About this time some elks and buffaloes were killed, and this relief rescued some of the men from the jaws of starvation.
They observed trees blazed by the Indians, and the tracks of elks and buffaloes, and their lairs.
Mr. Durry held membership in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and in religious faith was a Roman Catholic.
Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is a prominent Mason, having taken the degrees of both the York and Scottish Rites.
For many years he has been identified with the Benevolent Protective Order ofElks and is also a member of the Loyal Order of Moose.
He is well known as a member of the Elks and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the principles of fraternity underlying these organizations find exemplification in his daily life.
Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and with the Knights of Columbus, his association with the latter organization indicating his membership in the Catholic church.
They attend the Presbyterian church and Mr. Walter belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to the Elks and Knights of Pythias lodges.
He was also a trustee of the local lodge of Elks and was a past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus in Walla Walla.
He belongs to the Elks at Walla Walla and is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No.
Mr. Harris is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Walla Walla and he also belongs to the Commercial Club, which numbers within its ranks practically all of the public-spirited and up-to-date business men of the city.
His membership relations include connection with the Lutheran church, the Elks and the Commercial Club.
In Honolulu, the Elks had been particularly kind to me, even giving me a letter to put with the two I had previously received.
Before I left, they gave me a letter to put with the one the Independence Elks had given me, so that now I felt doubly armed with credentials.
The Oakland Elks also helped to make my stay in their city pleasant.
This interest of the manager was a large thing in itself for the performance, for his standing among the Elks was something worth talking about.
These gentlemenElks knew the standing of one another.
Here, too, we found everywhere traces of the elks and stags, and saw where they had rubbed off the bark with their antlers.
The soil is extremely fertile, and well adapted for agriculture; formerly there were hundreds of elks and stags in these parts, but they are now rarely met with.
A path, trodden by the elks to the river, led me to the highest summit, from which I had a pleasing prospect of the opposite bank and the fort.
With difficulty we penetrated through the thickets of poplar and willow on the bank, where the large tracks of the elks and of the Virginian deer were everywhere deeply imprinted in the soft soil.
At that time there were elksand beavers, yet in no great numbers; but bears and wolves in abundance.
The inhabitants, cunning fellows, sought out the favoured trees and sawed them nearly through; so that when the unfortunate elks settled themselves to sleep, the booby-traps came into operation.
Most of us will remember reading Caesar's description of the elks in the Hercynian forest, which slept leaning up against the trees because they had no joints in their legs.
Returning, saw twoElks driven to the hills by Mr. Culbertson and Bell.
We have seen many Elks swimming the river, and they look almost the size of a well-grown mule.
Fifteen to twenty female Elks drinking, tried to approach them, but they broke and ran off to the willows and disappeared.
We saw three Elks swimming across it, and the number of this fine species of Deer that are about us now is almost inconceivable.
Harris killed a hen Turkey, and Bell and the others saw plenty but did not shoot, as Elks were the order of the day.
We found the beds of Elks and their fresh dung, but saw none of these animals.
Elks are very numerous here, but the bushes crack and make so much noise that they hear the hunters and fly before them.
Chet was just as earnest in his desire to kill game; yet, he would not have started this way had he not at first thought that the elks were mounted men.
Got to trust to our horses being quicker on their feet than theelks for the first few jumps.
They galloped on, seeing the elks from the next rise not more than three miles away.
Naturally, the elks charging down into the herd startled the buffaloes before the boys themselves were seen.
The chums were tearing down upon the buffaloes, losing sight of the elks entirely.
He and Dig rode around several mounds and finally came to a shallow valley between two of the small eminences, and through which they might ride right out upon the little prairie on which the elks grazed.
The boys were coming up behind the elks and in another minute-- Dig began to raise his rifle slowly; Poke was running with free bridle, for his master could guide him by the pressure of his knees as well as by pulling on the bit.
His companions were bogged and lost; he returned, having killed seven fine elks and two buffaloes.
I have often seen flocks of antelopes mistaken for droves of elks or wild horses, and when at a great distance, even for horsemen; whereby frequent alarms are occasioned.
It was Rauten, the largest and wildest of all elks between mountain and valley.
When he ran away from the scent of man, elks long since dead whispered soundless warnings in his ears.
Round their legs the white heads of the bog down-grass moved like fat white birds, while the elks ploughed their way, dark grey under the sloping rays of the newly-risen sun.
They were the eyes of dead elks shot years ago, calves bereft of their mothers.
About this time the elks of Ré Valley grow strangely restless.
Two elks come running out of the forest, a cow and a calf.
Every touch of the cow’s tongue was a reward, humble admiration of him only—the greatest and the strongest among the elk bulls of valley or mountains, the crowned king of elks in Ré Valley.
It was at the Lyhus Mountain farm, which lies in a wooded valley west of Ré Valley, and elks used to live there in summer.
We built ourselves a fort in the Indian fashion, of trunks of trees and branches, where we took up our lodging for the night, when we could scarcely hear the cry of the elks or the growling of a bear for the roaring of the storm.
The hunters had seen some elks and deer; and Dechamp brought one of the latter on board.
A herd of twelve elks passed the river before us; the last was a large stag with colossal horns, this being the rutting season of these animals.
Buffaloes and elks had crossed the river before us, and we heard the noise they made in the water at a considerable distance.
Accompanied by Dreidoppel, I went two miles up the river, which was narrow and shallow; its banks were thickly grown with poplars, and the bones of buffaloes and elks were everywhere scattered about.
Buffaloes and elks were very numerous at this place, and we might have shot several of them had we not thought it prudent to avoid all unnecessary noise.
