Hunting at High Altitudes 



The freight consisted principally of rifles and ammu- 

 nition that had been shipped up the Missouri River 

 with the expectation of landing it at Fort Benton. 

 The low water in the river obliged the steamers to 

 unload at Carroll. 



1879. 



49. Catlin had some ground for alarm, as there had 

 been war parties of Indians through the country every 

 year previously. They were likely to steal horses, if 

 doing no other damage, and to lose one's horses so 

 far from civilization, or where other horses could not 

 be had, was a serious matter. 



50. The three young bulls mentioned as having not 

 dropped their horns were probably spikes, or two-year- 

 olds. As is well known, the young bulls always carry 

 their horns much later than the older ones. 



51. Except the white-tail deer, the game mentioned 

 as having disappeared was probably all moving south, 

 toward its summer range in the mountains to the south 

 and on both sides of the Yellowstone River, and into 

 the Yellowstone Park. This range is now all fenced 

 in, and not available for game, which is compelled to 

 stay in the high mountains, and usually winters at 

 an altitude of from five to eight thousand feet. The 

 white-tail deer do not usually migrate to the same ex- 

 tent as the other animals. The black-tail or mule 

 deer commonly migrate a little before the elk. 



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