The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-28

for the fawn which is always close by
her side and when it comes she leaves
the ground with all four feet together,
points down and when she comes down
those instruments of death pierce
either the sides or back of the coyote
and he is doomed. If sufficient life
remains he is slashed with the fore
feet. A rattle snake meets with the
same treatment when in the coil cut in
pieces by those death dealing hoofs.
An incident happened during Spen-
GERS time when building the power
plant at Fit. Yellowstone.
One day a squad of soldiers were
out in the mountains of the park.
The sergeant leaving the regular trail
came across little fawn which was
but few hours old and no doubt the
doe had been frightened and left the
fawn. The sergeant picked up the
little creature and brought it into the
barracks at Fit. Yellowstone. This
deer which happened to be male
was raised by the sergeant on bot
tie. AS time went and the deer waxed
stronger it would follow the officer
around like dog and it was fruitless
for anyone else to try and get its
attention. The sergeant would call it
by name which was Jimmy or whistle
and he was right there, but with no
one else.
Jimmy grew and was spoiled by the
soldiers and along officers row. When
Jimmy found out that he could get
something to eat at the officers resi-
dence kitchen doors he would go down
the row from door to door and beg, if
the door was closed scratch with his
| fore-feet for a handout. 1t is to be
understood that up to this time and
later Jimmy had not seen any of his
kind owing to the fact the deer had
gone up into the mountains to range
and the does to bear fawn. 1t was a
question what Jimmy would do in the
fall when the deer came down to the
plaza at the Fort where the deer con-
gregate during the winter to be fed.
Well the summer passed by and fall
came and the snow came on the noun
tains and drove the deer into the lower
ranges and the plaza.
Jimmy had the freedom of the bar
ranks and during his entire life was
an inmate of the Sergeant's quarters
One day Jimmy had wandered up to
the great plaza in front of the hotel
1t was snowy in the mountains. He
was grazing by himself suddenly he
!, heard noise and looking up discov-
cred a drove of animals of which he
had never seen before, yet of his owr
kind
With snort and fleeting feet he made
! a bee line for the sergeant's quarters
went in through the window which
happened to be open and back of the
cot. The sergeant got him out ant
: introduced him to the other deer OF
{ the plaza, gradually nature asserted
l itself and he would feed with them
| Would the call of nature take Jimmy
: or not What would happen in the
E spring when the deer again took tx
the range? What would Jimmy do
, Spring came and the deer left the sur
+ rounding country. Jimmy still stayed
but alas the call of the wild and lonli
$ ness did for Jimmy as with all othel
: animals. He was missing. The grea
, call of nature bid him come and h,
| needed the instinct born in him. Hi
was to be wearer of antlers, to bege
his kind and to wage battle with thos'
U who needed his challenge in the year,
to come. Jimmy was as yet silk
which means young buck with singh
prongs without branches. Jimmy CAM
back in the fall each year with tn,
others.
A Skunk Deer and a Coyote
The beautiful moonlight nights il
h tho Rocky Mountains are nerio,