英语词汇“wapiti”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife officer has been Bruiser’s de facto guardian angel since shortly after the wild wapiti’s first sighting on the island, back on Sept. 13, 2012. Meet Bruiser, Whidbey Island's loneliest (and only) resident elk 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z

The EVA team found some of the ancient DNA came from wapiti, the species of elk whose tooth was used to make it. Who wore this ancient deer pendant? DNA reveals a Stone Age woman with surprising origins 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z

Monitoring elk traveling along the migration route is part of a new Wyoming effort to determine if wapiti are returning to the Gros Ventre River country in summer and fall. Despite winter exodus, elk pour through migration bottleneck 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

When the wapiti were spread out it necessitated a daily snowmobile ride to each site, and feeding often entailed a long day’s work. Isolated elk tenders stay close to their work 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Authorities say a witness saw the men shoot at the wapiti and then make no attempt to investigate the outcome of the gunfire or dress the animals. Men fined for Munger elk shootings 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

The officers swapped text messages about "hunting" for "wapiti," the Shawnee word for elk. Elk killing trial ignites emotions in hippie town 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

It recounted how the reintroduction of wolves in the mid-1990s returned the Yellowstone ecosystem to health by limiting the grazing of elk, which are sometimes known as “wapiti” by Native Americans. Op-Ed Contributor: Is the Wolf a Real American Hero? 2014-03-09T23:15:42Z

The name wapiti, given to it by the English, which is derived from one of the Indian languages, ought never to be used, because it is scarcely known to anybody, even in America.—Maximilian. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z

The walls are hung with trophies of sport, a forest of stags' horns, including wild fallow, wapiti, red-deer, chamois, and roebuck. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z

Then I grew tired of the rod and decided to go after wapiti for a change. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

The eland, which is closely allied to the American wapiti, if not specifically the same animal, is still kept in the royal preserves of Prussia, to the number of four or five hundred individuals. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z

They also have in these Cashmere valleys a big stag called the barramigh, which is a good deal like our wapiti, only not half so large. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z

Bighorn, mountain goats, moose, wapiti, grizzly and black bear, and western white-tailed and Rocky Mountain mule deer exist in as natural a condition as is possible in an area also utilized by man. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z

Hastings has had an interesting addition to his collection of foreign animals in two wapiti deer, which are among the largest known of their species in North America. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z

I saw many wapiti, but no good heads; only after a fortnight’s hunting did I manage to get a decent head, though even that was not so good as I should have liked. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

As civilization advanced across the continent, the wapiti slowly retreated, and in diminished numbers it now lives in the wildest portion of the Pacific mountains to the north of Snake River and the Columbia. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z

In America the elk is known as the moose, and the former name is transferred to the wapiti deer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z

Hunters cull between 40,000 to 50,000 elk, or wapiti, in Colorado each year, according to the division of wildlife. Colorado giving hay to wild elk in deep snow 2011-01-19T22:30:51Z

In the wilds they occasionally kill wapiti, and often bighorn sheep and white goats; but their favorite prey is the deer. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open

Blacktail deer were everywhere, but the wapiti remained invisible. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

The male wapiti at maturity is some 7 or 8 feet high at the shoulders, and lifts its wide-spreading antlers fully 11 feet from the ground. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z

In Europe it has been successfully crossed with Altai wapiti and the red deer, and in both instances the offspring were superior in size and general stamina to the native stock. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc.

His home was in the grand old woods, with wapitis, wolves and bears. The Fairy School of Castle Frank

The wapiti or American elk at one time abounded from Quebec to the Pacific, and as far north as the Peace river, but is now found only in small numbers from Manitoba westwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony"

Signs of wapiti were plentiful, though I never came up with a single beast all the afternoon. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

The Wapiti.—Next in size to the moose, and in many ways the grandest of the deer tribe not only of America, but of the world, is the wapiti or American elk. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z

Such has been the experience with the axis deer, the Japanese and Pekin sikas, the red and the fallow deer of Europe, and especially with the wapiti, or Rocky Mountain elk, and the Virginia deer. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc.

Wherever the trapper has come destroying grisly and coyote and wolverine, the prong horn and mountain-sheep and mountain-goat and wapiti and moose have increased. The Story of the Trapper

The occurrence of races of the wapiti in Manchuria and Amurland has been already mentioned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton"

About half an hour before, having given up all hope of seeing wapiti, I had decided to kill a blacktail deer for meat. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

The bighorn resembles the wapiti in colour, although it is of a lighter brown, especially in winter. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z

For the practical purposes of this bulletin all the forms of the wapiti are treated as a single species. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc.

Three of the six observations are in July and August; therefore movement by wapiti into the Park can not be attributed entirely to disturbance during the hunting season. Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

One wapiti occurs on the Tibetan frontier, and others in Manchuria and Amurland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton"

Moose and caribou, he saw, the mighty wapiti, and the smaller deer in their crowding thousands. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

It was very evident that none of the big wapiti––elks, as the Bushman incorrectly calls them––could have reached that spot, but Nasmyth laughed. The Greater Power

The wapiti and the Virginia deer can be raised successfully and cheaply under many different conditions of food and climate. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc.

