St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-06-25

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weather. The roads have been 30 hope.
lessly bad that there has been nd
mounted exercise. and the little parties
that formerly found pleasure even In
winter have not been able 70 ride to the
Navajo church, ono Of the classic points
OF scenic interest in this region. The
soldiers have grown idle and neglectful
OF discipline. II not of duty, and even
the officers have suffered from pro
longed confinement to quarters. Nwaa
with great deal Of pleasure that the
Herald correspondent hailed the prom
tsc OF . grand wolf chase, to be con-
ducted with some Of the ranchmen In
the valley. The character Of the coun-
try must be first understood OF course
there are no forests. The hills arc
rough and broken; there are miles and
miles of ugly rock chaSm and thou
sands Of acres Of continuous sagebrush.
Here and there an arroyo runs an irreg-
ular course, cut by water in the loose
roll. varying from two 10 twenty feet in
depth and from one TO forty feet in
width. There are no rivers.
Friday morning the entire party Of
hunters. more than two hundred men,
had gathered In two divisions on oppo-
site hills about i've miles apart. They
were In fairly good view Of each other,
and were composed Of ranchmen. on
GERS and enlisted men. with some tweA-
y Indians on foot. All the rest were
mounted. One Of the rules was that no
iirearm should be used, no matter what
the circumstance demanding It. An
other was that all men were equal
There was to be 10 precedence Of olll-
cers. no servile waiting BY soldiers.
Each man was armed with strong
club. and . purse of fifty dollars WAS
offered to the man who would bring in
the largest number of brushes. In this
hunt the tails of coyotes were 70 count
"a much ss those Of wolves, for. while
they are not 90 dangerous an enemy,
they are more skillful in retreat
The meet was arranged very early,
and before the sound Of the grand
mount buQlcs at the fort had travelled
across the valley to the first hill the
signal had been made for an advance.
This was done with the usual signal
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ing been carried 10 each Of the hills.
As soon rs all was ready Ne COM
maud to advance was given. and CapG
Daily, Of the southern station, ordered
bis men away In two lines, one east
the other north. Lieut. Wright Of the
other hill. which was exactly northeast,
started his lines to the south and west
The men were 10 take up stations at
equal distance. and rs soon - that was
done the narrowing Of the circle began.
Several times the skirmishers going for
ward started game, usually coyotes or
large gray wolves. and each time they
endeavcaed 70 turn them toward The
center. Thcmpson, . ranchmaa from
the nei4hborhood Of Fort Defiance. 70
ing frola the south hill ran acroes .
s0all black bear. and after Q lively
race managed 70 head him inside the
lines. In half N hour the men were In
their placea. and 1t . signal Of Ready"
from Lieut. Wright Capt Daily ordered
he advance. Froo the hill the sight |
was - fair . one ~ could b. desired.
March is pleasant month here gencr- |
ally, and this season is no exception. |
The burning hest Of summer has not |
ret come on, and the air he's Q softness |
md iuvigorating quality not found else
where. There is more green in sight |
han st any other season, and for the /
one time Of year W have birds with |