Show FIND KOOTENAY V 0 O OTENA V COUNTRY NOW HUNTERS PARADISE A aa A a big game now in great abundance as result of protective laws of british columbia vancouver 11 II CAs C As a result of a careful watch kept by game wardens for several N years cars one of the richest bip big game districts ol 01 on i the continent Is coining back to its own tills this Is tile the great range of valley foothills and mountains nt the headwaters of tile kootenay river ilver a half days journey front from the main line of the rall railway way from a spot on the river not far from the ila riff windermere highway herds of elk moose leer deer caribou mountain shep goats and numbers of black brown grizzly and cinnamon berra beers and mountain llona lioni can ile he seen within It liln a radius of six or eight miles in the old drys this territory was a battleground of tile the indian tribes owing to the vast herds of wild ant jaala to be forim there when huot hunt ing was poor on the prairie side of the mountains or in the lie valleys farther west the tribes in the d districts headed for the alio lie headwaters adwaters of tile the kootenay where game was sure to be found naturally the indians of tile upper kootenay objected and famous skirmishes often ensued black feet ISlo Ill Sp flat head s Sl washes creeks and st boneys all raided into the country at time when the file indians left olt oft the wild life tile raids ceased but the lindlang of the district slaughtered freely and greatly reduced tile game until the lie |