It was pleasant to hear all this, for we wanted some of those wapiti very badly, indeed. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Around the neck it is long and shaggy, but particularly upon the under line of the throat, where it forms a mane similar to that of the American wapiti. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains

I have seen the red Chippewa cleave thy crystal waters in his bark canoe—the giant moose lave his flanks in thy cooling flood—and the stately wapiti bound gracefully along thy banks. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West

Judging by the noise it was making, the approaching beast, he thought, must be as big as a wapiti. The Greater Power

After the elk, come the Virginia, or common deer, the wapiti deer, the black-tailed deer, and the cariboo. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians

Before he had quieted we saw Harry coming over the hill where the wapiti had first appeared. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Certainly the two are but little, if anything, different; but the name “elk” has been given in America to quite another and smaller species of deer—the wapiti. Popular Adventure Tales

Here, too, are found two kind of small deer—the wapiti, and the prong-horned antelope. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America

“Well,” he said, “I guess it couldn’t be either a Bush deer or a wapiti.” The Greater Power

The wapiti is exclusively a native of North America; and it may be remarked that his range is more southerly, and not so northerly as that of the moose. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys

I examined the bull with the greatest interest, for it was the first Asiatic wapiti of this species that I had ever seen. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Of all these names I think that of 'wapiti,' which our cousin has given, the best. Popular Adventure Tales

A remarkable feature of the wapiti is that the horns differ in form almost as greatly as do those of the branches of trees, no two specimens being found with them exactly alike. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America

A few ruminants showed themselves, amongst others some wapiti, but they dashed past with such speed that it was impossible to get near them. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery

One is the Saul Forest Stag, or Bara-singa—a species almost as large as the Canadian wapiti. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys

The report of my rifle disturbed eight wapiti which the beaters discovered as they crossed the uplands in the direction of another patch of cover a mile away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Wolves don't often attack full-grown wapiti, except when wounded or crippled somehow. Popular Adventure Tales

In the wilder parts of the Southern States of the Union, herds of the magnificent Canadian stag or wapiti—popularly called the elk—range amid the woods and over the prairies. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America

Wolves don’t often attack full-grown wapiti, except when wounded or crippled somehow. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North

We had not got more than half a mile into the wood, when we caught sight of a dozen or more wapiti feeding in a large glade. With Axe and Rifle

Harry saw the deer go over the hill and ran around the base of a rocky shoulder just in time to intercept three wapiti which my shot had started down the ravine. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

The names of 'elk,' 'stag,' and 'red deer,' lead to confusion, as there are other species to which they properly belong, all of which are entirely different from the wapiti. Popular Adventure Tales

The wapiti is indeed a grand animal, growing to the height of the tallest ox, and endowed with wonderful activity, as well as power. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America

The hunters could hardly believe their eyes, but there it was, sure enough, a brown shaggy mass, lying flat along the shoulders of the wapiti, and clutching it with large-spreading claws. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North

The black bear, wolf, puma, lynx, wapiti, and Columbian or coast deer are common to parts of both mainland and islands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"

We were both shaking with cold and I doubt if I could have hit a wapiti if it had stopped fifty feet away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

In comparison with moose, wapiti, and other deer of North America, the Woodland caribou ranks third in size. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure

We saw also four topi, a beast about the size of our wapiti, built on the general specifications of a hartebeeste, but with the most beautiful iridescent plum-coloured coat. African Camp Fires

“Of all these names I think that of ‘wapiti,’ which our cousin has given, the best. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North

There was a faint twinkle in the speaker's eyes which Alton understood, for Atkinson, who was not an adept at trailing deer, had shot more than a wapiti. Alton of Somasco

He returned in the first gray light of dawn, just as I was making coffee, and reported that he had heard wapiti barking, but that no animals had visited the lick. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

The chamois, the ibex, the red deer, the Virginia deer, the wapiti, the gour, or the royal tiger may be the game in hand. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875

The extermination of the wapiti began with the settlement of the American colonies. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation

The names of ‘elk,’ ‘stag,’ and ‘red deer,’ lead to confusion, as there are other species to which they properly belong, all of which are entirely different from the wapiti. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North

But on the banks of the Fraser they were lucky enough to find the "real red deer", the great wapiti stag, which is absent from the far north-west, beyond the region of the Saskatchewan. Pioneers in Canada

I had not been gone an hour, and had just worked across the lower end of a deep ravine, when I heard a wapiti bark above and behind me. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Fort Carlton was the great food supply post, then and long afterwards, of the Hudson's Bay Company, buffalo and wapiti being very abundant. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899

It is of size smaller, and more easily managed, than the wapiti; and is more easily marketed because of its smaller size. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation

For instance, our American moose, the wapiti or elk, Rocky Mountain sheep, the so-called mountain goat, and other animals are probably of Central Asian origin. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

According to Hearne, the flesh of the musk ox does not resemble that of the bison, but is more like the meat of the moose or wapiti. Pioneers in Canada

Its white discoverers erroneously named the animal "elk," but as this title properly belongs to the European "moose," sportsmen have adopted the Indian name "wapiti" to avoid confusion. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

By sunlight or moonlight its splintered grey crest is the one object which, in spite of wapiti and bighorn, skunk and grizzly, unfailingly arrests the eyes. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

—The story of the progressive extermination of the American elk, or wapiti, covers practically the same territory as the tragedy of the American bison—one-third of the mainland of North America. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation

The deer was about the size of an American wapiti, or elk, and must have weighed at least seven hundred pounds, for it required eight men to lift it. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

When Canada proper was first discovered, the wapiti red deer was still found in the basin of the St. Lawrence; it has long since been extinct. Pioneers in Canada

The idea of looking for wapiti in such a place seemed too absurd! Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Cheer up, friend, for it isn't the call that makes the big wapiti, as they say out west in my country. Greenmantle

The vast prairies on this side of the Rocky Mountains were grazed by herds of countless bison, wapiti, antelope, and deer of various species. Tracks of a Rolling Stone

We were greatly disappointed, for we had brilliant prospects of good wapiti shooting but without either men or dogs and in an unknown country there was little possibility of successful still hunting. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

A more ambitious picture, “Wolves and wapiti fighting on the steps of the Athenæum Club,” found a purchaser at fifteen shillings. Beasts and Super-Beasts

One morning, a week after we had been in camp, Tserin Dorchy and I discovered a cow and a calf wapiti feeding in an open forest. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Farther up, the wind walked on the dry leaves with a sound like a thousand wapiti trooping down the mountain. The Trail Book

I had an hereditary love of sport, and had read and heard wonderful tales of bison, and grisly bears, and wapitis. Tracks of a Rolling Stone

Our American wapiti, or elk, is a migrant from Asia by way of the Bering Strait and is probably a relative of the wapiti which is found in Central Asia, China, Manchuria and Korea. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

These traces were left by deer, the deer we hunters call red deer, and the natives wapitis.” The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude

One of our hunters brought in a three-year-old moose a short time after we got the wapiti and another had a long chase after a wounded bear. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

As he spoke, he pointed to the moose and wapiti trooping down the shallow hills to the watering-places. The Trail Book

Eight more wapiti were killed during the week, and fourteen smaller deer. In the Heart of the Rockies

To the north we could see heavily wooded mountain slopes interspersed with open parklike meadows--splendid wapiti country. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

The wapitis were so engrossed in their desperate struggle that they were unconscious of the approach of the hunters; but they would probably not have ceased fighting, had they been aware of it. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude

I was entirely out of the race on the summit of the hill, for the nearest wapiti was fully eight hundred yards away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Some they learned from the Cranes by the water-courses, and some from the bucks prancing before the does on the high ridges; old, old dances of the great elk and the wapiti. The Trail Book

We shall want deer-skin shirts, trousers, and socks and caps; and the skin of these deer is softer and more pliable than that of the wapiti. In the Heart of the Rockies

They told us that serow and muntjac were abundant and that wapiti were sometimes found on the mountains several miles to the northward. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

Mrs Barnett and Lieutenant Hobson had been chatting together for some minutes, when, with the exception of two, the wapitis suddenly ceased fighting. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude

When they reached us they reported that seven wapiti had run out directly between them and over the ridge. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

In several places we saw the skins of these little wapiti licked clean and empty of bodily structure. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow

A few minutes later there was a dull trampling sound, and almost directly afterwards a herd of wapiti came along at a heavy trot, ploughing their way but slowly through the snow. In the Heart of the Rockies

They said that there were many serow, goral, muntjac and some wapiti in the forests above the village, and we could well believe it, for there was never a more "likely looking" spot. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

Yes, madam,” added Hobson, who had carefully examined the wapitis after the hunter’s remark; “and whether at our hands or from the teeth of wolves, those wapitis will meet death where they now stand.” The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude

On the instant his rifle banged, and I looked up just in time to see a bull wapiti stop on an open slope of the ravine about ninety yards away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

The chances for the wapiti and elk and the western mule and black-tail deer are brighter, provided that we move promptly for their protection. American Big Game in Its Haunts

No more wapiti came up, but black and white tail deer were occasionally shot, and five or six big-horn sheep also fell to their rifles. In the Heart of the Rockies

I went out with the hunters at dawn but saw nothing except an old wapiti track and a little sign. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

The Indians are therefore always eager to procure the skins of the wapitis.” The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude

On our way back to camp Harry and I decided that this would end our hunt, for we had three fine bulls, and it was evident that only a very few wapiti remained. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

