Roosevelt in the Bad Lands

ss: S

nnedy Theod

f the fi

William

nus F

of the se

eptember 27th, 188

WITH WILLIAM W. SEW

Missour

20,

irst part, and William Sewall and Wilmot S. Dow, parti

rt do agree to take charge of said cattle for the space of three years, and at the end of this time agree to return to said party of the first part the equivalent in value of the original herd (twenty-fiv

e moneys obtained by said sales to belong two-thirds to said party of the first part and one-third to said parties of the second part; but no sales of

of expenditures, losses, the calf crop, etc.; said accounts to

care of the cattle, and also of the ponies, buildi

gn

re Roo

f the fi

. Se

S.

second part)[B

S DAKOTA I

al clerk in the office of his brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson. The

ember, 1884, to Ju

, from September, 1885, t

ttle on the range, De

g the interest on th

York, with Archibald D. Russell, R. H. M. Ferguson, and Douglas Robinson, and on December 5, 1892, transferred

khorn Stock Co

idends from January, 1893,

onsidering in

o ventures

5 per cent from September 1884, to February, 1899, the author gladly leaves to any class

DE

Mr., 1

their appearan

name

ing up o

lement in, 54

ttle thieves

n, 223-2

in, 2

in, 3

on in,

rder ente

nized gover

inter in

ay,

oy, The, 76, 7

d out

nting,

ler," 27

Hank, 2

t, Roosevelt's Lif

ad, 375

ce Cattle

ains, hunting

d "Little Jac

k, Dako

bune, on Roo

Jack

s G., nomina

rd, a,

, Hen

erce, 143

busting

ing, 23, 24,

nation

k, Set

7, 13, 18

engagement to

age o

trailing

compani

orture,

bune, on Ro

utte, tra

nt of

'Alêne

ation, 55, 133

, talk

toward Roosev

ng of

g of,

ions o

ter of

ity of

jokes of

, Mr.,

and Mrs. Robe

ews, 2

dines with

Ferris,

ast o

rail," 13

, Bil

gs and a spinne

ent of Education

intendent of

t of, 4

ancello

Marquis's project of, 77,

The,"

ourth of July cele

h of,

e, helps county org

otes in,

mot, 88,

ontract with,

d, 189, 190

ilantes, 19

ompany

dirons

to get mar

er of,

ef hunt,

gement with Roo

ast o

Mrs.,

Chris,

nnigan."

Jimmie. S

Howard,

quis de Mor

pearan

Roosevelt

of Roosev

Ranc

25, 109, 110,

ranch,

at, 3

ay,

Stock

, R. H.

, Joe,

reer,

tra saddle

down a

alo hunt, 2

and order,

torekeepe

esidency for

to Med

f Bad La

arried

n its desol

Roosevelt i

rogressive Co

Mrs. Joe

, Sylv

reer,

ner of Roose

and orde

ith Roosevelt, 6

rquis's ca

uccess in catt

Butler,

ed in the l

n its desol

ies,

rogressive Co

Redhead, 3

C, and Roos

y commiss

se thie

unders

s Great Whi

first electi

ast o

ald, Mr

mes, Co

ng Bil

ey,

, Georg

chy,

the Devil

nting,

Johnny,

. H., 8, 9,

ey, Ja

s, the, 61, 6

, Fred

Abram

, H. H

Baron von

Medora

, 7, 9, 51,

rg, Carl

eves. See

r, A. D.,

ting-match wi

whites and, 35

t's view

chology

n, Mr.

-Roaring Bi

akes friend

ife of Medor

n the scions of British

con" Cum

Elk Ho

e polling-pla

years,

t of, 4

Seven Bill, 2

, Pat

itch, 264,

e, Loui

regor,

cabi

with Roosevel

d himself at Litt

r made by Roo

y concerning

friends with Mar

raves grudge

anch,

f argument

n his theo

Roosevelt and t

er yea

. Gregor,

oln, 23, 2

s made

ion of Bill

sevelt's sh

ion of Bill

rquis for Grego

ing Roosevelt and M

ound-up,

er yea

"Three Seven" ran

n, 175, 176

huyler,

Missour

y in,

Marquis de Mo

flourish

s to gro

ck fo

ail i

ay,

and and Stock Co.

