The Red Cloud chief., 1878-09-12

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NaNsa w"likuuwu sportsman, 10 q
work recently issued Tor the u.c oi the
fraternity. GOOD hunting b. at present
scarcely TO be- found east uithc Missouri
River West ui that stream, however.
there j.. a wide extent 1T TERRITORY IN
many part, Ut which game may -till b."
found IN considerable abundance b,
those who are sufficiently acquainted
with the country tu know wh"r" Ia look
fer n A. things stand at pres.
rnt the coun,r, Whrr" game most
abound- j. tina, which IL now OF lntrl,
hn. been Infested hy the Indians
TIA" Indians are the only real gam" pre-.
servers in the West
That portion 81 III" new state If Col
orndu Wing west Of the main range and
north IT the san Juan mining region,
l. perhaps u 81 ia" very best II lh"s"
localities certainly the most accessible"
aud practicable at u moderate cNpcudI.
turc II money and time. Here IN four
days, bN rail from New lurk chs, one
may mount "A well trained animal and
plunge at once into the prim"Nal wildS
Here are the gaic-wnN- 81 the great
parks, ~ and surrounding which are
thousands IT ,qnnr" mile, suited by ma
tur" Ia III" purpuN" II a stronghold from
which the game Cnn never be- wholly
driven. just within It's farther limii il
the Ute reserve alton, and it, bulk i, nj.
most d"hatnblr ground the Indians
hunting here and loath Ia yield to the
whites cnIli" possession of their richest
grounds, and their great mrdlcln" wat
"rs, the Hot springs Of Mldhl" Park
During Tia" prcNcn, year pending lcgIS
lation will probably limit these friend.
" ~nNig"s Ia u NOR" remote point, and
tl,cu the mos, timid Of pilgrims may
r"v"l IN the plenty of u region whcr" |
hay" seen five thousand elk IN view At
once the number estimated bl men Ot
lifelong experience ~ hcrdcrS aud
where | have known one mnn To Kill
forty bulls AT u -ingl" stand. MAY u
mcrciinl Providence imp"l our lcgisla-
tors 10 invent some means IT controlling
the waste Of this wealth But, ~
have SAID, total determination is impo1-
Sibl". This is demonstrated in the ease
Of ,h" animal ! am about to describe.
which persists IN using even those foot
hill regions of Boulder County, where
mining, milling. grazing and agricul-
turc max" together u Of the 'hriitirSt
localities Of the new west. Year after
year hr continues To- %Startlc ia" plowman
or the hcrIrr, H., his sudden appear
ancr, and a fortunate pis,ol.sho, some
times secures him for the l%nr,i"r; tut Of
hunting. properly, there j. little done
now in III" regions of the great %trlluri-
um discoveries. that hnv" converted in
toSwarming camps the hills over which.
during my novitiatc, | ranged with
Hank Green, TN" T-urtillo,s. big
Osborne and Old Levi Van Rensselaer,.
II amy of the Boulder boys wish to en-
joy II good old-fashioncd hunt to day
they 90 up To the 81. Nrains. Zig
Thompson, or the Cache La poudrr. or
over Tn" range into North or Middle
Park. From this region west and south
is the heart of the hunting; particularly
In that portion reached bv the Gunnison
and It's tributaries. Here roam all va
ririirs Of gam" animals known in this
la,itud" in America. with, | believes nr
exception; the red or Virginia deer has
never been found west of the range cx-
ccpt ~ II mongrcl, II desirable, the
element of danger may be- sought in
pursuit OF the range and cinnamon
the first u cousin of the true irnS horri.
b''tS. somewhat Stuntcd 10y chang" Of
habitat, but none the less ugly the
less tcrocious brown and black bears.
or the puma (of whom hcw arcO or the
other eats and lynxrs, or the sluggish
hui courageous wolverine. Scrlbner
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