230 AUDUBON THE NATURALIST. 
earliest adventures in that way, which occurred 
many years ago, and give you merely a sketch 
of the mode in which we killed them during our 
journey to the West, in 1843. 
One morning in July, our party and several 
persons attached to Fort Union, (for we were 
then located there,) crossed the river, landed 
opposite the fort, and passing through the rich 
alluvial belt of woodland which margins the 
river, were early on our way to the adjacent 
Prairie, beyond the hills. Our equipment con- 
sisted of an old Jersey wagon, to which we had 
two horses attached, tandem, driven by Mr. 
‘ulbertson, principal at the fort. This wagon 
carried Mr. Uarris, Bell, and ourselves, and 
we were followed by two carts, which contained 
the rest of the party, while behind came the 
running horses or hunters, led carefully along. 
After crossing the lower prairie, we ascended 
between. the steep banks of the rugged ravines, 
until we reached the high undulating plains 
above. On turning to take a retrospective view, 
we:beheld the fort and a considerable expanse 
of broken and prairie land behind us, and the 
course of the river was seen as it wound along, 
for some distance. Resuming our advance we 
soon saw a number of antelopes, some of which 
had young ones with them. After travelling 
about ten miles farther we approached the Fox 
