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

Slope "G=t9 they would below and
uav sad BOOK iAa earth and tight for
C-.9n 2 Dunch composed en-
- "a eta Juia would be seen that
.aa .a'u attVen away from the herd
ag ta younger ana stronger animals.
iaa AolN5 OIL llte cows were smaller
at base and they were more
ell also showing rings or Wrin-
a.aa F-th age
Ia buffalo would usually be
spread over wide scope OF country,
7A t''''tAJ scattered to insure good
dff& theE might remain in the
h' general territory for weeks Or
owen llpn4hs 0hJil as II by some com
non impulse they would all begin to
move 'dptaiy IN tne same direction.
As t}ly moved forward the herds
"'aalo close up antll they formed
mighty most that rolled like an end
ia5a mack CLOUD across the plain. In
inns way they would often travel
/ several hundred mics without stop
1 l'A- 1I turning ASIDE, and the hunter
/ was Obliged to follow up or go out Of
business. These movements, how
@tef, occurred rarely II ever in tie
winter a bUltaio kllIad at the end
OF such trip would be empty Of
GOA iid the carcass would not bloat.
WINE me carcass OF one killed when
III o. food would swell to enormous
Si1a lla TWO or thrGe hours, which
.3i.d Spoil the meat. For this rea
son the 'lfSt thinS to be done by the
't4tNf on making killing was TO
,t@9 "uJ INC tongues.
\ buffalo would never show fight
unless wounded aud not always then.
| Nnen M making killing one or
moro Wluuaod bulls would struggle
/ iat3 nearby rarinos to hide. If tile
\ hunter Killed them in such a place
Nago hard to slim because of the
/ Jt..frliy IN turning them over. In
! aia lo ger them out he would az
oa"A quite close ana pelt them with
rocks or sn0Wballs and when the but
\ i3l9 charged ont 1T Ills tormentor he
worth 0e shot Occasionally hunter
! #1 ri De injured or killed in this
amer, butt It did not seem to deter
others from following the practice.
1a1.9.iHea q buffalo shot through the
hbmp and apparently dead would
! come TO life again. On one occasion
one Of my companions had killed i,
small herd among which was a cow
ana calf. He was in the act of takine
uuJ the COWS tongue when she began
10 struggle He put his weight on her
IUmp Wgt above the shoulders, which.
as size lay on her side, kept her from
getting up by preventing her from
getting hold on the ground with
Lcr front feet AS the COW continued
TO struggle she grew stronger and
ending ha could not hold Her he made
a break for his gun, which was lean
u@ AGAINST q carcass some so feet
AWAY T'he COW was after him in
>tautly ana Us he reached the Gun he
aErang over the carcass, dragging
The sun over by the muzzle and turn
H, shot the animal dead. | wit
messed The Incident from distance
and when | came up his only remark
was. THAT was a d-n lucky s,lot
Tic best robes were taken from
youaa COWS and spikes, yearlings AMI
calves we've Of GOOD fur. but too small
70 be of much value. The number Of
buffalo 'illed in season by an outfit
depended not only on the number and
skill OF the hunters, but also N
TIE chance, for if the camp had to be
uaEa1 several times in order to keep
N range OF the buffalo, much less
e96d be done. II the snow was deep
and ernsted the buffalo were less apt to
travel than il the winter was open
ard the ground bare of snow. The
number secured by an outfit in a sea-
ml-ht run anywhere from a Few
h#aired 10 several thousand hides.
While the hunters as class We're
aH Il set, given to gambling and
Nhoouins it up in the dance halls
aiter selling their hides, yet they al
AaAs n1ia their debts and none could
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