as if cold from exhaustion. We reached camp early and 

 next day I started nome, arriving there after twenty-six 

 days of hard work in the cold and snow. 



(Hogote 



PLATE No. 1 



Antelope 



PLATE NO. I 



Antelope 



PLATE NO. 3 



This I obtained about the same time as Antelope 

 No. 3 and at the same place. I was watching both ways 

 for antelope, when, as I turned my head to look down the 

 gulch I saw the coyote, who saw my head turning and at 

 once became suspicious. He left the gulch, going out on 

 the opposite side, and I felt sure he would prowl around to 

 where he could see what the object was which had attracted 

 his attention. I turned the camera to about where I expected 

 him and was not disappointed when he came trotting out 

 in sight right where I looked for him. He had gone so far 

 by me that he had to look directly toward the sun, which 

 was low, and could not see me for some time, but when he 

 did he stopped and looked a minute or so while I caught 

 his beautiful and lamblike countenance. He seemed to 

 have a strong dislike for my immediate vicinity, so trotted 

 off for a way and watched me for some time. 



This I obtained the same day I did No. 6 Elk, and 

 about one-half mile from the elk. As I rode toward where 

 I knew the elk were I got a glimpse of this band lying down, 

 so I rode as near them as I could and got in shape to catch 

 them. As I raised the camera over the hill they were 

 coming up to see where I was and were not more than forty 

 yards away, but as quick as a wink they ran back to where 

 I caught them. They were all bucks and I saw several 

 bands that day crowding up with the elk — as fast as the elk 

 would break trails through the snow drifts on the ridges the 

 'lopes would follow through. 



Loaded with hay and a camp equipage and accompa- 

 nied by a friend, we rode northeast of Lay about. 13 miles 

 in November, '93, and camped at a small spring about half 

 a mile from another and larger spring. Next morning I 

 went to the other spring, while Mrs. W. thought to watch 

 for them at the camp spring. Building a blind where a 

 small side gulch came into the larger one, out of sage brush 

 and weeds, I was soon ready for Mr. Antelope and all his 

 family. Here comes a bunch, but they come in below me, 

 scare at something, run back and come right down in front 

 of me. When they walked out in front of me as you see 

 them on top of the bank of the gulch and stopped, I was 

 suffering with buck fever, but after I made the exposure I 

 felt relieved. They came right down within thirty feet of 



me to the water, but scared again and went higher up to 

 drink. I made exposures on one or two other bunches but 

 got my camera aimed too low and cut off parts of them. 



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PLATE NO. £ 



Next day I was back to the blind early and several Antelope 

 came in but not near me. Thinking I heard a splashing 

 above me I peered over the bank and saw a few had come 

 in there to water. They soon worked my way and aiming 

 the camera as near right as I could to where they would 

 come, I waited, while my fever rose as I heard them coming 

 splashing along. Imagine if you can of being within thirty 

 feet of this most wary of game animals as I was when those 

 walked out to where you see them. Could you control your 

 nerves ? I cannot and I have been amongst them twelve 

 years. Nor have I seen the person who could, notwith- 

 standing their boasting that they never have "buck fever." 



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Later in the day a bunch came in and went down to 3lntfloM£ 

 the water about fifty yards below, but scared and came up 

 and came right down within thirty feet to the water's edge, 

 but suddenly ran up to the place you see them — forty-five 

 feet. They did not see the camera as they did not look that 

 way. You will notice the crooked horn one. I saw that 

 day every shape of horn that could possibly grow, I think. 

 These they shed annually and all look like young bucks 

 then except to experts. Next day I made an exposure on 

 the best bunch of all at this same spot, forty-five feet, but 

 the camera was pointed too low. If it should be wrong I 

 could not move to alter it, as they would leave instanter. 

 And it is very much of a gamble to tell where they will 



PLATE NO. 6 



In the fall of 1891 my husband told me I must get 

 the winter's meat while he took photographs of the deer. 

 So we commenced in the usual way by saddling our ponies 

 and starting out with rifle to kill the deer and camera to 

 take the photos. The first day I got nothing. The second 

 I lost a fine buck because I had to shoot past my husband, 

 as I thought, too close for safety. Then I moved a hundred 

 yards or more from him. I had hardly got ready before I 

 saw two fine bucks and a number of does and fawns. I 

 confess I was a little selfish — I wanted both bucks very 

 much. As I had lost the large one I thought two with one 

 shot would please my husband very much. So quicker than 

 I can tell it I fired and killed them both at 130 yards with 

 one shot. 



Mr. A. G. Waixihan 



Mrs. A. G. Wallihan 



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PLATE NO. 2 



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