Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-12-11

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Western Montana AN NE were ont
Of food. those two of our number who
usually undertook 10 keep the camp
supplied with game determined to
make u hunt on back Of tho river after
sblack tall; for though there were some
te-tail In the more denBely timbered|
river ottoms, We had been nnab bic to
get any. II was arranged that the
wagon should 30 On q few mills, and
then halt TOR the night. ais 1t was ai5s
ready the middle OF the afternoon
when we started out. The country
resembied In character other parts Of
the cattle plains, but It was absolutely
bare Of trees except along the bed otI
the river. The rolling hills sloped
steeply of into long valleys and deep
rayines. They were sparseiy covered
with coarse grass, and also with an
irregular growth Of tall sage-brush.
which In some places gathered into
dense Tickets. A beginner would
have thought the country entirely too.
barren Of cover to hold deer, but a
\ very little experience teaches one that
deer will be found In thickets Of such;
short and sparse growth that it seems
as IL they could hide nothing and.
what Is more, that they will often
sknlk round in such thickets without
being discovered. And a black tail Ii
q bold. free animal. liking to SO ont IN
comparatively open country, where he
must trust to his own powers, and not
to any concealment, to protect him
from danger.
Where the billy country Joined the
alluvial river bottom, 1t broke of short
into steep bluffs, up which none but u
Western pony could have climbed. ~
is really wonderful to see what places
q pony can get over. and the indifer-
ence with which 1t regards tumbles.
In getting up from the bottom we Went
Into a wash-out, and then led our POI
mics along a clay ledge, from which we
turned Off and went straight up q very
steep sandy bluff My companion was
ahead; just as he turned off the ledge.
and as \ was right und erneath him. his
horse, In plunging. to tryto get up the
| sand blur, overbalanced itself, aud,
after standing erect on Its hind legs for
q second, came over back ward. The
seconds pause while 1t stood bolt up
right. gave me time to make q frantic
leap out Of the way with my pony,
which scrambled after me, and we
both chung with hands and h0ofs to the
| side Of the bank, while the other horse
| took two as complete somersaults as Il
ever saw, and landed with a crash al
| the bs:-.::z;.ass3f the wash-out, feet upper;
most. l thought It was done for, bul
not bit. After a moment or two Il
struggled to it's legs, shook itself, and
| looked round In rather shame-faced
way, apparently not In the least the
worse for the fall. We now got my
pony up to the top by vigorous pulling
and then went down for the other
which at first strongly objected t.
/ making another trial, but, after muct
coaxing and good deal Of abuse, tool
start and went up without trouble.
For some time after reaching the toI
Of the bluffs we rode along withou
seeing anything When 1t was posi-
BILE, we kept one on each side Of 4
y creek, avoiding the tops of the ridges
because while on them horsenlan car
be seen at very long distance, ans
i going with particular caution when
4 ever we went round a spur or came vi
over crest. The country stretched
4 away like an endless, billowy sea o
4 dull brown soil and barren sage brush
1 the valleys making long parallel fur
rows, and every thing having q lool
4 of dreary sameness. III
4 At length, as we came out on 8
rounded ridge, three black-tail buck
4 started up from d lot of snge-brus
d some two hundred yards away and bt
u low US, and made OF down hill.
Il was very long shot, especially to TT
s running, but, as game seemed scare
and cartridges were plenty, ! leape
of the horse, and, kneeling, fired. Th
bullet went low, striking In line at th
feet Of the hindmost was very hig
next time, making q wild shot abov
and ahead OF them, which had the e.
feet of turning them, and they wer
of round shoulder of bluff. bein
L by this time down in the valley. Hal
ing plenty Of time elevated the sigh
& "a thing hardly ever do) to four hui
bred yards and waited for their +
appearance Meanwhile they had ey
IDENTITY; gotten: over their fright, +,
Al pretty soon one walked out from Il
other side OF the bluff, and came to
standStill, bToadside toward me-