ph erd ers ▁from ▁entering ▁north western ▁Colorado . ▁However , ▁the ▁Che y enne ▁Le ader ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁she e ph erd ers ▁would ▁most ▁likely ▁dis reg ard ▁the ▁ban ▁and ▁enter ▁the ▁state ▁anyway . ▁To ▁en force ▁the ▁resolution s , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁said , ▁the ▁" stock ▁feed ers ▁and ▁cow bo ys ▁[ c attle men ], ▁with ▁a ▁force ▁of ▁eight ▁hundred ▁to ▁a ▁thousand ▁are ▁holding ▁themselves ▁in ▁read iness ▁for ci b ly ▁to ▁resist ▁any ▁advance ▁made ▁south ▁of ▁H ahn ’ s ▁Pe ak ▁by ▁the ▁sheep ▁own ers .... ▁A ▁war ▁is ▁im min ent ▁and ▁unless ▁the ▁more ▁conserv ative ▁heads ▁prev ail , ▁the ▁rif le ▁will ▁figure ▁a ▁consp ic uous ▁part ▁in ▁a ▁Rout t ▁County ▁sheep ▁war . ▁The ▁sheep ▁that ▁are ▁causing ▁the ▁trouble ▁are ▁some ▁si xty ▁thousand ▁head ▁belonging ▁to ▁J . ▁G . ▁and ▁G . W . ▁Edwards ▁and ▁others ▁in ▁Wy oming ." ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁newspaper ' s ▁claim , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁she e ph erd ers ▁respect ed ▁the ▁cattle men ' s ▁resolve , ▁which ▁def used ▁the ▁situation ▁before ▁it ▁became ▁too ▁serious . ▁There ▁were , ▁however , ▁at ▁least ▁four ▁violent ▁episodes ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁during ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁first ▁occurred ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁in ▁Gar field ▁County , ▁when ▁ 3 , 8 0 0 ▁sheep ▁were ▁driven ▁over ▁cl iffs ▁into ▁Par ach ute ▁Creek