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Show Jl)UHNAL OF A VOYAGE 1nany other vicious practices, which have been adopted merely to pass time. 1st l'lo'l.'C7Jlber, Fridoy.-Finding that my canoe would not be finished in two or three day, , I concluded to take six n1en and go down the riv r about 12 miles, wh re we had r ~markccl gr >at sign of elk and buffalo. Arrived there about the middle of the afternoon. All turned out to hunt. None of us killed any thing but Sparks one doc. A slight snow fell. 2d No·vcmbcr, Saturday.-Lcft the camp with the fullest determination to lull an elk, if it were possible, before my r eturn. l never haJ kilkd one of tho~-;c animals. 'Took Miller, whose obliging disposition 1nad him agreeable in the woods. I was detcrrnined that if we came on the trail of elk, to follow then1 a lby or two in order to kill one. This, to a person acq uaintell with the nature of those animals, and the extent of the prairies in this country, would appear, what it really was, a v"ry foolish r esolution. We soon struck where a herJ of J.'iO had passed. Purs ued and came in ~ight about 8 o'clock, when they ap· pcared, at a distance, like an army of Indians 1110' ing along in single file; a large buck, of at least four fc t be~ tween the horns, leading the van, and one of equal magnitude bringi g up the r ear. We followeJ until ncar nigh[, without once being able to get within point-blank shot I once made Miller fire at the1n with his n1usket, at about 400 yards di~tance : it haJ no other effect than to make them leave us about ftvc miles b~hind on the prairie. Passed several deer in the course of the day, which 1 think we could have killed, but did uot fire for fear of alarming the elk. Finding that it was no easy 1nattcr to kill one, I shot a doc through the body, as I pcrcei ved by her blood, where she lay down in the snow; yet, not knowing how to track, we lost her. Shonly after saw TO Tll E St>uHCES OF fllE :\liS~ ~.' IPP I. three elk by then1selves ncar a copse of woods. Ap .. proaclwJ near them and broke the shoulder of one . but he ran off with the other two just as I was about t~ follow. Saw a b uck deer lying on the grass ; shot hin1 behind th~ eyes, w~cn he fe ll over. I walked up to hin1, put my foot on h1s horns, and examined the shot, immediately after w}:ic!1 he snor~ed, bounced up, and fe ll five steps from Inc. I h1s I considered his last effor t · but soon ~ ' aher, to our utter astonishment, he jumped up and ran of[ lle stopp\-·d frcquclltl y : we pursued him, expectino· hin1 to _fall_cvery minute, by which we were led from th~ pnr~ mt of the wounded elk. After being weari ·d out in this unsuccessful chase, we ret urnecl in pursuit of the wound< x: e~l , a~d when we came up to the party, found him nussmg from the Rocl-. Shot. another iu the body · but ·Jn )' baJ l b ·ing ~ntall, he likewise esc a pec.l. W o L:nded ~nother deer: when hungry, cold, and fatigued, after havmg w~undcd three deer and two elk, were obliged to enc~ tmp m a point of hemlock woods, on the head of Clear :lver. 'The large h('rd of elk lay about one 1nilc from us m the prairie. Our want of success I ascribe to the small: ness of our balls, and to our inex perience in following the track, after wounding them, for it is very seldon1 a deer drops on the spot you shoot it. . 3d f!o·ve:nh(.,r, Sunday.-Ro"e pretty early and went In pursmt of the elk. Wounded one buck deer on tile way. We made an attempt to drive them into the woods but their leader broke past u and it appeared as if th; drove wouJJ have followeJ him though they had been o~Iiged to run over us. We fired at them passing, but Without efl~c t. Pursued the1n through the swamp till about 10 o'clock, when I d 'tcrmined to attempt to make the river, and for that pnrposc took a due south course. l)as~· d d f v Inany roves o lk and buffalo, but beiog in the |