Evening journal., 1903-03-09
TO CO IN
ROCKIES AFTER BEARS
Will Invade Widest Country
in Hope Of Begging
Bruin

ave been ttlllnH MN AiiuN 3euif Ntti
md elk are simply overrunning the |
Rocky mountain region. says a Wash |
ngton special to the New York World. |
MIR. Roosevelt is getting ready TO in
iestlgate these tales. He is going about
{ seriously and has planned a sys-
.ematic campaign. After carefully
notes and the properly at
tested reports Of trusted friends he has
selected the places which seem most
of results and has arranged
to camp out there.
March 20 is the date on which the
president has been planning TO start on
his hunting trip At the latest he
hopes TO get away by the end OF March.
There will be no more stops than are
absolutely necessary. The president
and his party will stop FIRST in northern
Colorado. They VIII leave the railroad
well up toward the Wyoming line and
plunge into the heart Of the Rockies.
They viii have as few guides as they
can get along with and a small pack
train to carry their camping outfit.
In northern Colorado Mr.. Roosevelt
will pay particular attention to bear
That is not Il good region for other
game, but the president has been told
bear are so plentiful there that they
tramp on one another's toes. He Will
hunt there for 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 tho historic streams Of the west
and penetrate the Hole In the Wall
country. There his party win be
strengthened by a few hardy -cow
punchers," for he win 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 desperaaoes 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 crim-
inals
! Their presence has kept hunters away
for years. and bear, elk and deer have
! found that section safe haven. Mr.
Roosevelt has no intention of entering
the Hole In the Wall itself. for fear hi:
party might be mistaken for q sheriff'i
posse, but he Will 90 as close to It Al
is considered safe.
Buffalo ford, on Wind river, is on
Of the places where camp Will be pitch
ed Tho ford derives its name fron
the herds Of buffalo that used TO eros
tho river there They sometimes sti
wander down that way from the parl
and the president hopes TO get she
Mt them.
From there the party Will enter tb
hunters paradise of the west-the "a
(, nous Jackson's Hole country. Jack
, son lake IS IN the heart Of the Tetol
range at the southern end Of the Bite
Root mountains. The Teton range 1
on the Wyoming line, and th
/, Hole il near the southwest corner o
! the park The Hole is literally file
with game. Bear are not so plent
: ful there as farther east In the Pow
4 der river country, but great herds o
I deer. elk and moose. with now an
= then few buffalo, roam the hills an
q canyons.
For years men have fought for th
p privilege Of hunting In Jackson's Holl
T and many a sportsman is buried ther'
e The Hole Is near the Blackfoot rei
ervation, and the Indians guarde
= the secret of its hunting grounds S
I well that for years the whites kne'
q nothing Of the game that overran th
g country. When they learned Of
they began TO intrude. The Indian
considered that the whites were viola
ing their rights and showed fight Man
battles We're fought, and men wei
! killed on both sides. In later years Il
" surrounding settlers joined In with
view of driving the Indians out of Il
region, and several times the battle
became so furious that troops wei
J., asked for to end the war.
~ More than once regulars were sci
q Into the Hole country TO restore peac
Fights between the Indians and Il
D settlers and hunters became so fr
quent that the western people agitat'
II the question of annexlng Jackson
r. Hole TO the National park as the on
ia way of ending the trouble.
Only In recent years has there be-
1r no fighting. and there is still an abu
dance of game there. as the country
l. too wild to be invaded except by {
d most intrepid hunters in well equipp
sr parties. The president will remain
ig and around the Hole until it is tir
ID to board his train for St Louis, whe
A. he will attend the dedication Of
worlds fair grounds on April 30
g may go up into the Bitter Roots,
southeastern Montana, and int, I
o Beaver canyon district in Idaho, b
ls he will spend most Of his time in
TetOns.
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