The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-08-04

erage depth cannot now exceed six inch
es. On every hand, and for many mile
above and below. the country above th
bluffs is such as we have passed over thi
morning. A dead mule-bitten in th
jaw this moruing BY rattlesnake--lie
here as if to complete the scene. Off th
track to Pixies Peak, all is dreary, soil
tude and silence.
Speaking of Rattlesn akes--I haster
to retract the skepticisD asowed in form
or letter as to the usual aud welcome res
idence of these venomous serpents in The
Prairie dogs burrow. The evidence o
the fact is too direct and reliable to bt
gainsayed. A credible witness testifes
that he and others once tried to drown
in out PrsiricDog in his domicil, and
when sufficient water had teen rapidly
out came Prairie, Dog, an Owl and a
Rattlesnake all together. La another
case tremendous rain raised a creek SO
that it suddenly overfowed Prairie Dog
town, when the general stampede of Prai-
rie Dogs. Owls and Rsttlesnakes was a
sight to behold. 1t is idle to attempt
holding out against facts; so have pom
dered this anomaly until think | clear
ly comprehend it. The case is much like
that of some newspaper establishments,
whose proprietors, it is said, find it con-
venient to keep their staff "a broth of a
boy" from Tipperary, standing six feet
two in his stockings and measuring yard
or more across the shoulders, who stands
ready, with an Elegant brogue, twinkle
in bis eye aud hickory sapling firmly
grasped in his dexter 6,t, to respond to
all cboieric, peremptory customers, who
call of a morning, hct with wrath and
bristling with cowhide, to demand par
ley With the editor The Cayota is gen.
tleu Of an inquiring, inves,is sating turn.
who is an adept at excavation, and whose
fondness for Prairie, Dog is more ardent
than Aattering. To dig one out and d.,
gest him would be an easy task, if he we're
alone iU his den, or with only the Owl as
his partner; but when the frm is known
to be Prairie Dog, Rattlesnske & Co, the
Cayota's passion for subteranean n research
es is materially cooled. The Rattlesnake
is to the concern what the fighting Elitor
is to the journalistic organizations afore
said. And thus, while my faith is enlarged
is ny reason satisfied.
"A word now on the Antelope.
liked him when first saw him. days ago;
| then wished for better acquaintaDce,
W bich wish has since been gratfed; and
since diued With him Chat is, off him
my esteem has ripeDed fpto Affection
Of the u any antelopes have seen, | judge
a u sjority considerably larger than the
ieer of our Eastern forests-not SO tail
Dor (perbaps) SO long, but heavier in body,
while hardly less swift or less graceful in
IL lotion. He is the only animal | have seen
Dcre that may justly boast OF either grace
,r beauty. His flesh is tender and deli
'ate-tbe choicest eating | have found in
Kansas. Shy and feet as be is, he is the
hief sustenance at this season of the In
lians out of the present Buffalo range
40 old hunter assures me that, with all
lis tim midity, be is easily taken by the
To follow bim is absurd, his
ceut is too keen, his fear too great; but
20 upon high prairie, to spot whence
;ou can overlook fifteen or twenty square
niles; there crouch in hollow or in the
rass, aud hoist your handkerchief, or
ONE red, futtering scarf on light pole,
ybich you wave gently and patiently in
be air; soon the Antelope, if there be one
within sight, perccives the strange apart
ion; bis curiosity is excited: it masters
is caution; he makes toward the strange
tject, and keeps drawing nearer and
carer till be is within 6f,een or twenty
DDS. The rest requires no instruction.
STATION, 2l, June 3, (evening, 1859.
Since | wrote the foregoing, we have
ravelod ninety miles up the south branch
t the Republican which forks just above
station Is) and have thus pursued
curse somewhat south of west. In all
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