They went in large herds, and in the winter when the snow was deep the natives would try to catch them by running them down with relays of fresh horses, or driving them up the mountains into the deepest snow or some narrow pass.

A noose would then be thrown about the exhausted animal, which would be instantly mounted by an Indian and broken immediately to the saddle.

Some of these wild horses were exceedingly swift, well-proportioned, and handsome in shape, but they seldom proved as docile as those born in captivity.

When in a wild condition they would snort so loudly through the nostrils on descrying an enemy that they could be heard at a distance of five hundred yards.
The provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba--the MIDDLE WEST--represent mainly the great prairie region of the Canadian Dominion.

Nearly all the streams here flow from the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains and direct their course to the basin of Lake Winnipeg and to Hudson's Bay.