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Thursday, January 30, 2014
TALK TULIA
BY WALDO WESLEY
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scanned the horizon. The bones
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The bone men either hauled
first caught his attention. “Buf-
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All of us know people that can
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Read about her. She reached out
and shared her joy and care with
those who had no one or any
possessions. She was an eternal
latter life. She faced the great-
est poverty known in the world
and helped the lowest on the
bones back each trip.
Jace knew the railroad soon
of the Tule creeks
many places such as this on the
change your behavior and im-
prove your mental and physical
health.
but ultimately we choose how
we look at life. Our attitude
can be a lot like the West Tex-
as weather...wait a minute and it
but we have to make an effort.
If you are negative and pessimis-
tic you can will to change your
falo were on every Indian reser-
vation. What if the government
Jace eventually joined in
the bone hauling business as
over three million dollars.
The bones, like the buffaloes
from whence they came, didn’t
No one else can do it for you,
YOU must make the choice
Others can help and will help.
Being optimistic can dramati-
cally change your life regardless
of your circumstances, health,
income, education or job. If you
make that positive step then you
will be surprised how much your
world around you will change.
Choosing to dwell on the posi-
tive will attract other positive
people to your life. Choosing to
walk and look on the bright side
will lighten your load, put life
in your step, and radiate joy to
others. Joy is a great gift worth
sharing and blesses the giver.
As we face the cold wind of
winter, don’t let it freeze up your
heart. Strive to be optimistic.
Share the sunshine in your hfe
and you will reap the warm ben-
efits of caring relationships.
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The slaughter had carpeted not daring to stop for a meal until The bone men followed the same
the prairie with skeletons Jace well past the carnage. system of rights as the buffalo
After the guns grew silent and hunters. When a man went to
were scattered across the grass as the hunters left, coyotes and prai- work on an old killing ground, he
far as he could see in any direc- rie wolves came. Snarling and alone had a right to the bones in
tion. This must have been a ma- growling, they didn’t seem to that particular area,
jor stand for a group of buffalo mind the stench. The carnivores
hunters. tore and feasted on the rotting ery bone within a mile or so and
He shook his head in amaze- meat until they could hold no piled them together. The size of
ment at the huge numbers of the more. The nights settled quietly, the pile depending on the number
bones on the praine southwest interrupted only by the howls of of buffalo killed in the vicinity
There were these scavengers. When the bone man finished in
The wolfers followed. They one locality, he would put a sign
range. Jace had been too young were men who poisoned every with this name on the pile. The
to participate in the great buffalo carcass for several miles with pile belonged to him and anyone
hunt of the 1870s. But, it was the strychnine. The wolves and coy- who disregarded the sign was
‘80s now, and he was scouting otes died in agony after eating subject to the consequences,
the possibilities of turning these the poisoned meat. The wolfers
bones into gold. cared only about the dollar or the bones the railroad, as Jace
The idea wasn’t new. The story two they got from the sale of the planned, or sold them to bone
of a man called “Buffalo Bones” hides. buyer’s agent. The agents trav-
Milhons of pounds of buffalo eled across the country in search
falo Bones” made a small fortune meat lay clumps on the prairie, bone piles.
gathering bones up in Kansas. Some of it poisoned, all rotting
All told, he shipped 3,000 car- as nature and scavengers pro-
loads of bones to the east. The ceeded to strip the skeletons. The planned. He joined hundreds of
bulk of bones were ground and sun bleached them white. Jace other men engaged m the same
converted to phosphate for use as planned to be part of the next business. The bones he and his
fertilizer. The rest converted to step, as a hunter and gatherer of crew gathered was part of the
carbon for use in refining sugar bones, the final step in the ex- half million tons gathered and
According to the latest sto- termination of the great buffalo shipped from western Texas for
ry Jace heard about the bone herds.
business, the man who hauled He planned to make some mon-
the barbed wire to the JA ranch ey. Profit provided the only rea-
made $ 1,500 by hauling a load of son for the extermination of the last long. Before it was over, tons
buffalo. Jace didn’t believe the of bones were stacked alongside
rumor that buffalo hunters were the railroad tracks awaiting ship-
would be to Wichita Falls. It had part of a nefarious government ment to the east.
already reached Abilene His plan to starve the plains Indians
possibility of success in business Even if it were true, the hunters
of bones grew with each mile of did it for the money. And, they place of his own and settle down,
track that brought the railroad did an excellent job faster than Sometimes though, when he sat
closer.
