approach, run away again, and repeat the perform- 
ance till they come within range. For this reason 
hunters for antelope prefer red shirts. Loud colors 
stimulate their curiosity. Antelopes are fond of ele- 
vations from which they have a wide view. On the 
plains the Indians hunt them at times in a sort cf 
round-up; or else drive them into a fencing made of 
bushes, wide at first but gradually contracting, till it 
leads to a swamp or some sort of enclosure, where 
they can easily be killed. Under all circumstances 
hunting antelope requires more than ordinary skill and 
care. Antelopes usually live together in small herds 
of from ten to thirty. On this side of the Rocky 
Mountains they are much more common than beyond 
them. The meat is rather tender, but lean and dry. 
We marched two days along the Blue River with- 
out following its windings. We now repeatedly 
crossed plateaus. They can be compared with noth- 
ing more fittingly than with the sea. Round about, 
to the horizon, one sees nothing but grass and sky; 
no bush, no creek relieves the eye from the wearying 
prospect. Only an antelope at times flits by. Any 
other moving body causes suspicion rather than pleas- 
ure. On May 21st, we saw in the distance such sus- 
picious figures. Our spy-glasses were put in requisi- 
tion; but the objects were too far off for us definitely 
to decide whether they were elk, horses or mounted 
men. Some hours later the point was settled. They 
were five Delawares returning from beaver trapping 
on the Missouri. The Delawares are a tribe friendly 
Journey from 
the Kanzas 
to the Platte 
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