But the characteristic animals of the region were the elk—the wapiti. American Big Game in Its Haunts

I believe the wapiti are peculiar to the West. In the Heart of the Rockies

My nation has my love, in which you share, With special service rendered to yourself; So that your cabin flows with mouffles sweet, And hips of wapiti and bedded robes. Tecumseh : a Drama

“Wapitis! wapitis!-there they are !” cried Sabine and Marbre at once, pointing to a group of animals distinctly visible about a quarter of a mile to the east. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude

The particular wapiti which we hoped to get at Wu-tai-hai represented a species almost extinct in China. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

The old world term elk was applied by the English settlers, probably in Virginia, to the wapiti deer, an animal very closely related to the red deer of Europe. American Big Game in Its Haunts

In half an hour two rifle-shots were heard, and presently Hunting Dog ran in with the news that they had killed two wapiti. In the Heart of the Rockies

There were in Canada, the moose, the caribou, the wapiti, and the common red deer. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03

Fortunately for poor humanity, the same slow and cautious tactics are adopted when a buck deer or wapiti decides to attack a man. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations

Ten seconds later three wapiti cows showed black against the sky line. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

The eland, which is closely allied to the American wapiti if not specifically the same animal, is still kept in the royal preserves of Prussia, to the number of four or five hundred individuals. The Earth as Modified by Human Action

There are wapitis, which are big stag with thundering great horns, and there are big-horns. In the Heart of the Rockies

Champlain here gives the four species of the cervus family under names then known to him, viz, the moose, wapiti or elk, caribou, and the common deer. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03

On the wall, too, were nailed heads of mountain sheep and goats, of wapiti and other deer, proclaiming Ike a hunter. The Prospector

We found where his bullet had struck the wapiti in the shoulder, yet the animal was running as though untouched. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

If it should be a wapiti, or sambur stag, the bullet should also remain within, retained in all cases under the skin upon the side opposite to that of entrance. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1

At present the wapiti is of all wild game that which is most likely to fall a victim to the grisly, when the big bear is in the mood to turn hunter. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches

We hunted bears, both the black and the grizzly, cougars and wolves, and moose, wapiti, and white goat. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography

I saw many huge herds of Mongolian antelopes running from five to six thousand, many groups of bighorns, wapiti and kabarga antelopes. Beasts, Men and Gods

But the really extraordinary thing was to find the wapiti there at all. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

I halted immediately, and in a few seconds three splendid wapiti stags broke covert about 100 yards before me, and at full gallop passed across the open ground by which I was descending. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1

A bear was an occasional amusement; a wapiti was a constant necessity; but the only wild animal dangerous to man was a rattlesnake or a skunk. The Education of Henry Adams

When the early settlers first penetrated the forests of America they found the great deer which the Indians called "wapiti." Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

We had not gone fifty yards when there was a crash, a rush of feet, and four wapiti dashed through the bushes. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

The antlers of the wapiti are also of great value to the native druggists, but strangely enough they care little for those of the moose and the roebuck. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Somehow or other I pulled the trigger; a cloud of dust suddenly arose from the spot where the three stags had disappeared, and I felt sure that the wapiti was down. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1

At last we found their trail leading into the grassy uplands; but the possibility of finding wapiti, these animals of the forests, on those treeless slopes seemed too absurd even to consider. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

We flattened ourselves in the grass, lying as motionless as two gray bowlders, and a moment later another wapiti appeared behind the cows. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Besides the wapiti and roebuck, goral were plentiful on the cliffs and there were a few sheep in the lower valley. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Harry Caldwell and I returned from our bighorn sheep and wapiti hunt on November 19. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

I saw a great brown rump for a moment, and I thought it was the bear."—"No bear at all," I answered, "and I have been fool enough to shoot at a wapiti. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1

We found that the wapiti were not as easy to kill as the first day's hunt had given us reason to believe. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Both of us were becoming decidedly tired of passing specimens which we wanted badly and decided to go for roebuck regardless of the possibility of frightening wapiti by the shooting. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Even the old Mongol had to admit that the wapiti could not have been greatly disturbed by the shooting, and all the men were as pleased as children. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

It seemed very far away, much farther than it really was, and as I crept to the summit of a ridge a splendid bull wapiti broke through the underbrush. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

I refused the shot, as we had meat of the finest quality that would keep for a week, and to kill another wapiti would be mere waste of life. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1

After we had killed the first wapiti we did not fire a shot for two days, even though roebuck were all about us and we wanted a series for the Museum. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

During that time we saw two wapiti, but did not get a shot at either. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

Our second wapiti was killed on November seventh. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

One morning while I was hunting north of camp, I heard a wapiti roar on the summit of a mountain. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

The wapiti was gone for good, but on the way back to camp I picked up a roebuck which acted as some balm to my injured feelings. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

My heart missed a beat, for I thought it was a wapiti. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

