. Camps in the Rockies [microform] : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains, with an account of the cattle ranches of the West. Camping; Hunting; Camping; Chasse. 1 [|;'i 1 |, !f! [•4 I * 1 44 Camps in the Rockies,. rushing torrent, so their four legs were strapped together, and with one tucked under the arm we swam our own horses across, the anxious mothers following at our heels. It took us six hours to get the whole outfit to the other side; but it was most useful practice, for our subsequent journey- along the course of the Big Wind E-iver was replete w
. Camps in the Rockies [microform] : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains, with an account of the cattle ranches of the West. Camping; Hunting; Camping; Chasse. 1 [|;'i 1 |, !f! [•4 I * 1 44 Camps in the Rockies,. rushing torrent, so their four legs were strapped together, and with one tucked under the arm we swam our own horses across, the anxious mothers following at our heels. It took us six hours to get the whole outfit to the other side; but it was most useful practice, for our subsequent journey- along the course of the Big Wind E-iver was replete with similar crossings.^ The following evening we reached I'ort^s ranche, where we halted for a day to rig out the pack-train in proper ship-shape. Hitherto we had been travelling very slowly, on an average not more than ten or twelve miles a day; but now, rid of the troublesome band of horses and the lumbering waggon, we proceeded very much quicker, doing often four or five miles at a stretch on a trot—a deal of jingle and rattle of pots, pans, and steel-traps accompany- ing the performance. Efleeting an early start, we used to ride till eleven; then if we happened to strike water, noon for a couple of hours, and proceed till dusk, the distances between water, which if possible w ascertained ahead, governing the speed of travel. To pack and unpack eleven sumpter or pack animals four times a day, not to mention your own saddle animals, is a job not as easy as it looks in writing, for you have to combat with * I may here mention a danger which "tenderfeet" expeditions are liable not to notice till it is too late. Most horses out West are ridden with Mexican curbs, furnished with tongue-bits with rowels, of cruel device and of great power. In swimming rivers, attention should be paid to give horses a perfectly free head, if they have these curbs. I saw a half-breed's horse drowned, he himself v<.ry nearly sharing its fate, by his tugging at the reins and thus forc
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