96 pioneer life; ok, 



been some time before. We hunted during the day 

 to ascertain what course they had taken, and about 

 five miles distant we came to where they had lain 

 the preceding night. Campbell and one of the men 

 George Ay res, went forward, while the other man 

 and myself remained behind with the dogs. They 

 were to call to us when they saw the elk, and we 

 were to let the dogs loose, though I told him I did 

 not believe there were any there we would want to 

 catch, as I thought they were all fawns and does. 

 After they had gone a short distance they saw them, 

 and counted forty-two. They called to us, and we 

 let the dogs loose. The elk scattered, and each of 

 the dogs took after a separate animal, but none of 

 them stopped, and we did not kill any. The dogs 

 all came back that night, and the next morning we 

 went sotheast, and found signs of elk, but they all 

 appeared to be small ones. By this time Mr. Ly- 

 man's hands wished to go home, so we told them we 

 would keep ou to the southeast, and they might go. 

 The following morning they said they did not like to 

 go, as the tracks might be filled with snow. We 

 then said we would strike the road and they might 

 go home from there, while we would go to our log 

 hut, and procure some more provisions. When we 

 reached the road, we told them they might as well 

 go to the shanty and stay with us that night, as it 

 was late. We found two men there with an abun 

 dance of provisions. The next morning two men 

 left, while Ayres and another remained. We hunted 

 the next three days without seeing any tracks which 



