Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-06
FOLLOWING TIE Elk.
HUNTING The ANTLEREo MONARCH
M The ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

IN Tx R0Ss>.
over Rocks and snow s.oco Sses
So Level II, coloradS---A Most Mashih-
,s,, sira,-A case Of fsack AEae--Thc
Huu E,ks as til. Resait Of the Raid
@p;ss.s, said tse;sa;s,e. saddenly sitting
holt uoei..ht in his. b,Snhes. lls' NE Ten,
serfooS snd the second guide all iissei'eo
;,t..n4ly and taegss feii sos1iy nom soh,e
- hei,,at thrpas.h the still mountain arr
m az, ry,tsea.sSg whtssisiss cah- y ha.sass
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ss;a one Of the gssitles, pointing TO q n'sa
rel Of She Fiat Top rsiige, now ttia'iy
sa,,rI,.,i witt. the tints Of counting dsW'a-
tn. gar,sp IS here the three men lay unaer
~. stars. their horses r!cketed near ~
hapd was beside the swift Williams tvrh'
IN !, ',r,spn vasfey ri i,nnts county. Colo
,,.,a,ly 4 900 feet above tae sea ievei> &c
beis.ht whence tell thab mysterious caii.
rose snowy and Pine clad S,VVo or o'VVV
feet higher.
IL sin lacked more than an hourot sun
rise and one of the guides had 10 nc us
,atrhed down Che valley to its sole issras
house in search of supplies. 1t was, there
f,r. late in the morning before the ten
d,,rf,s,t and his two guides were ciinMng
an ,rencho hack toward the far line of the
rrxn timber, The plan was 10 so th'sS lar
,,-i,h ia. hors,.s. and leaving them en- tie
unnsr edge of the aspens 10 besih the
hunt an foot with the aid of the trained
3n., which was the fourth member OF the
naTfv The green timlier, standing In
aean SNOW and combered by many fallen
- ia praeticaIiy unfit for horsenien.
ona ugter another bare sock crowned peaks
ona Gar tr,,e e;ad or grassy valleys were
unveiled TO the travellers, The tenderioot,
uunsad 10 the atmosphere of that high al
titude. found his throat parched and his
li,,s cracking with thirst long before the
asrens had been passed. The green TIM
her once reached. the hunters cast the
reins over their horses heads and lefe the
animals standing thus with the certainty
that they could be found when needed.
Then began that weary ascent OF the
snourIatl heights. 1t had been agreed that
not even the great sprawiing plantlgrade
track Of the grizzly beat should draw the
hunters aside frnm their purpose. Xix
WAS the object of tltat expedition, ana elk
alone should claim their attention.
They would have joined III no such
noisy sport, nor would they have stopped
40 nreDare their game for the spit had they
known that the elk her,t Yves oal y aoe
yard. away Elk ia that part OF the
Rockies "a in troves that may numher 10
or SO Ii Is NOT uncommon for "A single
great bull To lead poiysamoHs ialniiS oil
IL or 20 cows, with half dozen younger
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