The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-18

grub" and ammunition. the latter
/ consisting OF several kegs of black
rifle powder and about zoo pounds
Of lead for bullets, With plenty ol
caps or primers, for loading She
shells. The guns ased were the sim
sic shot breech loading old reliable
Sharp's rifles Of IL calibre, using 10
-rains OF powder Tho shell when
loaded was six inches in length.
After crossing the Yellowstone oil
the government ferry and strugsIiug
in sce-saw fashion with our bali% team
up the narrow daGfe which the road
followed from the river 10 The top
Of the table land we for the drs,
| time came in eleSe proximity 10
numerous herds of buffalo.
At this point | was OIL yrcstrainoa
| by my partners from Immediately 5c-
ginning The hunt. Continuing north we
camped for the night on Sunday
| creek, the bed Of which stream is
| without water. except in places, dur
ing most Of the year. While my com
| panions made camp | sailed forth
with my gun, ana while there were
plenty of buffalo III sight, and the
country was quite rollins, for some
mysterious reason was unable to
SCI within Sunshot of any OF them,
| | would locate d bunch Of them
quietly grazing. and being positive
that they had not seen me, would
stealthily approach from behind a
hill, only to see them numbering o.l
| g half mile or more in the distance.
The cause Of this apparent mystery
| | discovered later on ana | judged
| it was not unknown to my compau-
ions, from the cynical smiles with
which they greeted my empty hand
! Cd return.
On the following morning my part
ncrs l1ft me in camp and went out
to look Tor location for our winter
camp. This they chose near a spring,
which they found few miles dia
tant, and we at once proceeded to
prepare our winter quarters.
First we constructed dugoUt
some T. by > fee, in size, i'll the FACE
Of gently slipping bank. Tla root
Of the dngout was covered by d IcW
cottonwood poles over which was
spread four buffalo bun nidgs taken
| ~ my companions ana over he5e
was put a layer Of buffalo 4,aSs a1d
Another buffalo hide soryrl the my
pose Of Il door. IN the AanG clui I'll
the dugout was constructed a utuC
| fireplace and after we had gatheru.
3 large quantity of dry buffalo ehips
and hauled some dead cotuunE.o1t
| logs from Sunday creek for fuel ".
We're ready 10 begin the real buainea.
| OF hunting.
The most of the killing was done
! by one Of my companions, lhc othrl
man ana myself being 6a,pPsi III
skinning and packing the hides into
camp, using the horses to do thl
| packing, At first my companions
were somewhat distant, CHASING mt
with all "tenderleet," as being al Tit
tie account, but finding | was Willu
10 take my full share OF the drudg
cry and that my powers al endurance
We're equal or better than thatr own
The kid as the called ne gradually
came to be a tay0rite With them ant
the friendship thus formed iaatc,
through all the years that We Nel,
thrown together and in ono instauc,
al least served to prolong my caaa
on earth.
The method employed in huntin
was commonly termed still hMtmg
and was far removed from the pUpu
lar idea of hunting buffalo by lhasiu,
them on horseback
Tho host character Of country "a
hunting was the broken undnlatin.
plain interlacod with raYines and gul
lies. Upon starting out for the al.
the hunter usually went to uearh,
ILL or butte where good view O
the surrounding country could ~ hQ,
From this point probably namhe
of different herds could be seen rang
ING in size from a few head to SOW
rral hundred or even thousands
novice would be APT to so after tn
largest herd in sight. Init the on
| btIitHttN UUNttI NONiu StlAtt
bunch of Is or % tdat seemed to b
on favorable ground and if FORUM
favored him the entire herd Woul
he killed. This program would oftc
be varied by chance: perhaps til
hunter would come onto herd hJ
fore reaching the observation point
or he might encounter buffalo tia
were not visible from the hill or tn
herd would stampede at the first sho
and he might get only one or two c
, them or perhaps mono at all.
, The hunter was obliged to keep on
, of sight and one absolutely nocessar
requisite was that the hunter Away
, keep to the windWard of his gam,
, for the buffalo is wonderfully kee
: of smell, being able to detect Il ma
Al distance Of several miles if tn
| wind is favorable. This explained tn
: apparent mystery of my first failur
: Mt hunting.
f The best distance Tor shooting wa