280 AUDUBON THE NATURALIST. 
which to arrest the eye as a place where once 
dwelt man! No; we only know the Indian as 
a wanderer, and we cannot say here stood the 
strong fortress, the busy city, or even the hum- 
ble cot. Nature has here been undisturbed and 
unsubdued, an? our eyes may wander all over 
the scene to the most distant faint blue line on 
the horizon which encircles us, and forget alike 
the noisy clamour of toiling cities and the sweet 
aud smiling quiet of the well cultivated fields, 
where man has made a “home” and dwelleth 
in peace. But in these regions we may find the 
savage erizzly bear, the huge bison, the elegant® 
and fleet antelope, the large-horned sheep of the 
mountains, and the agile fearless climber of. the 
steeps—the Rocky Mountain goat. 
This snow-white and beautiful animal appears 
to have been first described, from skins shown 
to Lewis and Clark, as “the sheep,” in their 
general description of the beasts, birds, and 
plants found by the party in their expedition. 
They say, “‘The sheep is found in many places, 
but mostly in the timbered parts of the Rocky 
Mountains. They live in greater numbers on 
the chain of mountains forming the commence: 
ment of the woody country on the coast, and 
passing the Columbia between the falls and the 
rapids. We have only seen the skins of these 
animals, which the natives dress with the wool, 