At seven o'clock Chen, who was fussing about the fire, rushed over to say that he could see two wapiti on the opposite mountain. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'

单词	wapiti
例句	wapiti The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife officer has been Bruiser’s de facto guardian angel since shortly after the wild wapiti’s first sighting on the island, back on Sept. 13, 2012. Meet Bruiser, Whidbey Island's loneliest (and only) resident elk 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The EVA team found some of the ancient DNA came from wapiti, the species of elk whose tooth was used to make it. Who wore this ancient deer pendant? DNA reveals a Stone Age woman with surprising origins 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Monitoring elk traveling along the migration route is part of a new Wyoming effort to determine if wapiti are returning to the Gros Ventre River country in summer and fall. Despite winter exodus, elk pour through migration bottleneck 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Monitoring elk traveling along the migration route is part of a new Wyoming effort to determine if wapiti are returning to the Gros Ventre River country in summer and fall. Despite winter exodus, elk pour through migration bottleneck 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z When the wapiti were spread out it necessitated a daily snowmobile ride to each site, and feeding often entailed a long day’s work. Isolated elk tenders stay close to their work 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Authorities say a witness saw the men shoot at the wapiti and then make no attempt to investigate the outcome of the gunfire or dress the animals. Men fined for Munger elk shootings 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The officers swapped text messages about "hunting" for "wapiti," the Shawnee word for elk. Elk killing trial ignites emotions in hippie town 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z It recounted how the reintroduction of wolves in the mid-1990s returned the Yellowstone ecosystem to health by limiting the grazing of elk, which are sometimes known as “wapiti” by Native Americans. Op-Ed Contributor: Is the Wolf a Real American Hero? 2014-03-09T23:15:42Z The name wapiti, given to it by the English, which is derived from one of the Indian languages, ought never to be used, because it is scarcely known to anybody, even in America.—Maximilian. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z The walls are hung with trophies of sport, a forest of stags' horns, including wild fallow, wapiti, red-deer, chamois, and roebuck. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Then I grew tired of the rod and decided to go after wapiti for a change. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The eland, which is closely allied to the American wapiti, if not specifically the same animal, is still kept in the royal preserves of Prussia, to the number of four or five hundred individuals. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z They also have in these Cashmere valleys a big stag called the barramigh, which is a good deal like our wapiti, only not half so large. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Bighorn, mountain goats, moose, wapiti, grizzly and black bear, and western white-tailed and Rocky Mountain mule deer exist in as natural a condition as is possible in an area also utilized by man. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z Hastings has had an interesting addition to his collection of foreign animals in two wapiti deer, which are among the largest known of their species in North America. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z I saw many wapiti, but no good heads; only after a fortnight’s hunting did I manage to get a decent head, though even that was not so good as I should have liked. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z As civilization advanced across the continent, the wapiti slowly retreated, and in diminished numbers it now lives in the wildest portion of the Pacific mountains to the north of Snake River and the Columbia. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z In America the elk is known as the moose, and the former name is transferred to the wapiti deer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Hunters cull between 40,000 to 50,000 elk, or wapiti, in Colorado each year, according to the division of wildlife. Colorado giving hay to wild elk in deep snow 2011-01-19T22:30:51Z In the wilds they occasionally kill wapiti, and often bighorn sheep and white goats; but their favorite prey is the deer. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Blacktail deer were everywhere, but the wapiti remained invisible. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The male wapiti at maturity is some 7 or 8 feet high at the shoulders, and lifts its wide-spreading antlers fully 11 feet from the ground. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z In Europe it has been successfully crossed with Altai wapiti and the red deer, and in both instances the offspring were superior in size and general stamina to the native stock. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. His home was in the grand old woods, with wapitis, wolves and bears. The Fairy School of Castle Frank The wapiti or American elk at one time abounded from Quebec to the Pacific, and as far north as the Peace river, but is now found only in small numbers from Manitoba westwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Signs of wapiti were plentiful, though I never came up with a single beast all the afternoon. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The Wapiti.—Next in size to the moose, and in many ways the grandest of the deer tribe not only of America, but of the world, is the wapiti or American elk. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z Such has been the experience with the axis deer, the Japanese and Pekin sikas, the red and the fallow deer of Europe, and especially with the wapiti, or Rocky Mountain elk, and the Virginia deer. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Wherever the trapper has come destroying grisly and coyote and wolverine, the prong horn and mountain-sheep and mountain-goat and wapiti and moose have increased. The Story of the Trapper The occurrence of races of the wapiti in Manchuria and Amurland has been already mentioned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" About half an hour before, having given up all hope of seeing wapiti, I had decided to kill a blacktail deer for meat. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The bighorn resembles the wapiti in colour, although it is of a lighter brown, especially in winter. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z For the practical purposes of this bulletin all the forms of the wapiti are treated as a single species. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. Three of the six observations are in July and August; therefore movement by wapiti into the Park can not be attributed entirely to disturbance during the hunting season. Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado One wapiti occurs on the Tibetan frontier, and others in Manchuria and Amurland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Moose and caribou, he saw, the mighty wapiti, and the smaller deer in their crowding thousands. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z It was very evident that none of the big wapiti––elks, as the Bushman incorrectly calls them––could have reached that spot, but Nasmyth laughed. The Greater Power The wapiti and the Virginia deer can be raised successfully and cheaply under many different conditions of food and climate. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. It was pleasant to hear all this, for we wanted some of those wapiti very badly, indeed. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Around the neck it is long and shaggy, but particularly upon the under line of the throat, where it forms a mane similar to that of the American wapiti. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains I have seen the red Chippewa cleave thy crystal waters in his bark canoe—the giant moose lave his flanks in thy cooling flood—and the stately wapiti bound gracefully along thy banks. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Judging by the noise it was making, the approaching beast, he thought, must be as big as a wapiti. The Greater Power After the elk, come the Virginia, or common deer, the wapiti deer, the black-tailed deer, and the cariboo. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians Before he had quieted we saw Harry coming over the hill where the wapiti had first appeared. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Certainly the two are but little, if anything, different; but the name “elk” has been given in America to quite another and smaller species of deer—the wapiti. Popular Adventure Tales Here, too, are found two kind of small deer—the wapiti, and the prong-horned antelope. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America “Well,” he said, “I guess it couldn’t be either a Bush deer or a wapiti.” The Greater Power The wapiti is exclusively a native of North America; and it may be remarked that his range is more southerly, and not so northerly as that of the moose. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys I examined the bull with the greatest interest, for it was the first Asiatic wapiti of this species that I had ever seen. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Of all these names I think that of 'wapiti,' which our cousin has given, the best. Popular Adventure Tales A remarkable feature of the wapiti is that the horns differ in form almost as greatly as do those of the branches of trees, no two specimens being found with them exactly alike. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America A few ruminants showed themselves, amongst others some wapiti, but they dashed past with such speed that it was impossible to get near them. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery One is the Saul Forest Stag, or Bara-singa—a species almost as large as the Canadian wapiti. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys The report of my rifle disturbed eight wapiti which the beaters discovered as they crossed the uplands in the direction of another patch of cover a mile away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Wolves don't often attack full-grown wapiti, except when wounded or crippled somehow. Popular Adventure Tales In the wilder parts of the Southern States of the Union, herds of the magnificent Canadian stag or wapiti—popularly called the elk—range amid the woods and over the prairies. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Wolves don’t often attack full-grown wapiti, except when wounded or crippled somehow. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North We had not got more than half a mile into the wood, when we caught sight of a dozen or more wapiti feeding in a large glade. With Axe and Rifle Harry saw the deer go over the hill and ran around the base of a rocky shoulder just in time to intercept three wapiti which my shot had started down the ravine. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The names of 'elk,' 'stag,' and 'red deer,' lead to confusion, as there are other species to which they properly belong, all of which are entirely different from the wapiti. Popular Adventure Tales The wapiti is indeed a grand animal, growing to the height of the tallest ox, and endowed with wonderful activity, as well as power. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The hunters could hardly believe their eyes, but there it was, sure enough, a brown shaggy mass, lying flat along the shoulders of the wapiti, and clutching it with large-spreading claws. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North The black bear, wolf, puma, lynx, wapiti, and Columbian or coast deer are common to parts of both mainland and islands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" We were both shaking with cold and I doubt if I could have hit a wapiti if it had stopped fifty feet away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In comparison with moose, wapiti, and other deer of North America, the Woodland caribou ranks third in size. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure We saw also four topi, a beast about the size of our wapiti, built on the general specifications of a hartebeeste, but with the most beautiful iridescent plum-coloured coat. African Camp Fires “Of all these names I think that of ‘wapiti,’ which our cousin has given, the best. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North There was a faint twinkle in the speaker's eyes which Alton understood, for Atkinson, who was not an adept at trailing deer, had shot more than a wapiti. Alton of Somasco He returned in the first gray light of dawn, just as I was making coffee, and reported that he had heard wapiti barking, but that no animals had visited the lick. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The chamois, the ibex, the red deer, the Virginia deer, the wapiti, the gour, or the royal tiger may be the game in hand. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 The extermination of the wapiti began with the settlement of the American colonies. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The names of ‘elk,’ ‘stag,’ and ‘red deer,’ lead to confusion, as there are other species to which they properly belong, all of which are entirely different from the wapiti. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North But on the banks of the Fraser they were lucky enough to find the "real red deer", the great wapiti stag, which is absent from the far north-west, beyond the region of the Saskatchewan. Pioneers in Canada I had not been gone an hour, and had just worked across the lower end of a deep ravine, when I heard a wapiti bark above and behind me. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Fort Carlton was the great food supply post, then and long afterwards, of the Hudson's Bay Company, buffalo and wapiti being very abundant. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 It is of size smaller, and more easily managed, than the wapiti; and is more easily marketed because of its smaller size. