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guard stationed in the northern portion of the Park, on 

 stormy nights, he stole into the Park and built a lodge in 

 the locality where the buffalo wintered. In it he stored 

 his supplies, which he had conveyed on a toboggan. He 

 traveled on skis, the Norwegian snowshoes, ten feet 

 long, which are generally used in the Northwestern 

 country. This enabled him to traverse the roughest 

 mountain range with ease and great rapidity, even in 

 the deepest snow. Once established, the killing was an 

 easy matter. He had only to find the buffalo where the 

 snow was deep. The ponderous, unwieldy animals had 

 small chance of escape from his pursuit. His quarry 

 was soon located, and he needed no assistance to make a 

 surround; for, while the frightened, confused beasts were 

 plunging in the snow, in a vain attempt to extricate 

 themselves, the butcher glided swiftly around them on 

 his snowshoes, approaching as close as he chose. With 

 his rapid-firing gun he slaughtered them as easily as if 

 they had been cattle in a corral. How many he killed 

 will never be known. The remains of many of his vic- 

 tims will never be found. 



But while the ruffian was busiest in his bloody work, 

 a man was speeding over the snow toward him from the 

 south. He too was on skis. He too was a mountain man, 

 who thought as little of the obstacles before him as Howell 

 did. But the object of his trip was not the buffalo, but 

 Howell. It was human game he was pursuing. Howell 

 had not covered up his tracks as well as he thought. 

 The trailer had struck a trail which he never left till it 

 brought him to the object of his pursuit. This man was 

 Burgess, the Yellowstone Park scout. He had learned 

 of Howell's presence in the Park, and was sent out, with 



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