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Show . LEGAL STATUS OF COLOIUUO CATTLK. MAN*. | Si: 7. ls> 7 " ] « ., Indians, at the same time punishing none of the guiltv o„ esAtbe iront. ersinen will seize their homes and thus LrjVl. cause ',„,- furl her .. in rages which will be an excuse J or harsher treatment'' glad .<> get. away from the muddle and not be a further ..•,",- iu it. i was tieip.- iut The Legal Status of the Colorado Callleman, 1867- 1887 CLiri-' oRn p; AV]; sTKimn: i!; n* ' • The cattleman's frontier in. the middle of the l>> Os embraced - ju- ea of about 1.^ 3 000 s, uare miles and totaled almost - 14 pe 7 '• the Lnited Mates proper. Comparatively speaking, it eoial- •;. the combined area of Great Britain, Austria, TTungarv Italv ;.••-•••; nnd J orfugal. and one- fifth of Russia in Europe.' This area' ;;• '••'•' wore located the western ami northwestern ranges and ; ; ; ; - : - - attic districts of the rnited. States, comprised the main V I- . In- Indian country- the western portions of the DaWns A , , ; ; , : , ; , n • a" ^ . , , 1 , T i , l l l ' i w ° t Montimn. Idaho. \ \ d Z- ZZ' A d d T] V' W M r x i c 0 ' J t n l s o i"" 1" « ] ^ tin- states ,---_.. oa. and Colorado, and portions of Oregon. California, and •'.;;•'.'-• t. m.- A great part of this vast trac• tt ooff llaanndd „ w•„ a « s used. ' ZAy r" 7AU]< i- aisiiiflT and was known as - the Alain's'" This ZZy'^ ZAZ1 Tc' X a S t ( J th* *..,:.. ban border. Was'almost • JKind miles long, averaged two hundred miles in width, and " J . I J K I e a r t e r as I S Crai^ ICO ;/ > • •' - \ . \ J A, |