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and Clarke, in the month of October, near Carp Island, in the 
Missouri, where large flocks of them were driven into the water 
by the Indians. The men were ranged along the shore, so as 
to prevent the escape of the Antelopes, and fired upon them ; 
and sometimes the boys went into the river, and killed them 
with sticks. Fifty-eight of the Antelopes were killed by the 
Indians during the time they were observed by our travellers. 
They were then migrating from the plains east of the Missouri, 
where they spend the summer, towards the mountains, where 
they subsist on leaves and shrubbery, during the winter; in the 
spring they resume their migrations. 
“ The Mandan Indians capture the Prong-horn Antelopes by 
means of a pound, similar to that described in the account of the 
Rein-deer. The following description is given by Dr. Richard¬ 
son, from a recent specimen :—>* The male is furnished with 
short, black, roundish, tapering horns, arched inwards, turning 
towards each other, with their points directed backwards, each 
hom having a single short branchlet projecting from the middle. 
The winter coat consists of coarse, round, hollow hairs, like 
those of the Moose. The neck, back, and legs, are yellowish- 
brown ; the sides are reddish-white; the belly and chest are 
white, with three white bands across the throat. The hairs on 
the occiput, and back of the neck, are long, and tipped with 
black, forming a short, erect mane. There is a black spot be¬ 
hind each cheek, which exhales a strong Goat-like odor. The 
tail is short; on the rump there is a large spot of pure white. 
The dimensions of the animal were as follows : From the nose 
to the root of the tail, four feet; height of the fore shoulder, 
three feet; that of the hind quarter, the same. Girth behind 
the fore legs, two feet ten inches. The female is smaller than 
the male, having straight horns, with rather a protuberance than 
a prong. She is also deficient in the black about the neck.”— 
Godman's American Natural History. 
“ An Antelope was killed in Southern Oregon, near Rogues 
River, which was one of the four the hunters had seen; it was 