The magnitude of the slaugh-
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Swisher County News
Retired school personnel hold Jan. 6 meeting
Peggie Bush welcomed guests
Stephanie Wolf, Felice Ack-
er, extension agent for Castro
County, Ana Baeza, and fifteen
members to the January 6 Swish-
er-Briscoe Retired School Per-
sonnel meeting.
Valeria Bell and Mary Lou
Moreno were nominated for
First and Second Vice Presi-
dents. Peggie Bush presented
the Certificate of Recognition
21st Century Award to Phil Bar-
efield for his leadership as Leg-
islative Chairman. Valeria Bell
then introduced Felice Acker,
1992 THS graduate, who spoke
about the importance of mam-
mograms. She shared handouts
depicting the size of lumps found
at different times of discovery
and how helpful early discovery
proved to be She encouraged
attendants to encourage friends
and relatives to schedule annual
mammograms.
Get well cards were signed
for Rowdy Cogdell, Rank Cog-
dell, Loyd Leavitt; congratula-
tory cards were signed for Jim
and Glenna Reynolds, Dorothy
Boyett, Leia Nevins, Wayne and
Yvonne Nevins, Peggie Bush,
and a 100th happy birthday card
was
Karen Barnett shared a letter
anyone believed possible. on his front porch enjoying the
It was hard for Jace to imagine coolness of the evening, he pon-
ter, providing his opportunity as- the herds of buffalo that stretched dered what happened to the buf-
tounded him. The buffalo hunt- for miles across the plains less falo, the hunt, and the result.
ers had moved down into Texas than a decade earlier. Grazing
when the Comanche were defeat- the prairies from Texas to Cana- things have been if the govern-
ed. The rush to the buffalo range da, buffalo provided food, cloth- ment had, attempted to save the
reached its climax tn 1876 ing, and shelter for thousand of buffalo from extinction? What
Millions of buffalo were killed Indians. Many of the tribes from if the number of buffalo killed
for the skins. The most desirable the plains to the northwest de- had been limited? What if buf-
were made into robes, the rest pended on the buffalo for suste-
nance.
Millions of bleached bones had spent millions of dollars to
was killed for the meat. If the scattered across the prairies were do that instead of millions at-
hunters took any meat, it was the silent testimony to the removal tempting to supply every need of
hams, the saddle, and the tongue, of that final obstacle in the march the Indians?
The rest of the bloody red carcass of progress. The Indians were
left to rot. defeated when the buffalo disap- Talk Tulia, heard weekdays on
One of the JA boys told Jace of peared. KKYN 106.9FM - Mornings
moving a herd across the prairie Men like Jace spent months at 7:50 Noon Hour 12.50
covered with them. The stench on the prairie. First, looking for
from a mile away had forced him a killing ground. A place where 7:48 Noon Hour at 12:35
to hold his nose. The hide flies hunters had good stands often
grew so thick the cowboys pulled were two or three hundred acres
a bandanna over their mouths, completely covered with bones.
signed for Elvin Howell. Felice Acker encouraged Swisher-Briscoe Retired School Per-
sonnel to be diligent in scheduling annual mammograms. Fe-
from the Jim Reynolds thank- lice is the Castro County Extension Agent.
Snack Pak prepping following rial Hospital Ryan Barnard will
the meeting. present the program. Prepping
Members and guests are in- for Snack Pak will follow the
vited to the February 3, 11 a.m. meeting. As a reminder, it is not
meeting at the El Camino Dining too late to bring books for the
Room. CEO of Swisher Memo- Children’s Book Project.
Is the glass half full or half optimist,
empty? It depends on how you
look at it! This familiar old test
indicates how you may see your anyone. They see negativity in
world ... positive or negative, every circumstance and are most
Reduced even further, optimistic likely to feel victimized by oth-
or pessimistic. Optimism is not
a disease, a skill, or an IQ level,
but an attitude. Positive or nega-
tive personalities are composed
of attitudes and based on per-
ceptions about how we view our our mentors, family, and friends,
world. Positive or negative, it all
depends on your choice of how
you want to see your life.
Some people get out of bed m
the morning thinking everyone will change. Yes, we can change
is after them, against them and
the world is on a downhill slide
They see the glass half empty.
Others wake up with joy in their outlook. If you do then you can
heart, everyday is a new begin-
ning, and a smile on their face.
They see the glass half full. It
doesn’t matter the age, sex, IQ,
race, religion or culture.
All people choose how they
view the world. It is not depen-
dent on income or education. I
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Peggie Bush awards Certificate of Recognition 21st Century
Award to Phil Barefield Phil serves as Legislative Chairman
for the Swisher-Briscoe Retired School Personnel.
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The Swisher County News (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 2014, newspaper, January 30, 2014; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1249220/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.