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ing found, in the exact locality I had desig- 

 nated to him, tracks of a man on skis drawing 

 a toboofsran. These tracks were old and could 

 not be followed, but they formed a valuable 

 clue. I next sent to the Soda Butte station 

 and had a thorough search made near that 

 place. It was found that the same tracks had 

 passed over the hill behind the station, going 

 toward Cooke. Careful inquiry developed the 

 fact that Howell had come in for provisions 

 with his equipment, but that he had not 

 brought any trophies with him. Calculating 

 the time when he should be due apfain in 

 the bison country, I gave Burgess an order 

 to repeat his trip there, and stay until he 

 brought back results. He left the Lake 

 Hotel in a severe storm on March nth, and 

 camped the night of the 1 2th where he had seen 

 the tracks on his previous visit. Next morning, 

 when scarcely out of camp, he found a cache 

 of six bison scalps suspended in a tree. The 

 ski tracks near by were old, and he was not 

 able to follow them. He possessed himself of 

 the spoils and started down Astringent Creek 

 toward Pelican. When near the latter stream, 

 he found a lodge, evidently occupied at the 

 time, and the tracks near It, fresh and distinct, 



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