The Republican journal., 1884-11-20
F'Iagglng Antelope.

In the fall of 1851 | was riding down the
Yellowstone River in company with my friends
Huffman and Conley, on our return from a
hunting expedition to the Big Horn Mountains.
While passing over piece of high tabe-and
overlooking portion of the valleys of the
Yellowstone River and Big Porcupine Greek
we met a couple of hunters, who told Us that a
Big Porcupine about fifteen miles from us and
knowing that antelope are nearly always found
hanging On the outskirts of every herd of buff
taloe>, we at once began tG scan the country
with our glasses in search of them. We were
soon rewarded by seeing number Of small
white specks on the dead grass away up the
Porcupne that seemed to be moving. We
rode toward them at lively gait for perhaps a
mile, and stopped to look again. From this
point we could easily identify them, although
they still seemed to be about the size of jack
rabbits. We again put spurs to our horses,
and rode rapidly to within mile of them,
when picketed our animals in a low >wale
took out our "aneope fiag'-a piece of scarlet
colored calico about half yard square-at-
tacheG it to the end of my wiping stick, and
craWled to the top of ridge within plain
view OF the game, and planted the flag. The
breeze spread it out, kept it t1uterng, and it
soon attracted their attention. This bit Of
cOiored rag excited their curiosity to a degree
that rendered them reslive anxious, uneasy
and they seemed at once to be seized with an
Unsuitable desire TO find out what ii was. Huff
man went to the top of another ridge 10 my
right, ami some distance IN advance, and Con-
ley crawled into hollow on the left, 50 that
we three formed IA haf-circle, into which we
intended, if possible, to decOy the game.
When they first discovered our flag they
moved rapidly toward it, sometimes breaking
into trot. But when they had covered about
half the distance between US and their starting
point they began to grow suspicious, and stop
ped. They circled around, turned back. and
walked a few steps. then paused and looking
back at the, to them, mysterious apparition.
But they could not resist its magic influence.
Again they turned and came toward Us, stop
ped. and gaZtu curiouSly at it. The Old buck
that led the herd stamped impatiently, as if
annoyed at his inability to solve the mystery.
They walked cautiously toward us again down
an incline INTO II valley which took them out of
sight Of the flag.
This, Of course, rendered them still more inn
patient, and when they reached the top of the
next ridge they We're running. But soon
leader caught sight of the flag again he stopped
did the others in turn when they came in
sight of it. They We're no more than hun
dred yards from me, and were still nearer to
my friends. There were seven in the band
two bucks, three does. and two Kids. Their
position was every thing we could wish, anu
though we might possibly have brought them
few yards nearer, there was a possibility of
their seeming Us even across the wind, which,
of course, we had arranged to have in our
favor. and | decided thar rather than run the
risk of this and the consequent stampede,
would open on them where they Were. 1t had
been arranged that ! was to begin the enter
tainment and drawing "a tine bead on the white
breast of the old buck, pulled. Hutfman's
and Conley's ritlos paid their compliments to
the pretty visitors at almost the same instant
and for about thirty seconds thereafter we
famed them about as vigorously as ever a
herd was famed under similar circumstances.
The air was full of leaden missiles. and the dry
dust raised under and aronnd the fleeing quar-
ry. Clouds of smoke hung over US, and the
distant hills echoed the music of our artillery
until the last white rump disappeared among
the cotton woods on the rver-bank. When
the smoke of battle cleared away, and we look
ed over the field, we found that we had not
burned our powder in vain. Five of the little
fellows. two bucks and three does, had fallen
victims to their curiosity. The two fawns had,
strangely enough, escaped, probably because
they, being SO much smaller than their parents,
We're less exposed. [Harper's Magazine.
English papers all deplore Minister Lowell's
possible recall.
The new Cunard steamship Umbria arrived
at New York Monday.
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton will pass
Thanksgiving in Boston.
Miss Rosebud Jones is the name of young
society belle in Washington.
The Sunday leagues are endeavoring to secure
the closing Of the New Orleans Exposition on
the Sabbath.
The announcement of the murder in China
of Mr.. Bagnall. colporteur Of the American
Bibt Society, was false.