/. 



Tin- time will come \\ln-n l-utlalo horns .,i,,| skulK will 



\alualile. M.-dicine M tin- cream . .f tin- ant.-! 



ti \. aii.l a rich ornithological centre, l.ut I.efon- tin- O 



..lit collecting In- should l>e provided with a pa i 



ra thick leith.-r leggings. !IN this is a disr 



\\heiv rattlesnak. * an- plentiful. KOI -innately tin- rattles,. 



-ounds its rattli- for a few secon.l in- ilarts his 



the intmder to bite his legs ami this ^i\cs an n],; 

 tunity t< run out !' th- way or l.la/.- a\\ay at him with a 



\Vln-ii a|ijiroarhin^ tin- haunts ,,\ ratt I. -snakes on li- 

 )'ac-k tin- rilT can easily tell when <lan^-r is m-ar. for tin- 

 horse coniiiifiicfs to treinl'lf from head to fcMit \\ith fear, ami 

 when a horse timls a rattlesnake roiu-ealerl in his path he 



Bprings wildly to one side and iioumls away over tin- prairie, 

 i throwing his rider il he is nnt on the lookout for snefa 



troul.les. Deaths are K-casionaly caused through rattli-snake- 

 l>ites. the Lest ivme.ly for which is to siu-k the poison out of 

 the wound as i|iiickly as ])ossil>le ami tie a handkerchief 

 tightly mund the limit that is l.itteii. Another good n-inedy 

 drink a gill of whiskey, for if you can gi-t under the 

 influence , ,f alcohol I.efiire the poison has taken etl'ect th.-r 

 little danger. 



\- we approach Crowfoot station all are alive for the first 

 \ iew of the Hocky mountains. \. t a hundred miles a\\ay. and 

 , we see them - - a glorious line of snowy peaks ri 

 ;^ht from the plain and extending the whole length of the 

 tern hori/.oii. seemingly an impeiietral>le l.arrier. A- 

 ^1 on. peak rises Itehind peak, then dark KamK of f.,)-, s| 

 that reach iij to the sn,,\\ Hi,,- c,,nie into view : the snow 



i- and - in the sunlight, and over the rolling 



top nf the fn.tthills the seen, cleft deep into the 



I the mountains. \\V an n<.w in the country of the 



nee dreaded Illackfeet. the most handsome and warlike of all 



the Indian tril>es l>ut now j.eac. fully -, tiled in a i-es,-i-\ ati. >n 



by, 



\V.' have lieen runnii lei to ti I iued 1-anks ,,f 



the r.-.v. river and MO\\ _; its crystal \\ . tind 



