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the perpendicular side to within ten feet of 

 the bottom. The stream was deep and swift 

 but not very wide, but the rushing water 

 washed a large portion of the rock on which 

 the ram had fallen. Taking a long rope with 

 him, the Chief mounted Charley, swam him 

 across the deepest of the water, and, when the 

 other side was reached, managed to get him on 

 the rock. Then he gralloched the ram, tied 

 him to the saddle, got Charley down from the 

 rock, heading him for the other side and 

 jumped on the horse behind the sheep. 

 Charley got across with both the sheep and 

 the man without trouble. 



The strangest part of the shooting was that 

 when we took the hide ofT the ram it was 

 found that no less than five bullets had hit 

 him, but one bullet only had penetrated to a 

 vital spot. 



It is likely that the great distance, together 

 with shooting in an almost perpendicular di- 

 rection, deprived the bullets of their carrying 

 and crushing capacity. 



That night, which was a cold one, we slept 

 out in the open, and over the wood fire, be- 

 fore sleep overtook us, we had much to talk 

 about. 



The reason the Chief did the shooting was 



