Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-11-07
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wrote In one Of the big magazines. Tn
trip was made up by o,ssvet and hi
ranch partner, Monroe Ferguson, am
n Tazewsll Woody was the head guide
that Is to say, he had the party II
charge. Joined them at the uppe
basin in the park. We were out sol
/. thirty days or so, as rem mber 1t. W,
had all kinds OF weather-snow, rain
hall and shine-but l Will say that
never heard whimper from Teddy
Roosevelt from start 10 finish OF thai
| trip He took his medicine like man
straight through, and never made a
kick, even when the snow from The
trees ran down his back all day and we
made camp at dark In a hurry.
Can siss Up . Mean Man.
1--WE been out with all sorts Of peo-
pie In the mountains, and l tell you
there's where you can get a line on
man. Once there was fellow out
with one OF my parties and another
gentleman was near me when the Eel
low first showed up. The first thing
the fellow did was to begin To check
up ohe grub list to see whether l had
robbed him or not In buying the sup
plies Quick as q Sash this other man
said to me; Look out for that fellow.
He's a son OF . gun. surer He hadn't
ever seen him. but It didn't take him
long to size him up on good Western
grounds. And he was right.
Now. you didn't ever see Teddy
Roosevelt figuring over the grub list
All he wanted to know was that you
were square In the first place and that
you had plenty Of grub along. He
could eat quite bit In camp, but he
always had meat hung up and plenty
of times 1t was bear.
I'VE were in at the wrong time Of
year for bear on that Two Ocean hunt,
but Woody has been out with Governor
Roosevelt and Woody told me-and
reckon one guide woull pretty near tell
the truth to another about the Eastern
outft-that Roosevelt was the best shot
on big game that he ever had out and
rarely missed decent shot He ustd
to shoot the heads of the grouse he
killed with his rifle: never knew him
to shoot one in the body.
Governor Roosevelt was always a
great deal handicapped In finding game
by his shOrtsightednes He always
had to wear glasses, and he always
took several pairs along with him when
he started on hunt. for fear he might
get left without eyes. But II you hap
pened to sight the game first. and then
showed him where 1t was, you didn't
need to do anything more. He was as
good stalker as ever saw, and az l
said, as good shot as any man on
big game Of every kind
For the first week Of our trip Fer
guson killed all the game 1t just came
his way, and Teddy didn't happen 70
meet up with the luck of Il, that was
all. Teddy gave Ferguson the laugh
for breaking the old hoodso,' as H.
called 1t, and said he guessed II would
be his turn now. At once The luck
came to him. and though Ferguson nld
another rife, Teddy got most OF The
game after that. We go. plenty OF
the elk we wanted Woody
told me that he had known Roos welt
to kill elk, sheep, mountain lion. der,
etc., all on one trip. He killed a good
man" grizzlies around Medora when he
first went In there, before the game
was run out Of the Bad Lands 50 much.
Afraid Of a bear? Well, should say
he wasn't!
Teddy Showed His Gameness.
Now, there are other ways Of telling
whether a man Is game or not. and l
had good chance on this same trip
to notice trial of Teddy Roosevelt's
nerve. We were going along nasty
sort of side hill, and Roosevelt had
sort of mean horse, one Of WOody's
horses, that was bucker every once
in while. He would jump II he heard
a sticker scrape against a tree, and
sometimes for q whole day at time
he'd get spells of being ugly Rcose-
Welt was riding in sort Of slicaer and
had dlsmounted for time, and was
leading his horse along the side hill.
He started to get on again, while this
slicker was sort Of wet and while his
saddle had snow on II and was rather
slippery. As quick as he put his foot
In the stirrup this mean horse began
to pitch and went right down the side
hill.
TEDDY never left him nor backed
away, but started right on into the
saddle and went to his horse as cow
puncher ought to. II was his slippery
slicksr and saddle that made the trou-
bic. reckon, but some way he never
got into the saddle at all. but went
clean across It on the down-hill side.
He landed on his hand and put his
thumb out Of Joint. didn't know he
was hurt at hrst.' He came up. pulling
at his thumb. and by that time he had
about got 1t pulled back Into place.
told him he was hurt. that his thumb
was out Of joint, but he said no wasn't
hurt, that 1t wasn't anything to men,
taon. His thumb was all swelled up
pretty soon. but didn't hear him men
tion It again. I did hear him mention
that horse several times, though, ana
he said 1t as though he meant It. Quit
him? No, indeed. He rode him all
day, and reckon that horse started a
dozen times that day to buck again.
Teddy Roosevelt never had 10 choke
a l