The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-04-10

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reason s for every assertion hemade. ~
, ID have ridden several hundred miles
with an experienced guide and trailer,
Hack, whom 4 intenogated on many
points in the Practise Of this art. Nearly
allthe tracks, | saw, either old or new, as
a novice in the art, questioned him
about. IN going to the Niobrara river we
crossed the track of an Indian pony My
guide followed tho track a few miles and
then said, It isa stray, black horse, With
long, bushy tail, nearly starved to death,
has split b ooi Of the left fore foot and
GOES very lame, and he passed here early
this morning. Astonished and inCredu-
lous, I asked him the reasons for knowing
these particulars by, the tracks Of the AMI.
nal, when he replied! " ~ " sfp1 fkA
1t was a stray horse because IL didnOt
20 in direct line his tail was long for
hedFagged Il over the snow in Brushing
again nsta bush he left some Of his hair
which shows itscolor, he was very hum
gry, for, In going along, he has nipped At
those high, dry weeds, which horses sci.
dom eat The 1ssureof the LETT foro foot
lef5 also, its track, and the depth Of the
linden tatiOn shows the degree of -hislame,
ness; and his tracks show he was here
this morning, when the snow was hard
with frostn = @! ,|.t&GE9EG -B#illg,
At another place we came across an In
dian track, andhe said, "Itis&u old Yank.
ton, vVbo came across the Missouri last
event ng to look at his traps. In coming
over he carried in his sright hand d tap
and in his left lasso TO catcha pony With
he had lost. He returned without finding
the hOrse, but had caught In the trap
he had out 4. apraiTie wolf which he car;
ried home on his back aud b bundle OF
knik inic wood in his right hand. Then,
he gave his reasons, II know he Is
odby the impression his gait has made,
and a YanktoI by that of his moccasinl
Heis from theother side of the river, as
there are no Yanktons on this side The
trap he carried struck the snow now and
then, and in the same manner as when he
cane, shows that he did not find his pony
/ Adropof blood in the centre. of hts tracks
| shows'tha heCarriedthe wolfon hisback,
and the bundle Of, hnikipic wood he used
for a staff for support and, catehlhgi g
wolf, shows that he lsd' traps out. " But
ISsEed, chow do you know IL lis a wolf
why nota fox, or coyote, or even deer"
| Said lac, " If ithad been fox, or coyote
or auv other small game, he ewotlld have
slipped the head Of the animal IN his
waist belt a1ds0 carried II by his side
and not on his'shoulders. Deer are not
esug hit by traps, but Il it bad been deer,
he would nothaye crossed this high hill
but would have gone back by way Of the
rayiTae, and the load would have made his
steps still more totteting." 'c'- AslsA ~
\ rAnother Indian track we saw twenty
\ miles west of this he put this serious con
struction upon rSHe is an upper
4 Indian = a prowling horse thiefz- car
RED q double shot gun, and isa rascal that
| killed some white man lately. and passed
here one week ago for, said he. "a lone
Indian in these parts Is on mischief and
generally on the look out for horses. He
bad on the shoes of q white man whom
| he-had in all probability killed, but his
steps are those of an Indian. Going
through the ravine, the end of his gun hit
| into the deep snow. A week ago we had
avery warm day, and the snow being soft,
he m ade these deep tracks; ever since i
has been intensely cold weather, which
max es very shallow tracks," I suggested
that perhaps he bought those shoes, y In.
diarrs don't buy shoes, and Il they did
they would not buy them as large as
these we're, for Indians have very small
feet. % The most noted trailer Of this
couIltry was Paul DaloEia, half breed,
who died under my hands, Of Indian con.
sum ption, last summer. Az one time
rode with him, and trailing was naturally
The subject ofour conversation. Ibegged
Ito traifwith him on old track over the
prairie in order TO learn its his
dtory. I had hardly made. the
pfoEoosition, when he drew up his
horse, which was, at . ravine, and said
Z lNW Ell, here Il an Old elk.track. Let US
get off our horses and follow it." We fol
a low 1t but ia few rods, when he said Il
was exactly amonth old, and made ct two
toeIockin theafGernoon. This he knew, az
then We had our lastrain, and at the houl
named the ground was softer than at any
4 9th crime, The track before us was theI
made, He broke up here and there clus
7 ters Of grass that lay IN the path Of thi
, track, and showed meA be sdfyeIids ofsone
the stumps Of Others, and by numerous
luther similar items accounted for manl
circumstances that astonished me. w
followed the trail over mile. Now ant
ydthenFe saw thai a vol, q fox, and othe
AMI mails had practised their trailing IN
! Estif1etson the ellZ's tracks,, Heresnd ther
he would show rae where . snake, a raj
. and prairie dog had crossed the track
had followed or crossed the traG
that the qGiCk eye bg Daloria did not d
( tect, He gave an account OF the habil
p Of allthe animals that had left their foo
printsIon the track, also Of the state
the weather since the ok passed, and th
1effect of sunshine, winds, aridity sant
( storms and other inflaences thai had
bearing ON these tracks.
Theold man, like all trailers, was ret
b cent, but on 4his ecasion, seeing that
" was interestad, belauha especially cor
q ,m1znicatiVe. DIR. HACHREBERa.
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