American Big Game in its Haunts 



the haunts of big game, and, almost in spite of 

 himself, gave him constant hunting opportunities. 

 Besides that, during dull seasons of the year, he 

 made trips to more or less distant localities in 

 search of the species of big game not found imme- 

 diately about his ranch. His mode of hunting and 

 of traveling was quite different from that now in 

 vogue among big-game hunters. His knowledge 

 of the West was early enough to touch upon the 

 time when each man was as good as his neighbor, 

 and the mere fact that a man was paid wages to 

 perform certain acts for you did not in any degree 

 lower his position in the world, nor elevate yours. 

 In those days, if one started out with a companion, 

 hired or otherwise, to go to a certain place, or to 

 do a certain piece of work, each man was expected 

 to perform his share of the labor. 



This fact Mr. Roosevelt recognized as soon as 

 he went West, and, acting upon it, he made for 

 himself a position as a man, and not as a master, 

 which he has never lost; and it is precisely this 

 democratic spirit which to-day makes him perhaps 

 the most popular man in the United States at large. 



Starting off, then, on some trip of several hun- 

 dred miles, with a companion who might be 

 guide, helper, cook, packer, or what not some- 

 times efficient, and the best companion that could 



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