The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27

OF q bunch which foolIshly allowed us TO get
within range OF them. These we skinned and
then poisoned. We struck Rock Creek about a
mile south of the mountains In which IL rises,
aud pear The, stream, in q little glade sur;
rounded by willows and cottonwood. we found
the Fr dead , elk; their Sntlcrs fsG1r i ip rtesssst S.v
could not have been dead n very long time,
and. strange to say. the coyotes and wolves bad
Of one ham. The little park in which we found
then, probably comprised an acre Of, ground;
not been trampied and cut up by the hoofs OF
the enrRged animals. Both bulls. were epnar-
entered entty d ttSS the pn fi1S With Hn Si 81 li SaH% b aHa dP of SS4s.
had no lharem at, his heels. They paved the
q their heavy bodies aud powerful limbs;
antiers came together, and then each ono
strove with all his might to push, the other
across the park. nostrIis distended, tongues
hanging out. their breath coming n short, sharp
gasPs' am, finally. completely exhausted they
sullen blood shot eyes. Within sight and sound
the linpid brook pqrled BY. How they must
Here and there tufts OF tender grass which had
escaped their trrnpling boots Knocked them as
days. / wonder. did they stand and endure this
awful thirst and hunger ere their trembling
limbs gave way and they sank to the earth
o5 ny o SSs j. i ! % %Ss' jF% H. ssiS fbI BY he sq Ia, rs% nsys1
remarked that the female SEX caused tho beasts
q the field, rs well as men. a lot OF misery IN
the skulls Of the decaying meat and skin, and
severing them from the necks we hoisted the
o mi mr, up nna n ian, a nearby aSs tree Re s out of j EeSSh S Il any
wonder to The tale we had to tell. and, ali Do:
they had ever heard Of. I%nguirine. what luck
the Others had met, John, old US that
s eass "a lunch tae ait 81 bSiralo OF fe sai s' n a deep a coSlee
al, the foot OF the mountain. and that they
killed SRbx d Sfte eT r f,ns eoT Tba sef lore t thS herd o GEs
four and then fastened home. as night was
coming on. This. OF course. caused US to put
and in the morning. whom they went to
finish skipphing; Fly and a. ! t s2p , a team eRd
picked up a number Of wolves on the way
which had feasted on, our poisoned bats.
There were many dead coyotes; too, but n
those days they were not considered worth
There was a fascination about buffalo run
resist. 1t was a dangerous, sport and therefore
exciting, whereas thu. stalking, and killing Of
around in search Of their leaders, which were
continually being shot down, was, no more fun
than l Killing cattle |, Si II : e corral r,Tnncrs When ,bs a,, we rSPFed
chase as we were. and pranced and strained at
search Of a good sized band, After travelling
four or five, miles and passing, a NUM- Der OF
S fsatdieF 81 Sab S@tSs 800. Most n Of them sssn'e Wer 9
lying down, and owing to the favorable
wind and q little knoll which screened
our approach. we were. enabled to get
within two hundred yards of them before they
saw us. When they did discover us, however,
they rose to their feet with one accord. punched
up closely In a solid mass. and struck out over
the prairy at n furious pace. But we were
right among them, and as our little carbines
cracked. the great, shaggy beasts began to fall
or drop back, and we left a trail of dead and
dying behind US. ! shot three and then singled
out a young COW that had an unusually dark
prov proved to be- very swift Ny horse gained on
her. though. and as 1 finally ranged up by her
side and was about to shoot, she suddenly
| swerved and lodged around on her back track.
My horse Of course turned. too, but / was not
! prepared for such a sudden turn. and found
, myself flying through the, air. landed
! on the hard ground with a jar which seemed
to force my head down on to my shoulders, and
It was some time before I could recover my
breath. When I did finally get up and secure
the horSe-he stopped as soon rs l fell-the
herd and hunters were vanishing over a dis
tant knoll in a cloud OF dust. Sixty-two prime
cows were the result of the run. every one OF
them. wearing a coat OF fine fur. Ely. as usual.
killed the most. tweuty-three head.
When my vacation expired we had all the
hides and pelts we could possibly load on the
wagons and pack on the horses. and finally ar
! rived at the fort without having been bothered
by any of tho war parties which infested the
| country. We certainly had wonderful luck.