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could almost reach out and touch them. 

 In a short time a magnificent bull 

 loomed up directly in front of me, and 

 seeing him I began to covet his steaks. 

 I gave Pete a dig in the flanks and with 

 a whoop we started after the bull. Old 

 Pete had been there before and knew 

 what was coming. 



The bull let out a link or 2 and so did 

 Pete, and away we went over sage- 

 brush and rocks and through wash- 

 outs. I could easily have shot the elk, 

 but I could see from the way Pete 

 pricked up his ears that he wanted a 

 race, so I let him go. I knew we would 

 reach smooth ground before the bull 

 could get to the timber, and every min- 

 ute or so I hit him with my hat to urge 

 him on. Finally I saw I would have to 

 shoot or lose him. I gave the horse a 

 little turn to the left and a dig with the 

 spurs and we closed up to the old fel- 

 low. In less time than it takes to tell 

 it I sent 3 shots into him and at the 

 third he went down with a crash. 



I pulled up, dismounted, and let 

 Pete loose. He walked round the elk 2 

 or 3 times, sniffing at him all the time, 

 then pawed the ground and looked at 

 me as if to say, "We are the medicine 

 men." While I was disappointed at 

 finding the elk poor, yet I could not 

 help admiring his size. I took out my 

 tape line and measured his horns. One 

 was 58 inches long and the other 59. 

 He had 6 prongs on one side and 7 on 

 the other. I found 2 of my bullets in 

 him, the third had passed through his 

 body. 



Then the work of butchering began, 

 and if ever a butcher knife played a 

 tune it was at that time. Having cut 

 him open and cleaned him, I secured 

 some sticks with which to prop him 

 open so he would freeze and keep until 

 I could return for him. I then 

 mounted, and struck the trail about 5 

 miles from camp. The pack horses 

 had passed there and they reached 

 camp an hour ahead of me. 



PHOTO BY C. F. O KEEFE. 



FILOPINOS FISHING WITH BOWS AND ARROWS. OFFICERS OF THE CREW IN FULL DRESS 



