IN THE ALASKA-YUKON GAMELANDS 



they had left Wooden *s and Shorty's horses at 

 an agreed-upon spot, owing to the inability of 

 the latter men to come off the mountain with 

 their companions. 



All those of us who were not engaged in hunt- 

 ing or going after the meat and hides loafed 

 about camp that day, cleaning up, shaving, writ- 

 ing, oiling guns, etc. It was a disagreeable day, 

 even with us in a comfortable camp, and the non- 

 appearance of the two men worried us. 



It started to drizzle and snow about 2 p. m. 

 and was raining when Rogers and Longley came 

 in. It rained nearly all that night in camp. At 

 1 1 130 p. m. Wooden rode into camp and reported 

 that he and Shorty had wounded a ram, and 

 that they followed it a couple of miles thru the 

 cliffs, but without success in finding it. When it 

 came time to leave for camp they had to go back 

 and up about two miles to where their horses 

 had been left by Rogers and Longley, so Shorty 

 suggested that he take a short-cut down to the 

 trail and that Wooden go after the horses and 

 pick him up on the way in. So they separated. 

 It was 7 o'clock when Wooden got to the horses. 

 When he reached a point on his course where 

 he thought Shorty ought to be he hallooed, fired 

 his rifle and then waited. Then he repeated the 

 same act again and again, waiting a reasonable 

 time after each signal for a response. Receiving 

 none, and believing that Shorty had walked 



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