Cattle left largely untended revert to wild habits like marching in Indian file

Evidence

On the whole, they show a tendency rather to the habits of wild than of domestic cattle. They march to water in Indian file, with the bulls leading, and when threatened, take strategic advantage of ridgy ground, slinking warily along in the 1 September of the next year answered the question by laying him down in a dishonored grave, with a rifle bullet in his brain. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 145

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Open-range cattle roamed freely and were branded then left untouched for years. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 167

Broader Connections

• Open-range cattle roamed freely and were branded then left untouched for years. #qualifies (1.00) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 167