Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-03-30

point of junction of the two canons, the
same cause proved sufficient to start
from lairs about half way down the
sides of the large canon no less than
four bears-two black and two brown.
These, flying wildly along the narrow
lodges in search of safety, were literally
filled with lead from dozen rifles fired
from the cliffs above them, and fell
dead or wounded in the torrent of the
Big Horn, never knowing whence came
their death or the laundering roar
which accompanied it.
The hunting in the near vicinity is
the best in the west; the foothills and
the park country on the summit of the
lower range of mountains are fillel
with deer, antelope, elk, bear, and many
species of game birds-this, teo in spite
of the fact that for years this country
has been the favOrite hunting-ground
of the Crow Indian nation. who prac-
tically live from the results of the
chase. The game can never become
extinct, or even scarce, since there are
hundreds of places to which man
cannot penetrate, where the animals
find secure shelter. The waters of
Black canon creek are clear and fresh,
and teeming with the most gamey
species Of trout, as are all the smaller
mountain streams in the vicinity.
For the artist, the sight-seer, the
hunter, or the fisherman, how much
preferable this trip must be to season
spent in idleness at some eastern re-
sort. Why long for Europe till one
has seen and enjoyed the beauties of
our own country.
The view from the high ground
near the point Of junction of the
canons is fine. What glorious stretch
of country. From this standpoint one
overloOks great portion of the finest
land in Montana. From there will be
witnessed within the next few years
wonderful changes. For some cause,
just or unjust, those who now hold
this garden closed will be driven from
it. The Indian will disappear, and as
he does the white man will enter
This country will quickly fill up.
Navigation in the Yellowstone and
Big Horn rivers will be improved
more railroads will be projected and
built as this wonderful country is
developed. Busy towns will rise up
There is room for thousands of thrifty
farmers, fields for millions of cattle
water-power for mills, coal in plenty
in fact, all the natural conditions for q
most populOus and prosperous com
munity. The opening of the Crow
Indian reservation means all this, fol
there is no more fertile land in the
territory than that lying along the Big
Horn and Custer rivers.
The difficulties of a trip through thi:
country to the canon are not great
Starting from Chicago, one may trave
by rail in one week to the mouth of tn,
Big Horn river. From that point
which is not more than sixty miles dis
tant fIom the canon, abundance O
easy transportation is to be had a
moderate rates. A guide should b.
procured if a journey into the noun
tains is intended. The cost of tn
round trip compared with the cost o
a season at Saratoga, Long Branch, o
in the White mountains is insignificant
, The proper time of the year to make
start is late in July or early in August
Before this it would be useless to max
the attempt, since the snow on tn
mountains would interfere. All insec
pests, SO troublesome in early summer
, are gone by the first of August, and
, delightful climate is at its most plea;
, ing phase. Here is the chance fo
' speculation; the chance for those wit
! dormant capital to use it not only fC
their own benefit, but to develop
, valuable part of the country. On
} month pleasantly spent may lead t
. the swift and sure acquisition of
fortune. All that is requisite is a
= observant mind and little money.