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the track three-quarters of a mile, we saw the elk 

 feeding upon moss. We let loose our three dogs, 

 two of which chased him to a rock, while the other 

 one turned and came back to us in a short time, and 

 the two, after stopping the elk, went to the camp. 

 When we reached the rock the elk had gone, but we 

 had one good dog, which soon sent him bounding 

 hack. »We stood aside and let him mount the rock, 

 out when we attempted to rope him he leaped from 

 the rock at a place where it was ten feet to the 

 ground, and ran down the hill. It was nearly dark, 

 but notwithstanding, we chased him about two miles, 

 when the dogs stopped him on another rock. In an 

 hour we had secured him. I then sent for men and 

 a horse to assist us in conveying him home, which 

 was forty miles distant. We arrived there in three 

 days, and Campbell sold his share fur two hundred 

 dollars. I soon after sold my share for two hundred 

 and sixty dollars, with the privilege of exhibiting 

 him in Warren, which brought me fourteen dollars 

 and a half. This elk was captured with less trouble, 

 expense and time than any I ever caught. 



A few days after, Morrison, Campbell and myself 

 departed from Warren on another elk-hunt. At 

 Kenzua we hired a man, two horses and four good 

 dogs. We went to an old camp, about sixteen miles 

 distant, and sent back the man and team. The next 

 morning we started, and after traveling twelve miles 

 we struck the tracks of two elk, which we followed 

 till we found them quite fresh, when, it being late. 

 we encamped. The day following, a warm south 



