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84 TWO RIVERS—IMPROMPTU BULL FIGHT.
overgrown with willows, which are twisted and torn up by
red deer in many places. We saw several droves at the end
of these willows. We then came upon a level plain, with no
woods whatever except what lined Red river, which stretched
ahead of us as far as the eye could reach. To the N. W.
appeared a few spots of wood on the banks of Tongue river.
We came to two small lakes, which were covered with
swans, geese, and ducks of various kinds ; white and gray
cranes were also numerous.
We next passed opposite Two
Rivers,^ where I thought proper to wait for my canoes,
whilst the Indians went hunting red deer, which, being now
in the rutting season, are heard in every direction excepting
toward the plains.
I desired Desmarais to order my people to camp here,
whilst I went on horseback with Crow to chase a bull we
saw near at hand. But he declined, saying his horse was
too weak. I pursued the bull alone. Just as I came up to
him at full speed and prepared to fire, my horse suddenly
stopped. The bull had turned about to face my horse,
which was naturally afraid of buffaloes and startled at such
a frightful object ; he leaped to one side to avoid the bull.
As I was not prepared for this I was pitched over his head,
and fell within a few yards of the bull's nose ; but fortunately
for me he paid no more attention to my horse than
to me. The grass was long and I lay quiet until a favorable
opportunity offered as he presented his placotte. I dis-
* Present name of a stream in Kittson Co., Minn., so called because its two
main courses unite but little above its entrance into Red r. The county seat,
Hallock, is on the largest stream, as are other places, named Hazleton, Percy,
Pelan, and Greenbush; on the other fork is Northcote. The G. N. Ry. crosses
both branches at Hallock and Northcote respectively, between Kennedy and
Fairview. There is no named place at the mouth of Two Rivers; but opposite
it, at a little distance, is Joliette, on the N. P. R. R.
years ago by my friend Charles Hallock, Esq.,
Hallock was founded a few
formerly of New York, as a sort
of sportsman's resort. Mr. Hallock and I were fellow travelers in Labrador in
i860. He established Forest and Stream in New York in 1873, and long
edited that still flourishing weekly. He is the author of the Sportsman's Gazetteer
and many other writings, and when I last
living at Moorhead, N. C: see Pike, ed. 1895, p. 326.
heard from him, in 1895, was