▁remove ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁f lock ▁back ▁across ▁the ▁border . ▁After ▁the ▁ra id , ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 1 8 9 7 , ▁Edwards ▁told ▁an ▁O ma ha ▁rep orter ▁the ▁following ; ▁" I ▁have ▁an ▁armed ▁force ▁of ▁about ▁fifty ▁[ men ] ▁ready ▁for ▁the ▁cl ash ▁when ▁it ▁comes . ▁I ▁am ▁comp elled ▁to ▁keep ▁a ▁small ▁army ▁about ▁my ▁place ▁all ▁the ▁time . ▁A ▁short ▁time ▁ago ▁three ▁hundred ▁sheep ▁were ▁killed ▁and ▁two ▁her ders ; ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁it ▁looked ▁as ▁though ▁the ▁entire ▁Colorado ▁milit ia ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁called ▁out , ▁but ▁the ▁sheep men ▁and ▁cattle men ▁looked ▁out ▁for ▁themselves , ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁several ▁gra ves ▁in ▁the ▁vic inity ▁of ▁Me ek er ▁that ▁go ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁they ▁know ▁how ▁to ▁do ▁this ." ▁Another ▁incident ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁November ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 8 9 9 , ▁when ▁forty ▁mask ed ▁men ▁attacked ▁a ▁sheep ▁camp ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁lower ▁S nake ▁River . ▁During ▁the ▁for ay , ▁over ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁sheep ▁were ▁" club bed ▁and ▁scattered ", ▁the ▁she ph erd s ▁were ▁ro bb ed ▁and ▁their ▁w agon ▁was ▁burn ed . ▁ ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁serious ▁ra ids , ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁north western ▁Colorado ▁area , ▁occurred ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁ 1 8 9 6 , ▁