The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-16

heanZlnR lnat tnree days ! q lne sdQ-
die would be rather hard on W oman,
we took the lady member of our party,
after some persua ion, way down to
the King ranch TO stay, while the
guide. Mr.. CJea, and myself tried our
luck in hunting antelope over ON the
Laramie Plains. We rode the best
horses we had, strapped our WInches
ters on our saddles and packed few
cans of tomatoes and blankets on a
third horse and started through the
brush. All afternoon We climbed
mountains snd..jumped fallen logs till
darkness put stop to our journey,
then we slept under our blankets till
dawn, and started.forth again, reach
Ing the edge OF the plains about nine
in the morning.
Here rolled great plain, brown |
with rage brush, over 5000 feet above |
sea level, for miles and miles surroun
ded ON all sides by different mountain
ranges and famous for Its great herds
of sntelops..ths roam over 1t. Soon
we saw four white spots on distant
range. that Coen said were antelope.
So we separated and each took a gully
to crawl up on the game. Sure enough
after much lodging of shadows l
about 200 yards away grazed a large
buck and doe and two fawns. AS 1
leaped from my horse to grab my rifle
they started to run, or tather.they flew
and easily avoided all my bullets. al
though l emp.ied the magazine of my
Winchester. Ashley ran they circled
past Coen and he too shot into empty
air. All the rest of the day we stirreo
up bunch after bunch with the same
result. Have You ever, on a bright
summers day watched the shadow of
some cloud fit across the country at
great spesd3 Well, then you can i'm
agine about how fast an antelope can
run They just fade away.
When evening came and we had no
game we were sorry pair. but we
turned for a mountain side to camp
for the night, and fell over a lonely
sheep herder, and his pony.
In the morning we broke the ice on
the water we wanted to wash in, and
after cooking little breakfast we per-
suaded our new found friend to join
us for short hunt.
| On this day we changed our tactics
a little, and determined to round up d
few punches, and then ride in on them
and try to land few So we all three
separated several miles apart, and after
riding few miles ON what would be
the circumference of circle some four
or five miles in diameter. we all con-
verged towards designated ridge. AS
/ approached / could see that we had
some three or four punches of antelope
of nine and ten in bunch, hsmmed
in by our circle. Climbing a smaller
ridge / saw one bunch of about six
breaking to run down draw between
two hills, and that the herder and
Coen seemed to be out Of sight, so !
determined to try a forlorn chance OF
cutting in ahead of the fleeing bunch
by riding the short way around the
hill. and SO beating them to the head
of the draw. My horse was large
bay ranger, W II known for her high
speed, so / dug my spurs into her eide
and started through the sage frnsh
at rate that made tue win3-'roar IN my
, ears like th1nder. On we tore for III.
draw the animal Iever faltering, Lut
increasing her speed at every lunge,
and sure enough there at my right
came those confounded antelope fairly
, flying. When they saw me coming,
, instead of turning they only increased
their speed and tore for the head o.
8 that draw. Again dug my spurs in
: to the horse and yelled like an Indian.
, and tried to pull my Winchester from
the scabbard, but 1t stuck fast. TheI
r saw that would ride right into th'
whole bunch. and have nothing &
: shoot but suddenly l thought of m.
s six shooter, and jerked 1t out just a
p. we all came together at the turn
= Three were passing NE on the righ
= hand side and poured three shots in
a left ran a large buck and fswn. Wit
g spurs deep into my horses side. an
her wind nearly spent, 1 opened up o.
t the buck who was racing just ahead Q
II my horses nose by this time, an
q brought him down by two lucky shots
q Coen also shot one, and both he an
n the herder have refused to believe tina
o / used my six shooter instead of Win
o chester. Our return to the King ranc
a across the mountains was made in
h hurry.
,tl HOT SPRINGS OF ALCOVA.
h Away over from what is known 8
lie Bates Hole the North Platte CON-,
down from the mountains through
). series of canons. and at the smalles. {
* them out of the rocky walls pour
d great number of hot springs near A
I'd took baths in water too hot to star
l. the hand in it till after it had coole,
le The wise native who lived nearby N
had charge of the springs for lart
ly company claimed that the water
r heated by radium, and surely it is h
re enough to be called THE DEVILS Wa
q, Tub.
ve Here we bsthed and imagined
of cured us of all the ills we might
Nv heir 70.
cd THE PATHFINDER CANON.
ed Where the North Platte River fiji