St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-26
The Sequel Shows 1t Is Well
to Start From an Auspi-
cious Point.
Exhilarating Run Through
Snow After a Herd Of
Antelope.
Tired Out and Worried to a
1Standstill, They Are Eas-
lily Captured.

company, the other day.
The GLOBE man had to confess that
he never did. He had hunted prairie
chickens, quail and pheasant, to say
nothing of an occasional squirrel shoot
Indeed he told Mr.. Phelan that he had
shot squirrels in the COS upon the hills
of the old Bay State, when he was just
strong enough to bring the double-bar-
relied, lnuZzle-loading shot gun, that
the author of his being had slaughtered
jack rabbits With in the SOS, to his
shoulder with precision necessary to
respectable workmanship.
But Phelan had hunted antelope, and
he was in a deliciously loquaclous mood
that night, when he RECALLED the writer
and several friends with narration of
his winter sports. Last winter is re-
ferred to, let it be explained. Phelan
spent IA portion of his winter hibernat-
ing in the vicinity of classic Hope,
n. D., and, to digress bit, it may be
interesting TO the reader to know that
whilom Minneapolis business mana
boomer as full OF energy as Kansas
cyclone-was the founder of Hope
Shakespeare implied that there is COM
paratively little in name, but Mr..
Steele, who at that time was at the
head of the Boston clothing house of
the Flour city, had a peculiarly happy
conception when he fixed the nomen-
clature OF Hope-it is
An Optimistic Caption,
and 1T captured the attention of good
many people of talents and business
methods that have thrived and devel-
oped with amazing aptitude on the
North Dakota prairie.
But to return to Phelan'S recital.
Hope is located at the very foot of the
Turtle mountains, and it was in the
Businesses of these mountains that bel
licose Sitting Bull and his miniOns took
refuge when pursued by the United
States troops shortly prior to his return
to the agency and his death at the
hands Of the Indian police.
The town is in Steele county, and it
will be observed thatthe founder of the
city was done the honor of having the
county named after him.
Now to the story. There is mighty
little diversion in Hope. and Phelan
and his cOnfreres naturally became i'm
patient under the restraints of front
Ter town that was SnoWbOund the major
portion of the four months of severe
winter. The rigorS of boreal blasts had
no terrors that the spirit of adventure
and the penchant for fun could not sur
mount. Hope is we'll supplied with
ponies, ard they are we'll trained in
their business, too. They know how to
round up herd of steers with an ac-
curacY that would charm a tenderfoot
and stimulate the typical cowboy.
One bright. sunny day in February,
mn te,rf l.:
a winterlstorn, for which North Dakota
is awarded the palm. Phelan conceived
the idea OF hunt. Some one had come
into town and reported that the blizzard
had driven
A Zine Herd of Antelope
out OF the mountains, and that they
were hunting desperately for proven
der some forty miles from Hope.
1t did not require long time to get
the party organized. Copvivial spirits,
and in full sympathy with the sport of
the hunt were they, something like
lent hounds, went out on the
hunt. 1t was long and tedious
ride, but on the evening of the very first
day out, the hunting party arrived in
near proximity to the herd Of antelope.
There were evident traces of their
whereabouts. Here and there the snow
was found pushed up and the grass I'M
covered. Here was where the antelope
had found fodder. Camp was struck at
rather early hour, for the ponies, as
we'll as the hunters, were not a little
fatigued. The next day was soft, and
the winds from the south melted the
snow SO that only slow progress could
be made. But the boys kept resoIutely
on. About noon the herd Of as pretty
antelope as any man ever set eyes upon
was spied some half mile distant.
The wind was right and the handsome,
graceful creatures had not taken alarm.
They lad cleared the snow from the
grass and were contentedly grazing.
Then came a hurried consultation.
Phelan suggested. 'Let us
.Capture Them AIive.,,
and the idea struck responsive
chord in the heart of every man in the
party. They separated, and each had a
good dog with him. A circuitous ride
was the plan. The ponies seemed to
enjoy the fun, while the dogs were in
their natural element. The antelope,
however. soon took the scent, and
bounded off. The snow was deep, and
as indicated the sun had softened it up
SO tNdb Tile Sdine IOullQ running exceed
ingly difficult. This was fortunate
circumstance for Phelan aud his party.
They kept the antelope on the run for
an hour, and by using Judgment and
avoiding all deep snow. soon made great
gain on the fleeing beauties. In an
hour several antelope had been literally
tired out and they were in the tolls.
The party kept on and the result was
the final capture of seventeen as hand
some specimens as were ever seen.
The deer became rather subdued and
tractable, and it was not with any great
difficulty that the herd was forced to
enter country school house that the
hunting party discovered ON the return
trip. Here they remained over night,
rations for three days hunt having
been provided.
The next day the return to Hope was
successfully made, and the surprise that
was created when the drove of deer was
inspected by the denizens of the town
can be better imagined than described.
When the party had been organized, the
people of the town had very little conf
dence in the success of the excursion.
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