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation For instance, our American moose, the wapiti or elk, Rocky Mountain sheep, the so-called mountain goat, and other animals are probably of Central Asian origin. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China According to Hearne, the flesh of the musk ox does not resemble that of the bison, but is more like the meat of the moose or wapiti. Pioneers in Canada Its white discoverers erroneously named the animal "elk," but as this title properly belongs to the European "moose," sportsmen have adopted the Indian name "wapiti" to avoid confusion. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' By sunlight or moonlight its splintered grey crest is the one object which, in spite of wapiti and bighorn, skunk and grizzly, unfailingly arrests the eyes. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains —The story of the progressive extermination of the American elk, or wapiti, covers practically the same territory as the tragedy of the American bison—one-third of the mainland of North America. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The deer was about the size of an American wapiti, or elk, and must have weighed at least seven hundred pounds, for it required eight men to lift it. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China When Canada proper was first discovered, the wapiti red deer was still found in the basin of the St. Lawrence; it has long since been extinct. Pioneers in Canada The idea of looking for wapiti in such a place seemed too absurd! Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Cheer up, friend, for it isn't the call that makes the big wapiti, as they say out west in my country. Greenmantle The vast prairies on this side of the Rocky Mountains were grazed by herds of countless bison, wapiti, antelope, and deer of various species. Tracks of a Rolling Stone We were greatly disappointed, for we had brilliant prospects of good wapiti shooting but without either men or dogs and in an unknown country there was little possibility of successful still hunting. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China A more ambitious picture, “Wolves and wapiti fighting on the steps of the Athenæum Club,” found a purchaser at fifteen shillings. Beasts and Super-Beasts One morning, a week after we had been in camp, Tserin Dorchy and I discovered a cow and a calf wapiti feeding in an open forest. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Farther up, the wind walked on the dry leaves with a sound like a thousand wapiti trooping down the mountain. The Trail Book I had an hereditary love of sport, and had read and heard wonderful tales of bison, and grisly bears, and wapitis. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Our American wapiti, or elk, is a migrant from Asia by way of the Bering Strait and is probably a relative of the wapiti which is found in Central Asia, China, Manchuria and Korea. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China These traces were left by deer, the deer we hunters call red deer, and the natives wapitis.” The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude One of our hunters brought in a three-year-old moose a short time after we got the wapiti and another had a long chase after a wounded bear. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' As he spoke, he pointed to the moose and wapiti trooping down the shallow hills to the watering-places. The Trail Book Eight more wapiti were killed during the week, and fourteen smaller deer. In the Heart of the Rockies To the north we could see heavily wooded mountain slopes interspersed with open parklike meadows--splendid wapiti country. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The wapitis were so engrossed in their desperate struggle that they were unconscious of the approach of the hunters; but they would probably not have ceased fighting, had they been aware of it. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude I was entirely out of the race on the summit of the hill, for the nearest wapiti was fully eight hundred yards away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Some they learned from the Cranes by the water-courses, and some from the bucks prancing before the does on the high ridges; old, old dances of the great elk and the wapiti. The Trail Book We shall want deer-skin shirts, trousers, and socks and caps; and the skin of these deer is softer and more pliable than that of the wapiti. In the Heart of the Rockies They told us that serow and muntjac were abundant and that wapiti were sometimes found on the mountains several miles to the northward. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Mrs Barnett and Lieutenant Hobson had been chatting together for some minutes, when, with the exception of two, the wapitis suddenly ceased fighting. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude When they reached us they reported that seven wapiti had run out directly between them and over the ridge. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' In several places we saw the skins of these little wapiti licked clean and empty of bodily structure. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow A few minutes later there was a dull trampling sound, and almost directly afterwards a herd of wapiti came along at a heavy trot, ploughing their way but slowly through the snow. In the Heart of the Rockies They said that there were many serow, goral, muntjac and some wapiti in the forests above the village, and we could well believe it, for there was never a more "likely looking" spot. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Yes, madam,” added Hobson, who had carefully examined the wapitis after the hunter’s remark; “and whether at our hands or from the teeth of wolves, those wapitis will meet death where they now stand.” The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude On the instant his rifle banged, and I looked up just in time to see a bull wapiti stop on an open slope of the ravine about ninety yards away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The chances for the wapiti and elk and the western mule and black-tail deer are brighter, provided that we move promptly for their protection. American Big Game in Its Haunts No more wapiti came up, but black and white tail deer were occasionally shot, and five or six big-horn sheep also fell to their rifles. In the Heart of the Rockies I went out with the hunters at dawn but saw nothing except an old wapiti track and a little sign. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The Indians are therefore always eager to procure the skins of the wapitis.” The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude On our way back to camp Harry and I decided that this would end our hunt, for we had three fine bulls, and it was evident that only a very few wapiti remained. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' But the characteristic animals of the region were the elk—the wapiti. American Big Game in Its Haunts I believe the wapiti are peculiar to the West. In the Heart of the Rockies My nation has my love, in which you share, With special service rendered to yourself; So that your cabin flows with mouffles sweet, And hips of wapiti and bedded robes. Tecumseh : a Drama “Wapitis! wapitis!