Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-01-07

following morning. The captain bid
s.Jafferson DavisH FAREWELL. leaving
Assurance that no would have deer meat
for supper. Grouard, myself and Lieu
tenant Rhodes crossed tho powder and
were soon threading the labrynthian
draws that led away from the river:
Doer signs were quite thick Grouard
was slightly In advance, his keen eyes
could nno the track OF a Wild turkey In
tho sage grass, and could tell whore
| deer had trod during the previous forty
eight hours picking. the new Out OF a
| uuzzlinx multitude OF o tracks.
His gentle ssh, sh. /" and quick gesture
or the hand indicates something new and
warm. A little shadow fits up the
canon There goes deer, wait here"
said the guide. Out OF the gully and
around IL In s shape he circles Crack
| does his ride; we ride up just as Grouars
| is dragging out small body that looks
! like a goat. IL Is Wild and woody, quiet
a young deer, and the guide pronounced
| IL ~the most curious thing" he had ever
shot A few MINUTES after he has skill
| fully carved the carcass, has the hams
| on his horse. and leaves the remains for
tho grcat golden eagle that Is soaring,
hungry overhead
Two hours later we approach the brow
of high hill. There are some deer
over there" said the guide, pointing
With his hand; "be careful" "Don't
dock your gum" We dlsmount. stake
! the larlated horses, and then half creep
1 ing, move toward the edge Of the ridge.
/ Now we are down on our hands and
knees Careful, careful"--wo peep
over; the Lieutenant Is in for II and ex-
cited sure enough Biff. bang, goes his
carbine; up jump two bucks, magnifi-
Gently antlered, and scud of down the
nil toward the river with the speed or
the wind. "Quick, to your hor. es, says
Grouard, and suiting the action to the
4 word he is on a STOPPING run for the AMI
mails, thirty yards away. Snatching out
the pin and gathering in the iariat as he
moves, he is on his horse very quickly.
Your correspondent had to hustle. but
managed to scramble into the saddle;
| with "long Tom" springfield rife)
hanging out like the arm OF derrick In
one hand and his lar at in the other he had
his hands full. In fact he had no chance
to grasp the bride, and his horse went
down the incline after his fellows at a
j. l. c. gait Those two bucks went
i eight miles before Grouard's bullets laid
them low. in the river bottom. The
Captain had been lucky, and our party
had managed to pile up blackboard full
of game, that was sent to Fort Mckin'
ney next day, Coming in that evening
Lieut. Rhodes and myse had wilc
chase through the timber, but the deel
got away.
Again we are in an antelope country.
The correspondent had been practicing
with his rifle Tho Lieutenant coulC
down the ace of srades with his carbint
at 200 yards, and he had as yet failed t.
down a deer or antelope. What hope
had a poor tenderfootl Grouard cheer
fully said, "You will bring in an antelope
to-dN," A word like this from prophet
of the plains was inspiring. About Il
o'clock Grouard decried q band of ante
lore. Wo took a long circuit and finally
got within 200 yards of them, but firing
simultaneously, each breaking an ante
lope's hind, leg. Now to cut them of
from the herd. 1t took hard riding, but
the two wounded ones were laggards
ard we turned them about. Then u
Q was up hill and down dale for an hour
g One Of the animals disappeared as sud
denly as II he had dropped into a hole
: in the ground. We kept on the jumI
Y after the other. st ange how an ante
n legs This one kept US on thu
I move, through prairie dog towns, drove:
0 OF jack rabbits, up gulles and dow
2 hills for eight miles. But we gained oil
: the antelope; he tried to play with m
1 hsympathes, but he was doomed, Grou
K ard circled about the animal like
v hawk, and filed the air with laughter
n fired several shots from horseback