Each of them was as large as a common deer, and nearly of the same colour--reddish upon the back and flanks, though the throat, hips, and under parts, were of a whitish hue.

They were nearly deer-shaped, though of somewhat stouter proportions, and to these they bore a strong resemblance in many other respects.

In the form of their heads and general expression of their faces they resembled sheep more than any other animals.

But the most singular part of them was the horns; and these enabled our hunters at a glance to tell what sort of animals they were.

They were the "cimmarons," or wild sheep of the Rocky Mountains.
In regard to their horns, they differed very much from one another; and at first sight there appeared to be two distinct species of animals.
Some of them had short horns--not over six inches in length--rising from the crown of the head and bending slightly backward, without widening much between the tips.