. Western field. d four live mountain sheep he WILL FRAKES. T was about the 1st of June, 1906,that I began to look around thecountry, to see if there were anysheep on any of the old rangesthat I might capture without go-ing so far out on the desert. Ifirst went to Newberry Springs,which is headquarters for theIndians, and where they comeevery summer for the especialpurpose of hunting sheep. They kill every-thing they can, big, little, old and young; and sell the heads, hides, and meat to any one thatwill buy them, in open defiance of the law. From Newberry I went to Sheep Springs,eight or ten
. Western field. d four live mountain sheep he WILL FRAKES. T was about the 1st of June, 1906,that I began to look around thecountry, to see if there were anysheep on any of the old rangesthat I might capture without go-ing so far out on the desert. Ifirst went to Newberry Springs,which is headquarters for theIndians, and where they comeevery summer for the especialpurpose of hunting sheep. They kill every-thing they can, big, little, old and young; and sell the heads, hides, and meat to any one thatwill buy them, in open defiance of the law. From Newberry I went to Sheep Springs,eight or ten miles farther south, which hasbeen a favorite watering place for sheep sincethey and the spring have existed. I stayedthere all night, and looked around over thesurrounding country till noon the next day;but the last track has disappeared old trails that have been used for cen-turies are getting dim, and but for the bonesthat are lying around, there is little to tell that THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE 89. Shei-p Hfads at an Did Indian Canin such magrnilkent game animals ever existed inthis locaHty. From there I went five miles west to CaneSprings, another old watering place for big-horns, but there were no sheep. I then wentIcn miles farther west to Ord Mountain, wherethere are two or three springs that the sheephave always watered at. I stayed there twoilays and went all over the mountain, but thelast sheep had either been killed or left thecountry. Disgusted, I returned home. It is a great shame, a great pity, that thesevagabond Indians have been allowed to mur-der them. Later on a few may drift in fromthe Colorado River, but even if they do thenoble Red Man is still sneaking about thedesert with about as much respect for ourlaws, and as much decency, as a band of coy-otes, and they are just about as beneficial tothe country. I rested for two or three days, and on June17th I packed two horses and started east acrossthe desert with the intention of finding sheepbefore
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