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didn’t mind being photographed, and I had 
to get up and shout and wave my arms 
before he trotted away. Then came three 
more, equally fearless of the queer two- 
legged animal that jumped and made 
noises. 
The first week in August four members of 
our party saw a herdat a distance of a mile 
which we estimated to number at least 800, 
and about the same time I made a photo- 
graph of a bunch on the run in which over 
ninety caribou can be counted. 
Late in August, when we were north and 
west of Beaver Creek, in the vicinity of 
Mount Schwatka, caribou were seen only 
rarely and but two or three at a time. The 
greatest numbers were near the heads of 
Preacher and Beaver “creeks Jearly—in 
August. The last ones seen were taking on 
the winter coat. After the first of Septem- 
ber in the Mike Hess Creek country, when 
the ground was covered with snow, we did 
not see any caribou. 
Moose tracks were found along the creeks 
in July and August and one yearling was 
killed. It was with difficulty that the hind 
quarters were procured without killing the 
pugnacious mother, who charged the hunter 
several times when he approached her fallen 
offspring. The moose meat was coarse and 
tough in comparison with the caribou 
steaks, which we always found tender, 
sweet and comparable with the finest beef. 
Bears were not numerous; at least, we 
saw only a few. The first one was encoun- 
tered July 17 on Preacher Creek. While the 
packtrain was being unsaddled, a large 
brown bear and three cubs appeared in 
camp. The surprise was mutual. The 
horses stampeded at once, scattering things 
in every direction, and the old bear took off 
up the hill on a run. Two of the cubs fol- 
lowed her closely, but the smallest one was 
soon far behind. Several other bears were 
seen during the season. All were brown or 
black, and were fattening on blueberries. 
Rocky Mountain sheep were found along 
the crest of the jagged ridge in the big bend 
of Beaver Creek, and also on the ridge north 
of Mount Schwatka, overlooking the Yukon 

A FINE BULL CARIBOU OF THE PREACHER CREEK COUNTRY AT CLOSE RANGE 