ouri Stock

men's Ass

Riley, 63

nald,

zie, D

Nab

s., 95, 96

oss, the,

it o

year o

at, 26

ay,

eer, the, 6

Pete,

ews,

, Archie

ke, 7, 9, 12

d Roose

rquis de M

Johnny Nels

the Marq

nd cattle t

or hangi

creetne

l in the dug

shoot Rooseve

de "bad m

kinson

Rooseve

ay,

Chris,

ey, Pe

rs. Pete, 7

, Jimmi

buttes,

ra,

Marquis d

ms for

ated by the Ma

ife o

or its iniq

t reform i

of a j

ting at,

d fire departme

of, 170

deputy mar

of law in

ion a

ection a

eparted, 45

t as nominee for vi

s last vis

ay,

eld, A.

reer,

ner of Roose

ish law in Litt

ith Roosevelt, 6

rquis's ca

elt on the Sully

ng trip,

uccess in catt

Ferris's adherence

ies,

rogressive Co

urry over,

City,

le, 151-5

Stock Assoc

wers' Associatio

Marquis

Little Miss

ews, 6

acific Refrigerato

Medor

win suppo

unders

Luffsey, 6

iness,

is busine

ad Lands

stage, 77, 78, 12

his sh

ge projec

from the Roosevelt

ption

life of Me

gainst Grego

judgmen

osevel

of violenc

Stuart's vig

evelt's ran

ockmen's ass

the Western

ir, 331-34: an

iends in M

e Bad La

alogy, 3

h Roosevelt,

or murder,

ail,

ial, 3

o Fran

emes of

for Ind

ioux Falls P

r and death

rquise de

l, Joe

hal in Medo

nspecto

iff,

ge Myers

m inspectorsh

ters with Ro

heep, hunt

the, 88,

rge, cowpu

ry, 106,

in cat

cattle stea

years,

Johnny,

rs, 1

t Herald,

rs., 242

Refrigerator Car

t, Lo

Frank, 63,

, John

d, Mrs.

aut, 2

arrival in Lit

cowboy

a newsp

stage-line, 123,

g influence

ce law and order in

for mass m

lice at Med

se of horse-th

over the Ba

Roosevelt and t

county organiz

er and decen

gness of Ro

es Morri

rogressive

Jerry, 51

k, Mrs

John, 20-2

ires, 351

Convention, t

George H

cattle

s on,

f law

n the Bad L

r, Jo

y Luffse

old occup

elt's scow-ha

Marqui

Progress

s, Llo

aret, in, 112

Captain,

with Sewa

n, Doug

ck, Mr

t, Anna,

t, James

re, arrives in Li

r going to th

buffalo hu

ra saddle h

with Gregor L

buffal

buying a lar

ranching pro

wo partne

teen thousand dollar

s buffal

ings blood-

Sylvane and Merrifie

e is disapproved

term in New York L

mother an

ivities of, 8

in Mugwumps,

ption

idential Conve

ew cont

skin suit

antel

life of ranc

-up, 99, 275

cowboys towa

the Sully Tra

as cowboy

hunting tr

cookin

and writin

mixer

Jones,

Marqui

Stuart's vig

on spot for h

. Maddo

Mingusville, 1

in the Manda

s, in the New Y

Sewall and Dow

by the Pione

ranch,

nting trip, 168

ngressional represen

standing in

make the world

in the Big Horn M

grizzly

o Elkhorn

by Maunders

n speeches in

de of, 2

ion of,

reform,

on the ran

ntain she

en's associa

works on "Hunting Trips

rby ha

of, 24

ittle Misso

hing compani

e ranchm

onesty and ineffec

by the ranchm

buttermi

neighbor

oking ag

cattle,

manship,

the Devi

ound-up,

bronco,

n Butler

of shoulder,

at Mrs. Cummi

tampede,

shman with la

of the cowboy

at St. Pau

Elkhorn, 310

h Wadsworth's

the Marquis,

o enter Dakota p

ith Indians

oward the Indi

his a

icles for

Ferris,

heft of bo

ife of T. H.

