either unafraid of them, or is so terrorized that it will fight them with the wonderful skill of the wilderness. When an antelope finds a rattlesnake it immediately gives battle. Its manner of attack is three quick jumps. The second time its hoofs strike the ground it is with great rapidity, directly upon the snake and away before it has time to strike. Time after time it repeats the maneuver, until the rattler is literally cut to pieces by its sharp hoofs.

A Snake Den

The rocks on the pine ridges have seemed especially attractive to rattlers in the days gone by, and when these unwelcome creatures hibernate, they congregate in "dens." In that part of this history called "Indian War and Legend," will be found the story of how a den was destroyed in the early days. Occasionally other dens had been found and destroyed, and for a number of years it has been believed that snake dens were a thing of the past. In nineteen twenty, not far from one of the schoolhouses south of Harrison, the snakes congregated in the rocks for their winter sleep.

Modern methods will be used in the spring of nineteen twenty-one to eradicate this nest. A fire guard is to be plowed around the den at a safe distance, and then a truck having several barrels of gasoline will be run over the recks and the gasoline emptied into the den. The truck will be driven outside the fire guard, and the prairie within the circle set on fire. It is believed that after the fire reaches the gasolene there will be short work of the snakes. This being probably the last convention of the undesirable reptile residents, the beautiful pine clad hills