Hunting at High Altitudes 



made scarcely ten miles, and it grew constantly 

 colder. We camped in the snow, as the tents could 

 not be pitched because the ground was frozen and 

 we had no iron pins. During the night, the tem- 

 perature fell below zero, but toward morning it 

 moderated, with a light snow, and all day long 

 we traveled in the face of the north wind, the cold 

 growing more severe toward night. After travel- 

 ing about fifteen miles, we came to the camp of 

 Walters, 58 a white man with an Indian wife. He 

 gave us permission to take shelter for the night in 

 his cabin, which was about sixteen feet square. 

 Walters' family consisted of four, and by the 

 time my party of four big men with their baggage 

 was stowed away inside, there was not much stand- 

 ing room; still the night was spent comfortably. 

 The following morning was clear, sunshiny and 

 cold. Mr. Judd, being an old-timer, and realizing 

 the impossibility of getting to* his home, decided to 

 start at once and make the cabin of another white 

 man that night. I determined to rest one day, as 

 the last two days had been pretty rough. Milligan 

 had two hounds, and we put them through some 

 willow thickets on the stream above the cabin. He 

 arranged the stands, and with his dogs drove the 

 thicket and we got two deer. The sun was shin- 

 ing brightly, but it was very cold. About ten 



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