MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Research in Natural Science. 



Vol. I. 



ALBION, N. Y., AUG. 15, 1895. 



No. 10 



Two Days Hunt in the Rockies. 



Editor of Miisnnn : 



On June 25th an old veteran hunter 

 and myself started out from the ranch 

 in search of game, of some kind as we 

 were out of meat, and had been for a 

 few days. (In this country all the 

 settlers depend on the game of the 

 country to furnish them with meat. 

 It can be secured at all times of the 

 year with but very little trouble, ex- 

 cept in the summer months when it is 

 harder to approach, and always found 

 high up on the Divide). We started 

 up Spread Creek and crossed a large 

 fllat, which bears the same name and 

 entered Spread Creek canyon. We 

 saw a large number of antelope on the 

 Flat but they were so wild we could 

 scarcely approach within 500 yards 

 and then at that distance you could 

 only get a running shot at them. Any- 

 one who has ever had the chance 

 knows how difficult it is to kill one of 

 these animals on the run. We rode 

 along the wall on the north side of the 

 canyon, and could look over the edge 

 and sec the creek tumbling and foam- 

 ing over the boulders in its bed. It 

 was a very pretty sight and one that 

 will long be remembered. We were 

 following a trial and did not stop un- 

 til we had traveled fully ten miles. All 

 of a sudden we came to some fresh 

 elk sign and began looking for the 

 game, but it was no where to be seen 

 and after searching around the quak- 

 enasp groves for some time I walked 

 to the bank and looked over. Direct- 



ly beJow me I discovered four fine 

 lacge bulls lying on a sand bar in the 

 center of tfie creek. They had gone 

 there to get away from the flies, which 

 are very thick at this time of the year. 

 They were not aware of our presence 

 and we soon decided on a plan to get 

 down where they were. Taking a 

 good look around the trial we were to 

 follow, for any straggler that might be 

 lying apart from this Dunch, for we 

 knew if an old cow happened to be 

 near she would run and give the 

 alarm. We started, after satisfying 

 ourselves all was right. We led the 

 horses down a trail to a small grove 

 of timber and after hitching them to a 

 tree took a trail at the waters edge 

 and followed along to a small bend 

 which was heavily timbered with pine. 

 On the opposite side of this we were 

 sure we would find our meat. 

 We got our guns loaded and crept 

 through the brush, knowing it would 

 take considerable noise to alarm them 

 as the creek was roaring around them 

 at a furius rate. We crept to within 

 a few feet of the bank and on looking 

 over saw nothing but the bare sand- 

 bar before us. What a disappoint- 

 ment! On the opposite bank could 

 be plainly seen where they had climb- 

 ed to the timber above. They were 

 gone and no hopes left of finding them. 

 So we drew back to where the horses 

 were hid. It was about noon and 

 after leading the bronchos to some 

 good feed we took our dinner and 

 went to the water's edge and seated 



