360 DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



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FLATHEAD PRAIRIE CRICKET EATING CASTOFF CIGAR 



effete civilization of the East, in the appearance of 

 the quaint settlement at the Mission of St. Ig- 

 natius. Utterly oblivious to the fact that the creak- 

 ing wagons contain white men, the bloody enemies 

 of all living things, 



PLOVER AND SNIPE 



run under the noses of the horses as they splash 

 through the cold shallow stream crossing the road 

 at the Mission. Around the Indian graveyard, 

 church, and schools, is a cluster of low, log houses 

 interspersed with frame ones of more pre- 

 tentious aspect ; the latter are the homes of French 

 traders. Rising abruptly from the prairie back 

 of the little village the Mission Range rears its 

 ragged snow-covered crest to an altitude of 10,000 

 feet. 



Down the precipitous sides of the mountain, 

 back of the little church, dash the waters from 

 the fields of snow; in its wild plunge the crystal 

 fluid is resolved into white foam and mist, making 