They shoot deer and elks in the forests, antelopes and bighorns in the prairies, the Black Hills, and the neighbouring mountains.
As some elks had been seen, the hunters were landed on the island, and in a short time we heard firing in all directions, and in half an hour they had killed four elks, an elk fawn, and a young deer.
After the shot we had fired, the cry or whistle of the elks had ceased; but we saw several of those animals, and also buffaloes, flying in different directions.
On the 19th of September we set out early: a fog rose from the river, and we sat wrapped up in our cloaks, quite benumbed with cold, while the whistling cry of the elks was heard all around us.
The moon shone with extraordinary splendour when we lay to for the night, while the howling of the wolves and the whistle of the elkswere heard all around.
Elks and deer had traversed the prairie in all directions, and trodden many paths to the river.
The traveller Hearne, who wrote towards the end of the last century, relates the following story of moose or elks in the more northern parts of North America.
Formerly the closely-allied European elkswere domesticated in Sweden, and used to draw sledges, as they are now occasionally in Canada; but they have been obsolete for many years.
And now the Elks take turns calling the jeweler up and telling him it's Elizabeth.
New York Elksare having a lot of fun with a member of their lodge, a Fifteenth Street jeweler.
I do not agree with those who callelks equi-cervi, mongrel creatures born of a stag and a mare.
The Elks quickly responded and were soon at the place where the Moose people, who were awaiting them, had erected the high poles with the crossbar.
When the crossbar had been replaced a son of the chief of the Elks went forward, as though he would be the competitor on the side of the Elks.
They had two very swift runners among them, and they decided to challenge the Elks to a foot race.
When the Moose people saw this they shouted out in triumph, and began to get ready to give the Elks as good a beating as they had received from them on a former occasion.
The chief of the Elks had a beautiful daughter, and it was given out that a fine young chief from a far-away tribe had come to ask for her in marriage.
With a shout of triumph the Elks again attacked the Moose and drove them in disgrace back to their own village.
So they went over to the village of the Elks and told them they had come to have another contest with them.
The Moose people had such confidence in their champion that they had all brought with them very heavy sticks with which they intended giving the Elks a great beating in return for the two previous defeats.
After this the Moose dare not challenge the Elks to any further contest, but they were so furious that they meditated murder in their hearts toward the young stranger, who had, they now saw, been the cause of their many defeats.
The Moose people were soon running back to their village with theElks whipping them to the very doors of their wigwams.
They sent their challenge to the Elks to meet them if they dare.
A council was called not long after and there was quite a discussion among them as to the best plan to be adopted to defeat the Elks and regain supremacy.
They also wanted to hear a wonderful story, which he knew, telling how Nanahboozhoo helped the elks to conquer the moose.
The victory was now so nearly won that the Elks began to say: "'Get your clubs ready to thrash the Moose people, for we are surely going to be winners this day.
Formerly elks were met with as far south as the Ohio--now they are rare even in Wisconsin.
It is related that elks were formerly used in Sweden to draw the sledge; but, for certain reasons, this was prohibited by law.
The supply of food was precarious; being confined to the fish caught along the sea-coasts, and to a few elks and other animals, which were killed in the adjacent country.
At a little distance from the banks were extensive plains, frequented by numerous herds of buffaloes; and the woods, adjacent to the river, were inhabited by elks and rein-deer.
What he actually said was "before the Elks was /c'm 'ere/.
There is to be seen 300 wild Cowes together, a number of Elksand Beavers, an infinit of fowls.
After walking a short distance, he saw a herd of elks feeding.
They had not been there long before some elks from behind passed them like a strong wind.
Illustration: Elks Club, Centralia It was here that the Centralia conspiracy was hatched and the notorious "secret committee" appointed to do the dirty work.
Along the main avenue went the guardsmen and the gentlemen of the Elks Club.
I was now more than ever impatient to set off, and so was Nowell, for he was anxious to begin his attacks on the elephants, the buffaloes, and elks he was in search of.
I shall like to renew my early acquaintance with the wild elephants and buffaloes, and elks and bears, and I think that I may somewhat facilitate your proceedings, and make your journey less expensive to you.
One thing, I was mighty glad he was going in for the swimming badge and I hoped the Elks would help him.
I knew the Elks were just kind of showing him off and putting him through a lot of freak stunts just to get their name up around the camp.
That was the second day at Poughkeepsie and most all day the Elks were busy turning Skinny into a fish.
Just before supper, Westy and I went down for a swim and there were Connie Bennett and two or three of the Elks diving with Skinny.
All morning he was sure one hero, and at the time the camper came he was off with the Elks somewhere, stalking I guess, and I was mighty glad of it.
Do you believe that about theElks throwing him down?
I tried to teach him some things out of the Handbook," I said, "but the Elks didn't like it.
I saw that the Elks were going stalking, and I was glad of that, because I knew Skinny liked stalking and I was glad he was with them at last.
Connie is leader of the Elksand the other two fellows are Elks, too.
He called Skinny a birthday present, because Westy Martin and I gave Skinny to the Elks when we first found him.
In many places small tracks were worn across it by the feet of the elks and deer, and from the depth of the bed of earth by which it was covered, I was able to draw certain conclusions of its great antiquity.
The country adjoining to the river, for about sixty miles, is very level, and on its banks lie fine meadows, where larger droves of buffaloes and elks were feeding, than I had observed in any other part of my travels.
The Deer and the Elks had beaten paths which we followed for a while, but we saw only their tracks, and those of Turkeys.
Some twelve or fourteen of these animals were seen, and Bell saw three Elks which he followed across the island, also a Wolf in its hole, but did not kill it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "elks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
