hing but a field of bones was visible.

At another time and place a lot of antelope were caught in deep snow and
frozen to death. A more remarkable case was that of a bunch of horses
which became snowed in, the snow being so deep they could not break a
way out. The owner with great difficulty managed to rescue them, when it
was found they had actually chawed each other's tails and manes off.

Indian dogs have a great antipathy to white men, likewise our own dogs
towards Indians, which our horses also share in. Horses also have a
dread of bears. Once when riding a fine and high-strung horse a bear
suddenly appeared in front. Knowing that my mount, as soon as he smelt
the bear, would become uncontrollable, I quickly shot the bear from the
saddle, and immediately the scared horse bolted.

To preserve trout I sometimes kippered them and hung them up to dry.
Quickly the wasps would attack them, and, if not prevented, would in a
short space of time leave absolutely nothing but a skeleton hanging to
the string. It was later demonstrated that cattle, too, thought them a
delicacy, no doubt for the salt or sugar ingredients. Snakes also have a
weakness for fish, and I have seen them approach my trout when thrown on
the river bank and drag them off for their own consumption.

While fishing or shooting one must always be on the careful lookout for
rattlesnakes. In the rough canons and river banks the biggest rattlers
are found, and you may jump, tumble or scramble on the back of one and
run great chance of being bitten. On the open prairie, where smaller
rattlers are very plentiful, they always give you warning with their
unique, unmistakable rattle. Once, on stooping down to tear up by the
roots a dangerous poison weed, in grasping the plant my hand also
grasped a rattlesnake. I dropped it quick enough to escape injury, but
the cold sweat fairly broke out all over me. The bite is always painful,
but not always necessarily fatal.

"Rustlers" is the common name given to cattle or horse thieves. Arizona
had her full share of them. That territory was the last resort of
outlaws from other and more civilized states. Many of our own "hands"
were such men. Few of them dare use their own proper names; having
committed desperate crimes in other states, such as Texas, they could
not return there. Strange to say, the worst of these "bad" men often
made the best of ranch hands. Cowboys as a class, that is, the genuine
cowboys of days gone