Show STAKED elal phalna ti elemet 4 ailt duties the h rt 1 the rait vast fb attlee that have been made out on the treat teat staked plains Pl alna the past sixteen years are phenomenal that large expanse of unbroken P prairie cafrie derived its imams from the lexi cias and indiana indian who bo railed called it llano esta cado long facts before the advent of the american the scarcity of water dur ing the summer months rendered it a 4 matter to attempt the lourney journey across then them and end it la is known that many caravan caravans of mexicans in earl earil day dys making their way from the tie illo rio orande grande river flyer into new ew mexico perished perli hed amon among their aoudy wastes for rany yeara years after the country on every aide side had been la in a measure act set tied up the plain plains were looked upon aa as a sort of forbidden fellon the epitome 0 of everything abat waa was inhospitable in naters and totally list if for supply lag any of the wants of man thoa those adventurous individual individuals who ventured far for into ita its dangerous depth reported it a treeless tree leaa allent silent wr without a alen sign of at life except the buzzards that circled high la in the tle heavens he avena or the coyote that hurried across the trail and disappeared like a amborg the sage brab and tall grate that lined the banka banks of the dry huge whirlwind would appear to u block the way for a time and then hurry off aa as it disturbed by the pretence of men in those crim grim oll tua in the early mornin morning of dual dust went sp laning around b tore rare the brease aa at if it some desert sandis had artsen and sad had juat just begun to envelop the tb creat great expanse ex the lait last came known of at any one perishing on the plain plains was wa in to 1890 when two american americans and one mexican a heep sheep herder attempted to make their way fran y pec z C cy 7 to amarillo la in rat nu elj gitig liu poorly provisioned with water and losing the trail as a well oon soon died of thirst khrt aa as well aa as their florets A ly p cullar feature of this ac me aident waa wits that hat although coyotes and buzzards bui zarda bad picked the bonee bones of at the americana americans lean the body of the mexican bad had bak baad d and dried in the a aun u a and waa was practically intact bowlis to the fact that the diet a 0 the mexican on the boder bo der la Is always composed in reat great part of calle and red pepper popper substances apparently not appreciated by either the buzzards buxia rd or the coyotes |