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if I gifs him der whiskey. He not get very drunk. He only 

 drinks aboudt a quart und he was not drunk. Und den he asks 

 me for der pony one hundert und fifty dollars." 



The following string of definitions was handed out by Earl 

 Counter in a talk on horses. Ca^use: an inferior breed of horse 

 of low grade, the word originally Spanish. Pinto: a spotted horse, 

 Broncho: an unbroken or wild horse. Mustang: Mexican for an 

 inferior breed corresponding to the cayuse, running in mesquite 

 brush. The cow pony is not a distinct breed. "I rode in one 

 outfit where they had all kinds of horses from cayuses up to 

 thoroughbreds from imported stallions, and they were all used 

 as cow ponies. And some of them were mean horses. When 

 you get a cross-breed between a cayuse and a thoroughbred you 

 get about the meanest horse going. It's like crossing Indian and 

 white, all the wisdom of the one and the cunning and the sav- 

 agery of the other." 



The only bird life seen to-day was a large California blue- 

 jay, darkly indigo in the rain which continued all day. The camp 

 kept busy within doors, washing towels and underwear, 

 inspecting arms and such trifling occupations. William and 

 Jay were out in the morning tracking elk, but saw none. Art 

 and Counter in the afternoon were also prospecting, and Fred 

 dieparted to set another bear trap. 



A mantel board eight feet long, a foot broad and two inches 

 thick supported on unbarked fir brackets was placed over the 

 fireplace by William and Jay. A noble pair of elk horns, on the 

 original skull, was centered over the mantel, and between the 

 horns, upon the axe-hewn logs the monogram of the Tepee Hunt- 

 ing Club was illuminated in bright colors by the artist. A six 

 sided table, longer than broad, comfortably heavy and solid, 

 was devised and built by the same artificers from some stray 

 planks. With an under-beam of a half log, to which three splayed 

 legs were spiked, two from either end of one side, and one from 

 the center of the other, the outward spread of each leg, from 

 the downward pressure of the table top, was taken up and neu- 

 ralized by a cross-beam on the line of intersection. It rep- 

 resented a most creditable bit of engineering ingenuity and 

 carpentry combined. 



In the person of Earl Counter, after supper, the plainsman 



