Memories of a Bear Hunter 



game so disappointing that Messiter and I deter- 

 mined not to hunt. 



November 13 we moved camp to the Yellow- 

 stone. Messiter determined to take the stage next 

 morning for Bismarck, and I to go into winter 

 quarters at Bozeman. We had no difficulty in 

 agreeing on the disposition of the outfit, and I took 

 the three men and all the animals to Bozeman, 

 where the party was to break up. Messiter left on 

 the Bozeman and Bismarck stage, and I started 

 with the men for Bozeman, covering the distance 

 in three days, and reached there on the 1 6th. The 

 1 7th of November the party was disbanded. 



