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and Clarke, in the month of October, near Carp Island, in the 

 Missouri, where large flocks of them were driven into the water 

 by the Indians. The men were ranged along the shore, so as 

 to prevent the escape of the Antelopes, and fired upon them ; 

 and sometimes the boys went into the river, and killed them 

 with sticks. Fifty-eight of the Antelopes were killed by the 

 Indians during the time they were observed by our travellers. 

 They were then migrating from the plains east of the Missouri, 

 where they spend the summer, towards the mountains, where 

 they subsist on leaves and shrubbery, during the winter ; in the 

 spring they resume their migrations. 



" The Mandan Indians capture the Prong-horn Antelopes by 

 me;ins of a pound, similar to that described in the account of the 

 Rein-deer. The following description is given by Dr. Richard- 

 son, from a recent specimen : — ' The male is furnished with 

 short, black, roundish, tapering horns, arched inwards, turning 

 towards each other, with their points directed backwards, each 

 horn having a single shoit branchlet projecting from the middle. 

 The winter coat consists of coarse, round, hollow hairs, like 

 those of the Moose. The neck, back, and legs, are yellowish- 

 brown ; the sides are reddish- white ; the belly and chest are 

 white, with three white bands across the throat. The hairs on 

 the occiput, and back of the neck, are long, and tipped with 

 black, forming a short, ei'ect mane. There is a black spot be- 

 hind each cheek, which exhales a strong Goat-like odor. The 

 tail is short ; on the rump there is a large spot of pure white. 

 The dimensions of the animal were as follows : From the nose 

 to the root of the tail, four feet ; height of the fore shoulder, 

 three feet ; that of the hind quarter, the same. Girth behind 

 the fore legs, two feet ten inches. The female is smaller than 

 the male, having straight homs, with rather a protuberance than 

 a prong. She is also deficient in the black about the neck." — 

 Godman's American Natural History. 



" An Antelope was killed in Southern Oregon, near Rogues 

 River, which was one of the four the huntei-s had seen ; it was 



