Who could resist this real picture
of a real bison wandering
down though the canyon south
of Teasdale, UT?
It's December. Of course it's snowey.
I thought of Rolain's great grandpa
Ephraim K. Hanks who killed
a single buffalo and saved
the handcart pioneers years back.
He was a Wayne County pioneer.
And mother and dad, looking for
buffalo on the Henry Mountains,
came upon a huge old bison.
Dad said he knew it was the one
they heard about that
charged and smashed into trucks
ruining radiators, leaving men stranded.
It stood in the middle of the
road bellowing and snorting.
They sat quietly, hoping to be ignored
until he calmed down and passed by.
They didn't honk, as that seemed to
enrage him, they'd heard.
All stared eye to eye,
then the old bull moved on.
And they returned to Hanksville
unharmed.
So seeing this picture in the
Richfield Reaper..reminded me
of old wild tales of Buffalo and men.
Hooray for a photo of a real bison taken in southern Utah, posted along with a story of ancestors who saved their people from starvation by shooting a buffalo. Apparently that was after they had been pretty much decimated and wasted by buffalo hunters and the like. Good story, linking the days of the great buffalo herds to less and less and now today, only seen on buffalo reserves or as rare pets like those seen on the blog "Life on a Bison Farm".
ReplyDeleteI loved this story! And what a photo! Aunt Ann, thank you for your last comment to me on Christmas. I'm rallying, its great to be here with my big brother. We've sat side by side at our computers for a good part of the day. He's the perfect combination of Dad and Clyde. Like Dad, its good to get to really know him years hence. Christmas will be good this year, I've been laughing and enjoying being here. I'm finding the silver lining here in Phoenix. I have to say, going to the park to be interviewed by mom has been a high point here, I'm amazed at what an astute interviewer she is, and of course, the validation of 'The Prince From Saturn' is so very real. It happened, and it was good! So interesting to examine these things in retrospect and have a flood of memories. She is truly an artist and writer, and I'm going to get the most of her while the hay is high. More to do, more to live, more to create, I'm happy tonight...
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