Chapter 15
Harvest HomeThe firm's profits for the summer of '77 footed up over two
hundred thousand dollars. The government herds from the Cherokee
Outlet paid the best, those sent to market next, while the through
cattle remunerated us in the order of beeves, young steers, and
lastly cows. There was a satisfactory profit even in the latter,
yet the same investment in other classes paid a better per cent
profit, and the banking instincts of my partners could be relied on
to seek the best market for our capital. There was nothing
haphazard about our business; separate accounts were kept on every
herd, and at the end of the season the percentage profit on each
told their own story. For instance, in the above year it cost us
more to deliver a cow at an agency in the Indian Territo
