Journey from 
the Kanzas 
to the Platte 
—The Elk— 
e 
Antelope 
and June the cow brings forth one or two young. The 
elks live on both sides of the Rocky Mountains, us- 
ually in herds of twenty or thirty, but also of hun- 
dreds, and even thousands. Their meat has in taste 
most resemblance to beef; but is inferior to buffalo 
meat. 
On our way to the Blue River we came across an- 
other not less interesting inhabitant of the wilderness, 
the fleet antelope (Antelope A mericana, Ord— 
Prong-horned Antelope, Sab.—wild goat.) This 
beautiful swift animal is of the size of our German 
domestic goat, but of more slender and elegant build. 
Its heavy, thick, smooth hair is yellowish-brown on 
neck, back and feet. On the flanks it shades to whit- 
ish. The belly and breast are entirely white. The 
hair at the back of the head is somewhat longer and 
blackish. The tail is short and white on its underside, 
as is the deer’s. The bucks have roundish horns, turn- 
ing backward and inward, with only one short tine. 
These horns are often a foot long. The females have 
shorter horns, and instead of the tine, several knobs. 
The fleetness of the antelope excels the speed of a race 
horse. They have excellent vision and keen scent, and 
are very skittish. With such characteristics it would 
seem almost impossible to get at them; but they have 
another quality, which commonly seals their fate— 
boundless curiosity. It is hard to stalk them. At 
first sight they run away ; but if the hunter lies quietly 
down, elevating a hat, a bright colored cloth, or even 
an arm or leg, curiosity will bring them back. They 
