West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-07-03
SNlPE IN WYOMING.
THO i>lud nr GpmU Found tp the Ii,r W -
Hunting tor rcndcrfcct.


Ih,rc arc "a good many kinds of unme
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'rN cowboys. philauimopic rattle
snakes and Coutding tcudcrtcct
Tine cowboys hunt all the different
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'''' is '"''r n''I Ih'N would rather
'AE One i'nd"riool than dozen yriz-
ll con- braccot Indians The DANCER
f,Na.tl, less. and there is hron, u,r,
or nlu.
As inrihc tcudcrfont br,,null .,,t,,,,
h, na.rd all day. and even c.,urhi and
bitten. hy am nptcI,pc th,n br ,,,l.,Il,J
for an hour h, "a covb,y on thr wan.
path. Tlc dauocr to thr trndrrlnnt
h.- i'm the fact that while thor, T.. snlnc-
th'uu fierce and blood. curlluo i'm u,,
amor, chances ol the nu,clopr. Tho COW
boy as mild-mauncrcd and sweet
voiced as % summers brrclc Tho tom
d.rlo.t may rscnpc the rottIr-.nok,
AND even d., ur,at dcNtoriry cludr tho
.ant.lup... olI, to he, gathered i'm b,. thr
cuwnuy When the tcndrlDot snori,-
man leave, the train nt Chcy,uur ,,,
Ravlu.. discussed asawalkino arsenal
hc Is ul once spotted and marked down
l\ .umr friendly cowboy form .,snIDn,sN
expedition.
',Didm't know Won had sniur. ont
here. says rhc tcndrrfoot. I'm uoing
iu for Grizzlies. buffalo and th,t snr, n{
thing
q" ANY fellow can out-wrrstlc - pril
zly. or knock over "a dozen buffalo. re-
spond, the cowboy: "but if you wnut
sport that is sport. Won inst want tn ro
'supmu. II take. a rilstIcr from Rms
Ocr, iIlc to ,rrt sninc ont borr G,mrp
That's mo- name for iir'
I'm the end the tcuderfoot. who ,ynnts
to soc "nll there is tu il F" GLADLY nc.
ccpt-
Then the cowboy. with party of his
friends. takes the tcndcrfoot under his
kindly care. They outfit him with
either a brokcu-down or "a hucl,inv
broncho. and n.toni-L him with thc i'm.
formation that he must leave nll his
artillery behind. They don't cnpturc
suipr with runs they know "a trick
worth several gross of that Tho ONLY
load they allow him to take Is whisky.
which they generously insist ON help
ug him carry at his expense. After a
long hard trip through sand and sagc.
brush, they pause at uightfall M the
mouth of a gloomy canyon, or possibly
i'm the edge OF wood although tmucr
i'm most parts of WYOMING is as hard to
capturc.as II grizzly or paying gold
miuc.
They dismoWnt and prepare a prim-
1.-Two camp for the night Then thcy
take weary, devious tramp to tho
spot where The snipc are said 10 be-
plenty. II is now dark as pocket.
There is a lantern IN the outfit, Orclsc 70
torch is provided. A mcal-bag is pro-
duccd, and the mouth of it is fastened
open by the insertion OF AN imprOviscd
hoop.
"Nhat does all this mcanP How in
thunder are you going to catch your
.uipcy' asks the tcndcrfoOt
"Snipo are Just like fish and moths
and sich,' says the cowboy; "thc light
attracts them. It's about time for them
TO tIko % rise, aud then they will fly
straight for this ere blaze. Now YOU
just stand here and hold the torch and
the bag and when you hear 'cm com
mo you just clap your bag over en-,
and there they are. W
But who's to stay here with mcp
Where are yOu nll goin9P' asks the
tcndcrfOOt ~ all the others show cvi-
dent Intentions of going ahead
lie dOesn' want 10 say he is afraid TO
b. alone, but he feels that way
con, we only leave one man IN u
place. Two would scare oil the birds;
so we lust scatter along, and when our
ba Us arc all full we come back over thu