Show WITH albert pike went out recently with major abajo r rector indian superintendent to assist in in the payment of the indian annuities among the tribes west of arkansas A correspondent ondene of the fort smith herald writing from the creek agency describes col pikes method of hunting grouse or prairie hen knowing how wild they are he came prepared to outwit them them ile he hunts with a piece of artillery a six six P bounder Thisbe this he hauls out on the prairie and when he discovers descos discos ers a flock he unlimbers sights sight th ohp gun ind and touches her off lie ile rarely misses inis ses it is is very exciting to see a dozen grouse fluttering with w ith broken wings among twice as many dead ones and the colonel chasing them around and catching them his usual sual charge is la a pound of powder and lu a quarter of a lag bag of turkey or sw swan an shot ile he generally shoots at about two tw 0 hundred yards ards ile he killed in in john sells field below here the other day 38 39 grouse at a single fire major rector who inho thinks think s he be must have crippled 1000 that got off among the cornstalks corn stalks and cockle burrs |