. It was no trick at all, for they were pressed right up to the wagon by the weight of tboso behind, and tbo awful war of the elements tamed them. Tbo herd was teu minutes working through tho camp, and as they cleared it they took away every horse and mule that we had. Every tent was prostrated much uf our provisions pro-visions and ammunition destroyed, and one ambulance smashed te pieces. One man was killed aud three were injured by the rush of horses. As an offset a wagoner had lassoed two. I had fivo, and lwo mora bad hobbled themselves with tent ropes. In the course of a day wo got all our animals back but one old mule, and managed to repair damages. Our captives were tbo finest wild horses ever seen on tbo plains. Sly lot included three stallions, and I sold one of them right there with the noose around bis neck for $200. The others I keDt until our return to Texas, taming tam-ing them a littlo every day, and then got 1,000 for tbo four. The span of stallions went to St. Louis after a bit, and ono of tbem proved himself tho fastest trotter of the d-cado. d-cado. New York Run. the legs. Wbon the horses wheeled for tho third time both were bent on mischief. As they came togother thoy roared up like dogs and struck at each other, and for five minutes they were scarcely off their bind feet. Some hard blows were exchanged, and our hoi'se had tho best of tbo round. ludeed, when tbo sorrel wheeled and ran away he bad bis head down and bo seemed to acknowledge defeat. Ho ran off about twenty rods before wheeling, wheel-ing, and as be stood for a moment I looked at him through a field glass which ono of the men handed mo. His ears lay flat, his eyes looked bloodshot, and there was bloody foam on his lips. Ho had beeu severely bandied, but was by no means defeated. Indeed, he had run away for the moment to adopt now tactics. When ho moved up again ho was tbo picture of ferocity. He came at full speed, reared, and struck right and left, and the secoDd blow knocked our horse Hut on tho ground. It was a knock out blow. Tbo victor stood over him for a moment, I watching for a movement, but as none was 1 made he joined tbo herd, and all wont off on a gallop. It was five minutes beforo our house staggered to his feet, and bo wanted no more fighting. He had tbrco bad bites about the shoulders, and bis legs wero skinned in a dozen places, and it was a week beforo he got his spirit back. I Two or three times during the next ten days I saw lone wild horses, and one of the old hunters with us was asked for an explanation. expla-nation. He said they were "rogues" stallions stal-lions which had been driven from tho herd in disgrace and that they wero always considered con-sidered ugly and dangerous. Ho had known of their attacking a single horseman, but the j presenco of a largo party like ours would of I course frighten them off. Two days after I this explanation we wcro strung out for three miles along tbe river, on tho march and survey. sur-vey. Something was lost by an officer, and ono of tho trooers was sent back to recover it. Ten minutes later tho article supposed to bo lost was found in one of the ambulances, and I was sent back to notify the trooper. He bad galloped back to camp, a distanco of two miles, and was searching around ou foot when I arrived iu sight. I was about to flro a shot to attract his attention, when from tho cottonwood grove beyond tlio cainp a hoi-so caira charging out. He was a "rogue," aad bent on mischief. The soldier's hoi-srt was grazing, end tbo soldier had his eyes on the ground, and I was so astonished by tho sudden charge of tho rogue that I mado no movo to stop htm or to warn tho troojjer. Indeed a warning could have hardly reached I Lim in time. His back was to the approach-1 approach-1 ing horso, and tbo rogue seized him in bis teeth by a hold between tho shoulders and dragged him twenty rods before flinging him to ono sido. Then ho started for tbo cavalry horsD, which stood with bead up facing him, and I got my revolver out and spurred forward. for-ward. ' I wos yet a quarter of a milo nwny when tbo roguo reached bis second victim. Ho inn at full spuad, with ears back and lips parted to show his teeth, aud the sight was too much for tho domestic aniraai. He was on the point of turuing to fly when the other collided with him. It was us if a locomotive had struck him. He went down in a heap and rolled over and over four or five times before ho brought np, while the rogue took a half circle to bear down upon the trooper again. The man was ou bis feet and limping off; but he would have been a goner had I beeu further I away. I rode across tho rogue's path and opened firo on him, and after shaking bis head in an ugly wy be galloped into the grove and disappeared. Tbe trooper's horse j did not seem to have suffered any by the shock, but soon after noon lay down and died. , Tbo man was actually crying when I rod up 1 to him, although bo had taken a hand in several sev-eral Indian fights and was reputed a brave fellow. Tho danger hod come upon him so suddeuly as to overcome his serves. The |