CHAPTER IV

ON THE CATTLE RANGES; THE PRONG-HORN ANTELOPE

Riding to the Round-up--The Open Plains--Sights and Sounds--Gophers, Prairie Dogs, Sharp-tail Grouse, Antelope--The Cow-camp--Standing Night Guard--Dawn--Make an Antelope Hunt--An Easy Stalk--A Difficult Stalk--Three Antelope Shot--The Plains Skylark--The Meadow-Lark--The Mocking-bird--Other Singers--Harsher Wilderness Sounds--Pack Rats--Plains Ferret, Its Ferocity--The War Eagle--Attacks Antelope--Kills Jack-Rabbit--One Shot on Wing with Rifle