CHAPTER XV 



HOMEWARD BOUND 

 "My affairs do even drag me homeward." 



SEPTEMBER was nearly gone. We had 

 been successful in bagging game of dif- 

 ferent kinds : — moose, white sheep, Osborni 

 caribou, grizzl}^ bears, Arctic hares, various 

 species of wild ducks, grouse, pintailed prairie 

 chickens, and a few fat gophers by way of a 

 change. 



The time had arrived for a shift to the 

 country where the mountain goat was said to 

 abound. The pack horses were loaded to 

 their limit with horns, antlers, scalps and 

 hides, together with our personal outfits. The 

 pack train was set in motion and we were now 

 homeward bound. 



On the return trip, for a portion of the way 

 a dififerent route was taken than that we came 

 in by. Following a creek containing many 

 large boulders, which in several places di- 

 verted its course, we found on its rocky banks 

 an unusual amount of volcanic ash deposit. 