-there they are !” cried Sabine and Marbre at once, pointing to a group of animals distinctly visible about a quarter of a mile to the east. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude The particular wapiti which we hoped to get at Wu-tai-hai represented a species almost extinct in China. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The old world term elk was applied by the English settlers, probably in Virginia, to the wapiti deer, an animal very closely related to the red deer of Europe. American Big Game in Its Haunts In half an hour two rifle-shots were heard, and presently Hunting Dog ran in with the news that they had killed two wapiti. In the Heart of the Rockies There were in Canada, the moose, the caribou, the wapiti, and the common red deer. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 Fortunately for poor humanity, the same slow and cautious tactics are adopted when a buck deer or wapiti decides to attack a man. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Ten seconds later three wapiti cows showed black against the sky line. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The eland, which is closely allied to the American wapiti if not specifically the same animal, is still kept in the royal preserves of Prussia, to the number of four or five hundred individuals. The Earth as Modified by Human Action There are wapitis, which are big stag with thundering great horns, and there are big-horns. In the Heart of the Rockies Champlain here gives the four species of the cervus family under names then known to him, viz, the moose, wapiti or elk, caribou, and the common deer. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 On the wall, too, were nailed heads of mountain sheep and goats, of wapiti and other deer, proclaiming Ike a hunter. The Prospector We found where his bullet had struck the wapiti in the shoulder, yet the animal was running as though untouched. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' If it should be a wapiti, or sambur stag, the bullet should also remain within, retained in all cases under the skin upon the side opposite to that of entrance. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 At present the wapiti is of all wild game that which is most likely to fall a victim to the grisly, when the big bear is in the mood to turn hunter. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches We hunted bears, both the black and the grizzly, cougars and wolves, and moose, wapiti, and white goat. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography I saw many huge herds of Mongolian antelopes running from five to six thousand, many groups of bighorns, wapiti and kabarga antelopes. Beasts, Men and Gods But the really extraordinary thing was to find the wapiti there at all. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I halted immediately, and in a few seconds three splendid wapiti stags broke covert about 100 yards before me, and at full gallop passed across the open ground by which I was descending. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 A bear was an occasional amusement; a wapiti was a constant necessity; but the only wild animal dangerous to man was a rattlesnake or a skunk. The Education of Henry Adams When the early settlers first penetrated the forests of America they found the great deer which the Indians called "wapiti." Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We had not gone fifty yards when there was a crash, a rush of feet, and four wapiti dashed through the bushes. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The antlers of the wapiti are also of great value to the native druggists, but strangely enough they care little for those of the moose and the roebuck. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Somehow or other I pulled the trigger; a cloud of dust suddenly arose from the spot where the three stags had disappeared, and I felt sure that the wapiti was down. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 At last we found their trail leading into the grassy uplands; but the possibility of finding wapiti, these animals of the forests, on those treeless slopes seemed too absurd even to consider. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' We flattened ourselves in the grass, lying as motionless as two gray bowlders, and a moment later another wapiti appeared behind the cows. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Besides the wapiti and roebuck, goral were plentiful on the cliffs and there were a few sheep in the lower valley. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Harry Caldwell and I returned from our bighorn sheep and wapiti hunt on November 19. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I saw a great brown rump for a moment, and I thought it was the bear."—"No bear at all," I answered, "and I have been fool enough to shoot at a wapiti. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 We found that the wapiti were not as easy to kill as the first day's hunt had given us reason to believe. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Both of us were becoming decidedly tired of passing specimens which we wanted badly and decided to go for roebuck regardless of the possibility of frightening wapiti by the shooting. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Even the old Mongol had to admit that the wapiti could not have been greatly disturbed by the shooting, and all the men were as pleased as children. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It seemed very far away, much farther than it really was, and as I crept to the summit of a ridge a splendid bull wapiti broke through the underbrush. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I refused the shot, as we had meat of the finest quality that would keep for a week, and to kill another wapiti would be mere waste of life. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 After we had killed the first wapiti we did not fire a shot for two days, even though roebuck were all about us and we wanted a series for the Museum. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' During that time we saw two wapiti, but did not get a shot at either. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Our second wapiti was killed on November seventh. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' One morning while I was hunting north of camp, I heard a wapiti roar on the summit of a mountain. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The wapiti was gone for good, but on the way back to camp I picked up a roebuck which acted as some balm to my injured feelings. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' My heart missed a beat, for I thought it was a wapiti. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' At seven o'clock Chen, who was fussing about the fire, rushed over to say that he could see two wapiti on the opposite mountain. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'
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