Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-06-28

made it possible, we could see tn
most beautiful little lakes imagin
allie. One OF them we visited ha'
bear tracks all along the water
edge, and named il "Bruin Lake.
One Of them was shaped like the
sole Of a shoe Hence Hardie's APP
pelation for it, 'Shoe-sole Lake
But we didn't eat any goat that
night. Henry and Hardie had shot
at Que old boy at an unreasonable
distance the result Of the over
confidence Of two boys in a 1890
Savage and a 1910 Winchester. so
We ate a hot supper Of fried
grouse, potatoes fried in a Dutch
oven, hammock, and brown gravy to
sop il in. Then we crawled into a
bed where our heads pointed up
hill al an angle Of 10 degrees, and
/, for one, slept the sleep Of the
weary, If not Of the just, with the
blood all running TO my feet and
nly about three quilts anG a
blanket between my spinal column
and sharp rock as big as a goose
egg. If l had the misfortune to
dream anything that night I've for
gotten what ii was, but was sur
feited with slumber and was up
making a big fire 80 early that |
heard goats climbing back up to
the higher rocks, after having been
down to the springs near our camp
for feed and water.
/ called the three youngsters, and
soon we were dressing around a
roaring fire and peering through
The murky half darkness Of early
dawn, trying to spy out some Of
the white animals that we knew
were dislodging those little rocks
that we could hear come tumbling
down the hill. But day light was
too scarce an article just then, I
and not one goat could we see. So
we prepared our breakfast and /
ate all that was prepared, without |
half laundering, then laid plans |
calculated to jeopardize the life of
everything in that country, whe-
ther il wore hair or feathers.
We we're to go to the top of the
ridge north of camp, and the boys
were TO swing east, down some ter
ribly rough ridges that sloped down
to the South Boise river, and | was
elected to take the % Marlin and
Old Jack, my dog, and swing south
about half a mile in the direction
Of Bear Greek and the Ill ORC mine.
keep my course tin got out of the
high rocks into timber and water,
and kin enough grouse to last us
quite a while. This was to be an
Easy job as Jack was half Irish
setter and half bull dog, and would
put chickens up trees as fast as
cared to shoot the game.
But some old longhorn, who had \
Violently hunted goats in Idaho
'ears and years ago, said, MAN
proposes and God disposes.' Now
don't know how he found II out .
,ut it's everiastingly true and OBJ |
.ious as 9 times 7 are "a. /
Well. when the old, fat dog and /
hat little octagon barreled pea I
hooler and | swung down the top Il
4 that ridge Il want everybody $
Who has had the nerve TO read y
his far to understand that we had i
job before us that this garru- e
,us old pen Is not half loquaoious u
nough to Just "sorter" described {
70 had not gone three hundred Il
ards when we came TO great T.
mob Of a rock about the size of IL
Tree Salt Lake Tabernaeles rolled q
ITO one. and how to get by it was Il
puzzle aud what was on the 9TH y
+ side was a mystery. But after II
nding Il imposs BILE TO go around ii
nc thing, as the hill was so steep u
a either side that he only way
} so down IL would have been TO h
N down half mile on the east pl
N down half a mile on the east, h
/ about four hundred yards on st
10 west. simply told old Jack TO u
llow me. and with tat pop-gun SC
I'd to my belt, clambered, climb to
!, and erawled right slam-bang al
'er the top. Several times | had ia
help Jack over the most danger al
isous places, where, IL he slipped, tn
power I'm conversant with |
uld have kept him from undergo go
: in an instant that kind OF a so
alamorphosis that is supposed TO FRI
IN good dogs and men into full M
)oded angles. But we finally got tn
that rock. and still more, fin
y got down again. ~
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