Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-03-14
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tested repor,a Of trts.e0 friri.ds he has
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to camp out there.
March 20 is the date 80 which tie
pres lent Las been planning 20 start on
"a Euntirg trip. At tile latest Re-
hopes 10 @et away by the end of Mur1l.
There wa be 10 Lore stops than ate
absolutely necessary. The president
and his party will stop first Ia northern
Colorado. They viii leave tll railroad
well up toward the wyoming liue aud
plunge into the heart OF the Rockies.
They will have as few guides us they
can get along with and a small plcl:
train to carry their camping outfit.
In northern Colorado Mr.. Roosevelt
will pay particular attention to bear.
That is not a good region for other
game, but the president has been told
bear are so plentiful there that they
tramp on enc another's toes. He will
l.unt there for a week or ten days and
gradually work north into the Big Horn
mountains, in northern Wyoming.
He will camp along the Powder river,
one of the historic streams of the west,
and penetrate the Hole In the Wall
country. There his party will be
strengthened by q few hardy COW
punchers," for he will be on dangerous
ground. The Hole In the Wall region
is said to be alive with big game of all
kinds, but it is also known to be the
rendezvous of about the toughest gang
of desperadoes in the country. Laugh
ing Sam" Carey. who is many times a
murderer, is the chief of the band, and
he is surrounded by forty or fifty Grim
inals.
Their presence has kept hunters away
for years. and bear. elk and deer have
found that section a safe haven. Mr.,
Roosevelt has no intention of entering
the Hole In the Wall itself, for fear his
party might be mistaken for a sherifI's
posse, but lie will go as close to it as
is considered safe.
Buffalo ford, on Wind river, is one
Of the places where camp will be pitch
ed. The ford derives its name from
the herds Of buffalo that used to cross
the river there. they sometimes still
wander down that way from the park,
and the president hopes to get a shot
at them.
From there the party will enter the
hunters paradise of the west-the IA
nous Jackson's Hole country. Jack
son lake is in the heart of the Teton
range at the southern end of the Bitter
Root mountains. The Teton range is
on the o-Wyomirg line, and the
Hole is near the southwest corner Of
the park. The Hole is literally filed
with game. Bear are not so plenti-
full there as farther east in the Pow
der river country. but great herds of
deer. elk and moose. with now and
then a few buffalo, roam the hills and
canyons.
For years men have fought for the
privilege of hunting in Jackson's Hole,
and many a sportsman is buried there.
The Hole is neal the BlacKfoot res
ervation. and the Indians guarded
the secret of its hunting grounds so
well that for years the whites knew
nothing of the game that oyerran the
country. When they learned of it,
they began to intrude. The Indians
considered that the whites were violat-
ing their rights and showed fight. Many
battles were fought, and men were
killed on both sides. In later years the
surrounding settlers joined in with a
view of driving the Indians out of the
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became so furious that troops We're
asked for to end the war.
More than once regulars were sent
into the Hole country to restore peace.
Fights between lie Indians and the
settlers and IN .5ers became so fire.
quent that the western people agitated
the squestlon of anneXing Jackson's
Hole to the National park as the only
way of ending the trouble,
Only In recent years has there been
TO fighting, and there is still an album
dance of game there, as the country is
too wild to be invaded except by the
most intrepid hunters in well equipped
parties. The president will remain in
and around the Hole until it is time
to board his train for st. Louis. where
he will attend the dedication of the
worlds fair grounds on April 80. He
may 20 nm into the Ritter Roots in