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Names in the Old Cheyenne and Arapahoe Territory
ranch. A creek so small it could scarcely be called a toe of
the great turtle, just an artery that trickles toward the south
and helps to form one of the appendages of the old Cheyenne
and Arapahoe amphibian, goes by the creeping name of Star-
vation. Settlers seldom allude to it as Starvation Creek, but
almost invariably employ the phrase, "Oveh on Starvation."
And why Starvation? Many are the answers.
A group of travellers, according to one story, cut off from
food and water by the Indians, perished there. School chil-
dren of the country tell how, "years ago," the bones of women
and children were found along the dry arroyo.
Again, as another account runs, a detachment of soldiers
camping on the "draw" had their horses and provisions
stolen by the Indians. After hunger had drawn in their belts,
two of the soldiers in desperation walked to Fort Elliott in
the Texas Panhandle, fifty miles away. Old cowmen say
that this tale could not be true as settlers were near at hand
when Fort Elliott was established. One chronicler has it that
horse thieves stole all the horses and chuck that a cow camp
on the creek possessed and that the cowboys had to walk to
Fort Elliott in order to keep from starving.
One old timer says that a band of horses perished here one
desperately cold winter when the ground was so covered with
ice and snow that stock all over the country starved and
froze to death.
But ask of any farmer on a nearby creek, "Why do they
call that Starvation?" and he readily answers, "Huh, if a fel-
ler tries to live oveh there he soon starves out."
Coming down the south bank of the Canadian River from
the one hundredth meridian, one passes by Antelope Hills-
piled up as if to go out of the way of the encroaching
stream,--crosses in their turn three small creeks, and then
comes upon what in early days was a beautiful flat, level, and
velvety green with running mesquite. The soil is a black
sandy loam as rich as the loess beds of China.
At the opening of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Territory for
settlement, an old lady named Nealy, with her numerous
married sons and daughters, located claims upon this flat.
When these settlers visited their neighbors, when they went
to the distant market, when they made application for a95
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Texas and Southwestern Lore (Book)
Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Texas and Southwestern Lore, book, 1927; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67662/m1/97/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.