The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
.AVED THE WINTERS PELTS.
TTELH ADVENTURE ar THREE TRAP
PERS WITH Az INDIAN BAND.

New Grub-Stake Necessary.
Antoine. Bill and Tom mad put In long vim
down In the bad lands Of the Upper MIS-
uri. But now spring WAS at hand; the snow
IS gone: tho warm. soft chinook wind con-
luod to blow lay and night. and the hunters
lstened 20 SKIN the thawed- out curcasSes Of
wolves they had poisoned during the win
:. First they collected those on the opposite
ieof the river for they knew the ice would
on go out. and they had no boat the bat
lu which had born, them aud their
TIT down 10 their hunting ground the
cvious autumn had been cut up to make
table. hunks and othor r,r'o furniture for
cir cabin. Antoine had fully recovered from
light with the bears and the rapidly with
rich he yanked The wolf htdcs of was .urpris-
Y. His keen knife was hiuHiied with such dcx E
rity one could scanr"lv follow It's motions; it
shed here, there. hpun routly without gt.id-
ce. but at every slash the hide. free OF grease
d fat. roucd down from the meat in long
ives. He could skin rs many wolves IN a
ven time as both Of his cumrHnuns.
Dne night the hunters wac awakened nv n
inding. crashing. rumh'ing uoisc up III" val
simply appalling They wei knew that 1t
is the Missouri Kidding herself ~ IN" Tea
.eet which had mpri'ou"t her for so many
lntry months. and they lo,i.T,o time in dress
sun" h'''''N ''S' ~ ~" III VI '''"''
me provisions tud blankets. for IL the
ream should gorge below Them. they would
! Obliged to TAX" TO the hills. Their cabin
God moro than twenty bCt ibOve the water
1T they had seen great gashes on the cot
nwoods much higher han that. where the ice
some comedy ;im' had torn tn" bark
ON the trunks. and they knew there was
chance Of its rising a. hirh again.
Nc moon was 81 ming pt'EhtIF ana
ey went Out l" 'hc JAIN o' 'ne Sream I"
aten' H'"''' az" "'N"'' I"''e '''o 'et''"'
uhu' anu soon '"'' N'W 'no seeming front
the ireSn't appear ar ,""" ''e "ehu Oh the
yer Just ah"Ne. on tr nrehS' u more mass
Wh'ri'he zee "nir' '"'t, 'h' SON" zee III front
II, sometimes nv u" Al" S'e'' '"k's iht"
men " was 't"' "'"'" ''9 '''"N '''S S"t'''hE
'soh' an" "e"'" s''N'"S 'n''h So ,ha' tneir
ont eueeS s'r"'N nv n,''',l' M"en 'hey
o"'i w te"''" Wv N'' '"'"'S' ,""S 'e'e
y" tne ar ""u '"P'' owl WIN crash
SO thuh"er' II" NV" SUI" "uu saEeu
'he pneo''''ns wa, S''u"'"k ice
III seeming Ma'''' ''r'"e" ''' 'nsc'-
ucd Dy 'le sign, 1,o'ne' tne lrrepres-
pe' 'r'e" ~ saw SUM ,'U' eN'tI' 'or MS
PstureS ana '"r "'rN'"R u n's mouth u was
II nhu NOV SUM" Nv '"'''", '"'Io 'ou'" oe
,"ru "Uo'e INV avn ,''', " ''nlu' 'oteeS'
"o - e''',' wa ~ wy W" Wv" 'no ',o',
s 'ai ,lS "p'" -. ~, i"9ieu "u"
,'.'tsolo' W.. A. ,"'., ~ uau"'
', ~ NJ ..... w. -. 80
tnl, .,9' II, mans anu "a suuue en-,
"' 'Iie up''l u.'''" was a"", i"o
as" vi w "''"" ,"H NV" i""", sfe"
r''o' "'iu i"'"''' ~ VIZ Wv W." " nc var
p ' 49,. w '''H III
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""' sou ',', wv WIN
IL,
"n"' iot so " oeu Al'ol'te eNo'a''ne"'
=, IN "" ~ t"S 'e' v'p'ps ia. sou
VI .ne ouoS .''p'i no .a'. to'l0' an "a" IL
tost uaylenl' l III 'I''hk "o ort'eF XII orek-
20 =. a. anu sl' ieuuy HN'n II NV W.
n'sn' you "fe' Ah'"'he' io'n'Sa.u' by
ne time we nave cooked ana eat bite IL Will
. light enough to go to work"
,bin Bill asked Antoine why he had'called the
* nss upper ronod seven teops wn the naI-
rec" leple"' 1t 700 'onk Stor' u 'e'i now
motners ,0 people, ne e rIsGan, say those
,st gonn in tho skv md .toytber.
%. :. ~ ~ ~, N nav I"' sNy "n,t s.", .nei'
II tired stayin' there SO long,"
Antoine shrugged his shoulders "Uhite
ians no believe nothing" he exclaimed.
White mans fell lots hix lies and has helieva
".oo "'% Va .' a1,s o,p 'I 49, anu 'an ue'e.e
30 joiner an the whale! What? Big lake
art and the white man he $ walk across on dry
-, 49,. Iii .,,a,.t - -
an DIG wall water each s'de IL make II me
tugh plenty hear some mans tell those big
ca Hal ha, hnt What ?"
Pin ,,,,,ai, ,'no,,., - ,,.o
Bill wisely ioreo"re 10 make any more re-
1arks. and each one Of the partners began
is share of the preparntions for IN, morning
,ooI ,rtais t,,i,t 80, h vs.. .ti' '',,'s
Fe"'' ANTOINE ouIIl " Hre anu huhs 'h' coHee
OF over the blaze. while Tom began to fry
IN "' '""' ''t "oi''y
laced the TN dishes ana cups on the table. cut
ome bread. and in a few minutes the simple
reakfast was randy II didn't tot.,bor, lone
ioahia'U was re"',i II "."" ,"No ,"'ih lohR
eat II. ana ming their pipes they started out
DR. their days work in the hills lust ms the sun
vaa rising Tho dav hafora ,bay nod sLinnod
nd pegpsd ont to dry sixty-f"ur wolfsEins a.
hait ~ the AT ny s @ ao
gay f, on ane a .t .heg were 60,
isstaar ybere' N Init !" INV bntI ~ u onJ
tho bsnS nj" n I'm, haraS n"u,ap 'IhaoI
aused n large nunbar Of woivos "d tn
nrn IN tbair tSes r. tnnl. than, ,n ~ ~
Snro W c he op ' snon .ne nna on nGur or
rom tho riyar and NAV etonnod 10 ga h ~
rast N iittIa AMI 10 70 # thair ni,aS ~ tI
Sav tLnv stnrti'd savaraI hmpohaSs -, I r' ~,
'few cIC nnd tbev found n iarno band ~ ~ en-
nlo feedina ma ivinr Iown 10" nSt far fr, w
,ait whini ran ~ ~, h., IN, ana an ~ ~ ~, ~
r,ria nt ,hnir annrnanb IN No. 80, ~, I'M III
ientv ~ fnt n"at M tha AMIN AVA tbar ' diii
~ ,n,los, ~ ~ IL ,ro ~, o., a,.t '',ey w
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