American Big Game in its Haunts 



"There is one isolated bunch of mountain sheep 

 on the Colorado Desert, situated in Fremont and 

 Sweetwater counties, Wyo., which seems to be 

 holding its own against many range riders, meat 

 and specimen hunters, as well as coyotes. They 

 are very light in color, much more so than their 

 cousins found higher up in the mountains, and 

 locally they are called ibex, or white goats. The 

 country they live in is very similar to the bad 

 lands of Dakota, and I dare say that their long 

 life on the plains has created in them a distinct 

 sub-species of the bighorn." 



The Colorado Desert is situated in Wyoming, 

 between the Green River on the west, and the Red 

 Desert on the east. The sheep are seen mostly on 

 the breaks on Green River. They are sometimes 

 chased by cowboys, but I have never known of one 

 being caught in that way. 



I am told that in some bad lands in the Red 

 Desert, locally known as Dobe Town, there is a 

 herd of wild sheep, which are occasionally pur- 

 sued by range riders. Rarely one is roped. 



Mr. Fred E. White, of Jackson, Wyo., advised 

 me in 1898 of the existence of sheep in the moun- 

 tains which drain into Gros Ventre Fork, the heads 

 of Green River and Buffalo Fork of Snake River. 

 Mr. White was with the Webb party, some years 



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