ef hunt,

f stockmen's ass

e prospec

s Life of Be

summer of 18

e over the c

July orati

sness o

pect of war with

rom the Weste

n sympat

train,

ing with John

ement with Sewal

ged to Edith

Mayor of New Y

iage

ses, 44

ip in stockmen's

to Bad Lands,

of, 45

il Service Co

ers with Morr

th Bullo

on, Police Commissioner, and Ass

sh War,

of New

nominee for vice-p

Presid

boys at White

a for last t

th,

investm

iders,

, 99, 220, 27

313,

Archibald

its version of the Roose

l, Bi

ontract with,

tle-raising country, 159, 160, 2

h Captain Ro

of the Bad Lands

n hunting

d, 189, 190

ilantes, 19

nders in the d

e of the ways of

Roosevelt

ride bron

f the Bad Lan

attle tortur

the house at

headed

p country of

Rooseve

ef hunt,

gement with Roo

er yea

Mrs.,

, John,

Press, on Ro

"Vic,

, Jack

dwood, 77, 78, 120-

ede,

tern, 303,

., 291-93, 3

n, Roosevelt makes mo

on of,

y of, 3

on prairie

epresentati

rs, the,

Granvill

s, 146, 147,

he Bad Land

ail, the

Botto

rse and cat

p of, 157-

Seven,"

Toni

, Richa

t, J. L

ine sc

, Antoine d

runt,

esche,

, 128, 322

ye,"

art's, 146, 147

192,

aptain,

rius, 21

k, 10, 22-

on Packar

, the

dog, the

h family

, J. B

n. See

on, Wal

nberge

, Pier

s, Bill

tion of

f, 5

reight-l

age-li

life of M

oon, 3

de "bad m

preacher

of his sa

hn, 419-24

n, The Virg

r, 315.[Back

f the most notable of these, a former scout and Indian fighter nam

de without grease.' Then he'd say, 'Well, use elbow grease.' I'd say then, 'Well, all right, I'll try it.' Then I'd go to work and knead the dough hard (on purpose), understanding, of course, th

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at what was euphemistically known as a "necktie party" at which hi

irty years later, was made under the supervision of Mrs. Maddo

eard. He was a born cynic, who said his say in 'plain talk,' not 'langwidge.' For all that, he was filled to the neck with humor, and was a past-master in the art of repartee, always in plain talk, remember. Explain it if you can. Bill was roundly h

e main reason was because father refused to take any hand in bringing about a consolidation of interests. Pender was a tremendously rich man and

mally she was a very pleasant woman with a good, strong sense of humor. My impression is she took a liking to T. R. that time I took him there to be me

e was too anxious to buy a bottle of whiskey, is said to have been a man named Macdonald. He remained in the Bad Lands as cook for one of the ranches, but he was such an inveterate drinker that "Nitch" Kendley was forced to take drastic measures. Finding him unco

rvice at the ranch of Howard Eaton and his b

ufficient proportion of clay in the soil. But out on the prairie, oh, my marty

ard it, and sixteen years later came into Joe's store one September day shouting, "That fool, Joe Ferris, says that Roosevelt w

ted murder case in Bos

elt: Ranch Life and

articular round-up in 1885, when Mr. Roosevelt was along. Rained much of the time, and upon one occasion kept at it for a week on end. Tied the whole outfit up for several days at one point and I recall we had to wring the water out of our blankets every night before retiring. The boys liked to work on general round-ups, hard and all as they were, ma

Mr. Roosevelt states, and unless the trip proved to be unusually hard there w

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description of a round-up in his Ranch Lif

son. Chancellor Day, of Syracuse University, who was present, said: 'Mr. Roosevelt, my attention was first directed to you by an account of a scene when you we

all the way from the tip of his ear to the end of his tai

s the name of Lodge's h

er as a gift. They laughed at them in fact. Once, on a bet, a cowpuncher shot off all six shots with his single

burst into verse in describing th

preacher we

Glendive to sav

Missouri he st

erate, 'Honest J

oo much in the

l about the s

three hundred, sle

ttle Missouria

in principles of po

ne and

eacher, gave him the impression that he too was losing heavily; and actually shed tears. The preacher was heard to murmur, as h

an, and Bernstead, known as "the half-breed," were sentenced to twenty-five months in the Bismarck Penitentiary. Finnegan gl

cool of the prison, for a little later he wrote Roosevelt a long

ought of asking assistance of you, but I supposed you had lost some saddles and blamed me for taking them. Now there I was with a leaky boat and under the circumstances what was I two do, two ask you for help, the answer I expected two get was two look down the mouth of a Winchester. I saw your boat and made up my mind two get possession of it. I was bound

c

s fall make a call to the Prison. I shoul

zzly, by Theodore Roosevelt (The Sagamore Series, G. P. Putnam's Son

lis clapped Roosevelt on the back familiarly. "I made a man out of you," he cried. Quick as a flash, came

statement of Roosevelt's cattl

mphant return to Medora is taken verbatim fr