The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-07-24
Onr5 Black Hills Trip.

Our Black Hills "Trip.
1.-THE following Is q rather hap.hazard
J0tting down of the incidents in the first
part of our Black Hills trip. The next
issue will contain longer and probably
more interesting article on the resources
Of the Hills.1 sss z. !, &.
We left the Medora brick-yard at IS
o'clock Monday afternoon in a buck board
barouche, drawn by a pair of Pennell &
Roberts mules and driven by q Spanish
nobleman, disguised under the name Of
Patrick Deylin. The party consisted of
=. D. Crayath, an old college friend, the
aforementioned nobleman and the Cow
Boy ink-slinger. !2s a
We went into camp at Asll-coolie at
$50 after deYouring enough grub to feed
3 regiment, wrapped ourselves in our
blankets and by the light Of the moon
and to the music Of o mosquito band,
attempted to WOO the drowsy god. He
wcEsdn't tMoe. Che mosqu uitoscame With
out Wooing however, and in the morning
we carried with Us perfect illustration
|of the BAD LANDS in the hills and buttes
on our neck. # q ~ q
Right here let me stop to say that Joe.
Pennell had better seek more congenial
climes before we return to Medora. His
parting wish that it wonld rain every day
was more than fulfilled. The disguised
nobleman was sure Joe. had hoo dooed us
and before we arrived we came to. the
same conclusion. yss- .!5
Tuesday morning at s o'clock we awak-
ed ina drizzling rain. After considerable
trouble we got our fire going, boiled and
bolted our coffee straight and hot and
started on. Had it not been for Mr..
Palmer's thoughtfulness in getting rub
ber coat we would now be dead animal
BY the wayside. II was colder than de-
feated candidates reception Of his success
ful competitor and damper tnan the law
allows. As the ministsr said: 1T was a
damp cold day" For four hours and q
hall, until 8 o'clock we rode through the
driving rain, when it began to slack, but
was cold till II o'clock. When 46 1-lO
miles from Medora we overlook Lieut..
Varnum with his government outfit.
After pleasant chat and an explanation
Of the odometer by the Lieutenant, we
started on and went into camp at Chalk
buttes at IL. After dinner we went to
sleep and awoke at 1880 with the rays of
the sun shining directly in our upturned
faces and the thermometer chassezing up
to 1870 degrees. Every exposed part Of
our flesh was "done" TO the queens
taste. !" The mosquitoes had also been get
ting in their work very extensively and
the result was q fresh accession Of bnttes
and coolies. B 1a.5ss!,s
Starting on, we saw many antelope, In
,fact they abonnded Che whole, way; M
|put up the 500 yard sight on one and hal
the satisfaction Of seeing It drop. Driv
ing toward it, visions Of tender antelope
stake filled our mind mixed with the rec
collection Of sundry and divers Of John,
sons stories about killing buffalo SO fal
that they had begun to decay before hi
could reach them. But, SS s%3 3.s$
.sThe beautiful vail is rent in two, b
very often. When within fifty yards 81
| the antelope it jumped up and dashed oyel
a butte, making crack in the atmosphere
longer than Mark Twains jack-rabbit
It was positeyily disgusting.
This diversion and several Others OF q
kindred nature delayed us SO that We
made only fifty miles on Tuesday.
Going into camp at 8 O'clock we made
q fire OF buffalo chips and then made ouI
bed on them to keep them dry in case o1
rain. Il, .y7 Z. -52 Is a e
At three Wednesday morning we were
| again awaked by a driving rain. This
thing was getting monotonous but break.
fast was cooked to the tune Of college
/ glee songs and we started on in good
spirits at four. This was our best day'e
travelling, Amounting to at least seventy.
4 five miles. We made a long stop at the
E6 ranch, arriving there just in time t.
avoid terrific rain and wind storm
Russ Wilson entertained us royalty and
after five hours stop, we started on
reaching the South Moreau and MacY's
ranch at 9:30 n H 1E'&