PRAIRIE SPORTS. 2G1 



at the Great Falls of St. Anthony, or thereabout, early in the 

 month of October, and can obtain permission to accompany Mr. 

 Sibley's party on the hunting excursions which he makes annu- 

 ally, he will have, in all probability, enough sport and excite- 

 ment, consisting of Deer, Elk, Bison, perhaps a little Antelope, a 

 variation or two of Grizzly Bear — which I should earnestly advise 

 him to let alone — and Cougar, sjiiced, it may possibly be, with 

 a dash of Sacs and Foxes, and rendered thrilling by a trifle of 

 scalp-taking, or losing, as it may be — to satisfy him for one year 

 at least, and to add ten to his mortal existence, by the health 

 and hardihood he will acquire, through the roughing and the 

 gallant exercise. 



