The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-10-22
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Il much larger here than below. at the mouth
Of Divide Greek, has lagoon. like character.
being in long. ssill rearhes from % tn 100
yards wide, with gsatIs current sxceps on
the intervening ridles-savel hos,om every
where, and banks low aad grassy. Its wa
ters are alive with dncks Ut various kinds,
Reess, br,nt, cranes aad nsh. Shade Of Ike
Walton. what fish-lones . yer arm, big .
scr leg-playfal chaps -saib In the cir half
the timc! We went for them; tried 70 play
fool.heu on 'em for bait-they couldn't go
It; tried grouse no go; tried antelope meat
..turned up their noses in diaguat They want
cd grassls'ppers in their's-nons In the val.
ley. There are threc kinds of Dish here; yea,
four-trout, white dsh, seekers and Ash
thas arn'c :. suckers eAosGh =, hiirl - a.d
~" ..,'. TnE AHrIlOPB i - q.
Were quite plenty. They were rarely out
out Of our sight The largest hand contained
81 but. ~ usual, they were very difficult Ut
appuach. staying on level plains where they
could zee long distance. I had made up
my mind long ago that an old buck antelope
knew more than IN Indian or nigger. and
this trip convinced me that an uneducsied
white man stoGd nO show with them. A.
We progressed up the valley made IN at.
tempt Or two tO crawl within gunshot of
them, but they wouldn't stand il. "A few
were in among the willows, Msilles took the
uenry and started with blood in his eye;
crswled till I've wore oil tho bittons of his
clothes, and until Oliver and I thought he
kad passed them and crswled into the river
Md drowned himself. Al lust . shot runy
out on the midday cir. and the patriarch Of
The hand went iObbling OF with OrOkss'
thigh. We watched him awhile. thinking
he would lie down. He declined doing ~,
and took to the plain scross the river. We
our horses and, pistols in hand,
gave chase. My cayuse. however, only bc.
ing quarter, Stopped at the end Vi
that distance, and while I was arguing the
point with l,cr. Ma:llet overlook and dis
patched him. liz was quite fat, but didn't
cot well, for he had musky favor about
him that was much stroagcr than our appe-
Iitcs. In this chase l deposited my thcr.
in the sage brush u sec how cOld
It would get during the winter. .,. ..
E, .-..~ THE vALLEY -. ...
Il vast, huge, big. three times the size OF
Deer Lodge-75 70 10 miles long, 25 70 IS
wide-.is fully It's equal for grszing pur.
poses except during the winecrs, which are
said to hc very bad, with deep snow and
awful cold. I think, however, fNm certain
indications noticed that the central portion
Df the valley has much less snow than above
Dr below, probably not exceeding foot in
depth in ordinary wintGs. 1t is certain. that
lhe antelope winter hee. which they could
not do II the snow wasunifonniy three and
four feet deep in the valley, ~ has been rep.
resented to me. Hay ouId lie cut here By
millions Of tons, and I SCI no good reason
why the valley shout not suppor. l0o, 900
head of cattle. yet stnS,ge to say Mere II rot
a house in az lkis tass GALLEY, and there
neser Ans been, 90 isle arc our great re-
sources known. -t,.-- sd D. F..
., TIE BEAVER DAMS ....
Arc something wondsrful to behold; in
fact. this was evidently beaver heaven once.
But Tolman and the Indians went through
them there. are but fw left although thou
sands of dams attest t,cir former power and
greatness. and their d,estat on Of the par
ties AFORESAID. I he vdley is noted as oeing
the home of the moose but none Of them
were at home when w were there. Noun
tain buffalo or bison we're once plenty-nOw
very scarcc-causc: r0Imsn. Finley, and
"ye ab,rigines;" effet: profsaity BY am.
a,eur hunters. Mor hawks by day and
owls by night here tla,, any, other place I
ever saw; eagles a0leAbly numerous a!so,
oil of which is doubles owing u the great
number Of water fowlss.l prair'e chickens
found hero. 1t.-ata y.is1zr N7,:EF Ha i'-1
'a' 2Hl 1od. xLovEIY cAxr .3 ..,1 '.h
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Was ours the secOnd night we were In the
valley-in the edge of Z beautiful grove Ut
the sink Of q little crok that camc down
from the eastern mountins Dry wood was
abundant, grass waist Iigh and only second
to shcaf Data Storm impending; built .
blanket house and staidtwo nights ,and one
day, while It rained st h,ervsls, shrss,sning
storms n,sIst dire. but fetunasely for % do.
INK but little at II. Tn weather diabOlical
-sncw squalls with -vidsnt west winds; but
y. st .rtcd up the vallys.
.rux nor srsmo. a. bro HOLE r.A1slx.
y Thess springs are os.a small essek Aha.
comes in from tho east little bslow .wlsess
the wagon road to Ban,ack leaves the val
lsy.s They rise IN = leya boslo,a ll,suuxh .
he'd Of gravel and Do u form nv sal;u or
pool, bu, dos dirseslyl l6, forming stream
Of ever 100 inches. chs ssesn, fsono which
was visible long disApcas Tbsey do sos
deposit tala Or any ssAF ssbssancs % fsr =,
etgysd, bst hsiag n y expospi sissselon
andl ths day vesy wisdS viii sasw sqsalls.
We ala sct exahins i very tIjosUuxhly.
The water u clear andissses pun, bat lives
forth slighs smell With, however. cannot
b distinguished q Z lille distances. Having
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