CHAPTER XXIII. 



Game Drives Old Silver Medal A Ute Diana Turkey-roosting A strange 

 Scene by Moonlight A bold Puma A Robbery. 



THE lite* mode of hunting the deer " driving " is good 

 lively sport. You turn out, well mounted, some hundred 

 strong, have small parties posted in possession of every 

 little mountain pass through which there are deer runs for 

 a circle of some miles in diameter ; and then, by a rapid 

 drive, start running every deer and antelope in the sur- 

 rounded space, each man shooting at them whenever he gets 

 a chance. Where game is plentiful such hunting is full of 

 excitement and incident, but it is the ruin of a hunting 

 ground ; for after a few drives not a fresh deer or antelope 

 track is to be seen for miles, and the game becomes so 

 wild as to be totally unapproachable by stalking or fair 

 hunting. 



Old Silver Medal generally took the management of 

 the driving party, and on such occasions was usually 

 accompanied by his only daughter. This young lady, out 

 of all the women in the Ute camp, appeared to be the sole 

 huntress. The old man had no sons living, and she was 



