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back. The Indian looked at the conductor and then 

 at me, and produced from his pocket a well-worn 

 letter, which the conductor glanced at and then gave 

 it to me to read. It was from a barber at a military 

 garrison, and stated that, in the writer's opinion, the 

 bearer was a good Indian, that he claimed to be named 

 Anantoi and to be the son of the Shoshone chief, 

 Washaki. In a postscript the barber added a line 

 advising the reader that the bearer might be as bad as 

 they made them, for all he knew. The Indian evidently 

 prized his testimonial, and probably thought the barber 

 the big medicine-man of his garrison. He had, no 

 doubt, seen him lather and shave the faces of those in 

 authority. 



The antelopes often gave us a race, tearing along not 

 far from the train, and putting forth their best efforts 

 when the engineer whistled and increased his speed. 

 On a spurt they could easily outrun us, but the iron 

 horse had, of course, more bottom, and we finally won. 

 Upon one occasion a prong-buck, which had run a 

 good race, dropped back even with the rear platform 

 of the car, and was so near that we could almost touch 

 him. After we passed him, he decided to cross the 

 track, and cleared it at a bound as if afraid of the rails. 



Captain Bonneville has given us the following ac- 

 count of the methods used by Indians to capture the 

 antelope : 



" In a short space of time the antelopes started from 

 their hiding-places and came bounding from all points 

 into the valley. The riders, now gradually contract- 

 ing their circle, brought them nearer and nearer to the 

 spot where the senior chief, surrounded by the elders, 



