CHAPTER X. An Elk-Hunt At Two-Ocean Pass

AN ELK-HUNT AT TWO-OCEAN PASS

In the Shoshones--Traveling with a Pack-train--Scenery--Flowers--A Squaw-man--Bull Elk Shot in Rain while Challenging--Storm--Breaking Camp in Rain--Two-Ocean Pass--Our Camp--A Young Ten-pointer Shot--The Mountains in Moonlight--Blue Grouse--Snowshoe Rabbits--Death of a Master Bull--The Tetons--Following a Bull by Scent--Ill Luck--Luck Changes--Death of Spike Bull--Three Bulls Killed--Traveling Home--Heavy Snowstorm--Bucking Horse--Various Hunts Compared--Number Cartridges Used--Still-hunting the Elk