Hunting at High Altitudes 



than originally intended, so as to allow the water 

 to flow off and the stream to become fordable. I 

 killed one or two bears in these mountains and the 

 elk furnished an abundance of meat. 



We crossed the Stinking Water on July 12, and 

 camped for some time near its forks, awaiting the 

 arrival of mail expected from Fort Washakie. 



At this camp I found a spring flowing with 

 water very similar in taste to the famous Saratoga 

 water. It was on the south side of the river, just 

 above the entrance to the lower canon of the 

 stream. In the sand a hole was scooped out, a 

 foot and a half deep and about six long, which 

 soon filled with this water slightly milky in color. 

 Bubbles of air came up through the spring and 

 also through the water of the river along its shal- 

 low edges. The water was delightful in taste and 

 very pleasant to drink. In later years when I 

 visited this locality, the spring had been filled up 

 by sand during the overflowing of the river, and 

 no trace of it was found. 



From the loth to the 29th of August we were 

 on the head of Meeteetse Creek, whence we crossed 

 over to upper Wood River, and from there as- 

 cended the high plateau opposite the camp occu- 

 pied for several weeks in the season of 1 8 8 1 , where 

 I was successful in securing bears. We crossed 



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