CHAPTEE IX 



AFTER BIG-GAME IN WYOMING 



4 SAY, are you satisfied with your trip ?' asked Jack 

 Roberts, the hunter. 



' We've done well enough with elk, deer, and 

 antelope that's certain,' answered I ; ' but I want to 

 see and kill some good big-horn rams and a grizzly or 

 two another year. Where can we go to get them ?' 



' You killed a sheep in Rattlesnake Canon last 

 week, and trapped a grizzly on the Main Divide. 

 What is the matter with them, any way ?' 



' They were all we saw of the kind, Jack. Besides, 

 the ram was a small one ; you know that well enough. 

 As for the bear, he broke all his teeth in the trap, and 

 showed no fight when we found him. I want to kill 

 a grizzly in a fair stalk.' 



' Wai,' drawled Jack, ' if you've lost any Var, I 

 guess I can show you where to find 'em all right 

 enough.' 



' Where's that ?' 



' In the Bighorn Mountains, 'way up north. I was 

 trappin' there two years ago, and saw all the b'ar I 

 had any use for, and we weren't hunting them, either. 

 You'll have to take some chances with the Indians, 

 mebbe.' 



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