The morning call., 1892-02-21

glance mistoOk it for a mule Gaining the
crest of the bluff, looked down and saw
seven or eight butfaloeS going, one after the
other, along trail.
A MISS AND THEN A KILL.
I thought l could kill one of those buff
falOes, but found ! was mistaken. ! had
two pistols and rifle and was 4 pretty coed
shot. When / got within distance TO shoot
we'll enough The buffalOes were standing
still, but presently they began TO canter
away and were of faster than l could fol
low thep on the pony In the chase | got
some miles away and lost sight of my COM
paniOn. BY and by l saw the hole plain
covered with buffalo in just one vast herd.
There must nave been tens Of thousands.
Here and there l could see ali antelope l
took advantage Of a little elevation
in the ground twenty or thirty feet
high and covered with rank grass.
Having pIcketed my horse l crawled away
round the hill until got close to the edge
of the herd, thirty or forty rods distant.
Singing out one Of the animals fired, and
although good maTksman L actually had
to shoot four times before he fell The 9TH
er animals near looked around as ! shot,
but Gid not start on the run. The antelope
at the first warning OF danger bounded OF.
Soon afterward twenty or thirty men from
the other teams arrived aud we killed few
more buffalo. Until We got clear 10 the
South Pass Of the Rocky Mountains there
were buffalo continually in sight. Every
day close 10 the teams there must have been
millions Of them.
A ROUGH BIT OF ROAD.
We got through the South Pass Of the
Rocky Mountains and instead of going
round by Salt Lake we struck straight
across to q pass about $50 miles north Of
Salt Lake City. We thought we would save
time 10y taking that route. 1t was a bad
country, q good deal Of il, but there was
plenty Of feed for the cattle. and all re-
suited satisfactorily until we got almost TO
the Bear River There tie first real3rcuble
We had occurred. We took a pass called
Sublett Cut-Oh and went down steep
hill, which we thought ~ Ould lead rs right
10 the road below. The descent was so
sharp that in places 1t Was at least forty
five degrees and when We got 10 the foot
we found there was Jump Of at least fifty
feet We had consequently 10 set 10 work
TO lighter everything, aud by means OF ropes
We got over the difficulty eRfely. We drove
the cattle round little trails, one at a time,
and no accident happened. 1t would
have been Impossible TO retrace our
steps up hin. When we got to
Bear River we kept right across
NithOUt going further south, straight
through the mountains. II was very rough
travelling Al Bear River thirty or forty In
dians came 10 our camp and they tried hard
to buy my IOLy. One OF them was very
ugly IN his manner and kept crying out
Swap. swap when l had refused to sell.
The tmgran!s, l nay say. were subject 10
Indian dtpredatiUns more or less, ali along
the route. We reached WelIs-named after
some curious wells thirty or forty feet deep
in The little yal.ey-and cam ed on some
nice grass beside a stream Ii Wa our in
teut.on 10 pass tie night there. Two In
dians came down TO us with antelOIe skins.
and / noticed that one Of them had a rey0-
yer. All the four men Of our party
were armed pretty well had a
telescope ami could see that up
IN tie mountains The Indians were on
the lookout In little while Noticed that
one Of the indians had got hold Of my
nepheW's pistol, and Immediately jumped
up 90 tile wagon ana seized q rifle, seeing
which our visitors decamped and ran up the
side Of the HILL Appearances were threat
cuIHg, and We did not stay there any longer.
We PASSED a S. LCuis company of eight or
ten men, who had been a little ahead Of Us,
and cot to a place suitable for camp, where
q creek gave u water. and where we were
free from bushes.
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