The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-07

/ when the herd was located the KIN
ing did not at once begin, as on for
mer occasions The braves spre'd out
in great semlclrcle and began to
gently drive the herd. This took the
greatest possible skill and gentleness.
as n too vigorous action would scat
ter the herd over a hundred square
miles Of country in such a manner
that all hunting or driving would be
absolutely impossible
Gently but firmly the herd was driy.
on nearer and nearer the village and
closer and closer to the hill on which
the snow was piled by nature. ready
for the avalanche When the braves
approached the lodges with the herd
running in advance, the squaws were
out ready To render assistance
The animals by dint Of great care
were finally got In such position that
they were surrounded on three sides.
and on the fourth side was the snow
piled hillside Then the squaws began
to beat tomtoms. the dogs were prod
dcd into barking, the braves yelled
their hunting cry and even the chill
drcn hclpc dto contribute to the noise
by raising their shrill voices.
There could be but one result The
suddenly frightened maddcned herd
mad, a wild dash for liberty only to
find the terrible noise on every side
but one. out across the fatal hillside
they dashed in a body.
The weight Of the herd was enough
10 set the snow moving The slide
started. grew from the size of a horse
20 that Of an elephant from the size
OF an elephant to that Of house. from
the size of house to that OF a cath
edral in less time than It takes to
toll Of It.
And where was the herd The gigan.
tic weight OF the snow had swept them
on their feet ana buried them in the
heart Of the gigantic snow pile where
life soon left them All that remained
was a vast snow pile in whose heart
a herd Of frozen moose and caribou
were frozen solldly when the village
needed meat, all thc braves had TO do
was to dig into the center of this
ldle till frozen carcass was reached,
and there was,moat for all One sucu
drive was enough to supply the tribe
whole winter. and the enormous bulk
Of the snow. the cool repository be.
meath the shadow of the cliff and the
naturally backward summer. was sucn
that the meat gould be preserved
until late into the summer as fresh as
on the day on which the kill was
made.
Simple as this plan Of natural re
p frigcration sounds. II was generally
most difficult of execution. Sometimes
e the drivers OF the herd through mis-.
judgment would approach too close
3 and the frightened herd would make
dash for liberty and escape Other
times the animals weight was not
sufficient to start the avalanche and
in consequence they escaped Some.
times tho event was variagated by
the animals being driven over n clifr.
on whose top hung great masses of
snow. which effectually buried and pre-
served them. Frequently two and three
trips would have to be made by the
tribes and two or three herds would
get away, before the winters supply
could be obtained
Carmack states that he has eaten OF
meat preserved in this fashion five
ana a half months after the kill and
It was as fresh rs when first caught
by this method whole herds were wip.
ed out young and old. and game grew
considerably scarcer after few years
of this unsportsmanlikc hunting.
II has been suggested that the great
preserved mammoth in the heart OF
the glacier which will be exhibited at
the Alaska-Yukon-Pa Pacific Exposition
may have boon similarly shared by
the prehistoric men Of fifty or hun
drcd thousand years ago; but sclent
lists think that this Is hardly lu,oly
The chances are rather that H. ami.
NAL was caught by some upheaval,
and before the flesh had an opportuni-
~ to decay the water flowed over
It and froze solidly
on Hnker creek, Klondlke. there IL
one spot where mixed with icy gravel
the remains Of some forty or fifty
mammoths have been found. These.
however, were very indinerently pre-.
served, In some cases and a jaw bone
or a few teeth being the only re
naming relic of the great animal. The