, ▁and ▁rabb its . ▁When ▁they ▁cook ed ▁their ▁game , ▁the ▁sc ent ▁attract ed ▁unw anted ▁guests ▁of ▁wol ves ▁and ▁pan thers . ▁ ▁On ▁February ▁ 3 , ▁Ro ose vel t ▁entered ▁into ▁his ▁di ary : ▁"[ We ] ▁made ▁our ▁permanent ▁camp ▁at ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁a ▁huge ▁can y on ▁by ▁a ▁fine ▁water ▁hole .” ▁They ▁were ▁probably ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁in ▁southern ▁C ros by ▁County , ▁Texas , ▁some ▁ 4 0 ▁miles ▁east ▁of ▁Lub bo ck , ▁Texas . ▁After ▁ 3 0 0 ▁miles ▁of ▁travel , ▁the ▁party ▁soon ▁found ▁hunting ▁b ison ▁to ▁be ▁most ▁ha z ard ous . ▁Elli ott ▁and ▁John ▁at ▁one ▁point ▁faced ▁a ▁her d ▁of ▁b ison ▁stamp eding ▁toward ▁them . ▁They ▁waited ▁until ▁the ▁b ison ▁were ▁in ▁close ▁range ▁before ▁they ▁fired ▁their ▁weapons . ▁A ▁near ▁fatal ▁incident ▁took ▁place ▁when ▁Elli ott ▁was ▁charged ▁by ▁a ▁huge ▁b ull , ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁wounded . ▁He ▁bare ly ▁could ▁reload ▁his ▁rif le ▁in ▁time ▁to ▁fire ▁a ▁shot ▁that ▁struck ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁front ▁legs ▁of ▁a ▁b ison . ▁The ▁animal ▁crash ed ▁to ▁the ▁ground ▁directly ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁Elli ott . ▁ ▁When ▁ra iders , ▁either ▁other ▁buff alo ▁hun ters ▁or ▁the ▁Com anche , ▁st ole ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁horses , ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁walk ▁the ▁ 1 4 0 ▁miles ▁back ▁to ▁Fort ▁Griff in .