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wind was blowing, accompanied oy a drizzling rain, 

 started out, and when we had gone two miles we 

 iound where they had rested during the night. Let- 

 ting the dogs go, they chased them twenty miles, 

 when one of the elk halted upon a rock. We arrived 

 there about dark, and in half an hour succeeded in 

 capturing him. We then built a fire by the side of 

 a projecting rock, and my companions went to sleep 

 notwithstanding the rain and mud, but I sat up and 

 kept fire, as I could not sleep. In the morning the 

 rain ceased, but as we ail felt the need of some 

 repose, we concluded to remain there another day. 

 We were now thirty miles from the head of Stump 

 Creek, thirty miles from Kenzua. For that place 

 Campbell and Morrison started the next day, to 

 procure a horse, as the easiest manner of removing 

 an elk was to lead it with a horse. After going 

 fifteen miles Campbell returned, saying that he did 

 not wish to walk so far, when Morrison could do the 

 business as well without him. At the end of three 

 davs Morrison returned with a man and a horse. In 

 the meantime Campbell and I had cut a road 

 through the underbrush twelve miles. With our 

 increased force we started for Kenzua, arriving there 

 in two days. 



We had contracted with a Mr. Tanner, of Warren 

 to take the elk at five hundred dollars, if it was a 

 large, handsome one, but as the one we had did not 

 answer the conditions, we sent word to him that he 

 might take the elk a* - a lower price, or we would 

 take him east, where we would undoubtedly find a 



