98 Life of a Fossil Hunter 



herd of buffalo of any size had been sold at three 

 hundred dollars a head to the Canadian Government, 

 Uncle Sam being too poor to make the purchase. 



We reached Fort Benton in safety, learning later 

 that Sitting Bull had crossed at Cow Island and 

 killed the soldiers who had been left there. I never 

 saw my associate, Mr. Isaac, again, but I know 

 that he discovered some fine material the next year. 



I made the return stage journey of six hundred 

 miles in six days. Through the mountains the 

 thermometer averaged twenty below zero, and I ate 

 four hearty meals a day. I recrossed the Great 

 Divide on the Union Pacific Railroad, made a brief 

 visit home, and went on to spend the winter with 

 Professor Cope. 



