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gradually forced the ram's nose under water until 

 he was drowned. Dixon and Wolcott looked on 

 with amazed interest at the contest, uncertain 

 whether to place their bets on the man or beast, as 

 the chances seemed about even. They agree, how- 

 ever, that the best man won, and volunteer to referee 

 any future fight between any member of the party 

 and a moose, caribou, or grizzly. 



Cutting and Hayden have not come in, so we 

 conclude they have " missed the party " and are " si- 

 washing it " out on the mountains without supper or 

 blankets. 



August 22. Cutting and Hayden came into camp 

 about 7 A.M., somewhat hungry as they had no grub 

 for supper. After leaving us down in the Wolver- 

 ine Canyon they had climbed the mountains and 

 gone after a herd of twenty caribou, but the game 

 was on the move and the hunters failed to get any- 

 where near. Late in the afternoon they began to 

 look about for the rendezvous and traveled a long 

 distance over mountains covered with marshy tundra 

 before reaching Bull Creek. As darkness was com- 

 ing on and the footing was difficult in the creek bot- 

 tom, they stopped for the night at the last timber 

 about two miles below us and using the horse 

 blankets for bedding rolled up for the night under 

 the trees. 



Wolcott and Cutting confessed to an " all in " 

 feeling and remained in camp to-day. Bettle went 



