The Washington times., 1907-08-13
Build Blind Of Stones.

These rocks were small. and we gath
| cred enough Of them. after we had rested
and smoked a few minutes. 10 build UP
a respectable blind. and IN my mind I
thanked the aborigine who had carried
them from the slope OF the nearby hill
for his skin home in the long ago. How
long ago that time had been. the rocks
themselves bore witness. They were
more than half buried in the earth-not
sand-On which they were laid.
Once over these hills and valleys. bar
ren as they now are. and apparently de-
void Of life, there wandered a rowing
population Of red men. The artifacts
they have left at Elephant Head Springs.
at Owl Holes, at Saratoga Springs, and
on the table lands which skirt the Pana-
mints, show that they were skilled, and
that they brought their materials from
I long distances. At all OF these springs
I found bird arrOwpoints Of Jasper, a
material they must have brought from
| the Dakotas. at least Possibly they
/ procured IL from traders among the
/ tribes. but II so these who have come 10
/ inhablt this land after them have no
memory of such wandering peddlers or
those who made the artifacts.
Half Breed Mocks Coyote Bark.
We built the wall high enough, so that
we could sit or lie comfortably behind
| II. and carried a few arInfuls OF brush
/ from the creek bed 20 scatter around
! IL BY the time we had finished. dark
ness had begun 10 gather. Far on
| across the valley a coyote howled- In
an instant there came from the ground
at my side an answering howl Again
the coyote barked. and the decoy at my
side answered, HIN, and when the cry
came back out Of the shadows IL seemed
a bit nearer Bob turned over on his
side and barked twice. short and sharp,
unlike the call he had first made. Then,
almost before the sounds had left his
lips he lifted " his voice in the long
howl which is to family mark Of the
coyote tribe thrC ghout the West
This time the AL from the hills was
nearer. and after two more cries
shadow slipped across little mconht
patcn. Again the half-breed called, ana
then Law still, the last echoes OF his
voice diving away in his throat, leaving
the impression, even 20 me- VINO was
nearby, that he was az G great distance
Evidently the coyote was deceived. Ho
stood in the plain light, scarcely two
rods from the blind. closer he came.
passing US by on one side. evidently Sus-
pecting nothing from the Pile OF stones.
Uses Silent Arrows.
I started to raise the rifle. but Bob
laid his hand on my arm. I saw his left
arm straightcn out, saw the white OF
the bow in the moonlight. heard the
soft swoosh as the string was released,
and then The wolf leaped into the air
and fell back. Bob walked out. struck
the coyote on the head with a stone, 20
be sure that he was dead, and brought
Aim to the blind
No use the rife he said. Scare
'eu. all away With one shot
Four times more he called, and got
another coyote others came out
wnere We could see them, but none
within range OF the bow save those two.
/ These Piute bows are not worth much
/ Bob killed were shot through as clean
as a rife bullet could have done-
Gets Gray Fox.
lust before we went home, the half
breed changed his call. and out OF the
hills came not one but three answers,
all short, deep barks. The weird dia-
! logue continued for few minutes. and
| then out of the darker shadows across
the wash came two little gray foxes.
Both stood in plain sight, possibly
| twenty-five yards away
! shoot! Quickr' said Bob. I raised
the rifle just as one Of the foxes
wheeled, and at the crack the vixen
pitched forward. Before could shoot
again, her mate disappeared
I remarked on the fact OF the pair
travelling and, apparently, hunting to-
! gether, and Bob said il was a common
| occurrence In his hunting experience to
| find them so in all seasons Of the year,
| except when the young were in the
| form Then the vixen usually hunted
alone and apart from the country over
| which her mate roamed. We tourneyed
/ homeward, and I offered Bob a bed for
the night, but he caught his pony and
rode away into the white night Of the
! desert world.