American Big Game In Its Haunts 



H. North, who was armed with a rifle, was not far 

 from him, and Major North dropped down out 

 of sight and motioned his brother to come to him, 

 so that he might kill it. By the time Luther had 

 come up, the sheep had walked over a ridge and 

 was not seen again, but there is no doubt as to its 

 Identification. It had probably come from Court 

 House Rock in Scott's Bluff county, Nebraska, 

 where there were still a few sheep as recently as 

 twenty-five years ago. 



These animals were also more or less abundant 

 along the Little Missouri River as late as the late 

 '8o's, and perhaps still later. This had always 

 been a favorite range for them, and In 1874 they 

 were noticed and reported on by Government expe- 

 ditions which passed through the country, and the 

 hunters and trappers who about that time plied 

 their trade along that river found them abundant. 

 Mr. Roosevelt has written much of hunting them 

 on that stream. 



The low bluffs of the Yellowstone River — in the 

 days when that was a hostile Indian country, and 

 only the hunter who was particularly reckless and 

 daring ventured Into It — were a favorite feeding 

 ground for sheep. They were reported very 

 numerous by the first expeditions that went up the 

 river, and a few have been killed there within five 



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