SHEEP, MOOSE AND CARIBOU 



stood stark still when we first saw it twenty-five 

 feet away. It started to whine; we imitated the 

 noise and it turned and came up to within four 

 feet of us, sitting up on its haunches like a dog. 

 I took several pictures of it at four and five feet. 



William, Billy and Rogers went out for moose 

 in the afternoon. The biggest game they saw 

 was a porcupine. 



This camp and the small indication of sign 

 about it was a great disappointment to us, as we 

 had confidently expected to find moose and bear 

 here. Therefore, it didn't take us long to decide 

 to move. The Young party, the year before, 

 had been very successful on moose and caribou 

 in this vicinity, and, as we had seen several 

 moose while riding into this camp on the evening 

 of our arrival, everything at first augured well 

 for a successful hunt in that vicinity. 



At 1 1 o'clock the next morning, after packing 

 up, we silently and sadly stole away, entertaining 

 some hope that game would be found on Harris 

 Creek, a tributary of the Generc, flowing into it 

 a couple of miles or so below our camp. The 

 weather was now beautiful, being sunny and 

 warm, and the scenery sublime. 



R. B. Slaughter, of i lo West Monroe street, 

 Chicago, in 19 12, on Harris Creek, killed a car- 

 ibou head the beam of which measured 6^ 

 inches, having sixty-four points. He also secured 

 an ovis dalli on Mt. Natazhat with a i5>^-inch 

 base and 44>^-inch curl. 



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