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starting him up again, followed after them, and came up 

 in time to fire one shot ere the animal was brought down. 

 I think that I never saw an eye so ferocious in expression 

 as that of the wounded buffalo: rolling wildly in its socket, 

 inflamed as the eye was, it had the most frightful appear- 

 ance that can be imagined; and, in fact, the picture pre- 

 sented by the buffalo as a whole is quite beyond my powers 

 of description. 



" The fierce eyes, blood streaming from his sides, 

 mouth, and nostrils, he was the wildest, most unearthly- 

 looking thing it ever fell to my lot to gaze upon. His 

 sufferings were short. He was soon cut up and placed in 

 the cart, and we retraced our steps homeward. While 

 proceeding toward our camping-ground for the night, two 

 antelopes were killed and placed on our carts. Wherever 

 we approached these animals they were very curious to see 

 what we were; they would run, first to the right, and then 

 to the left, then suddenly run straight toward us until 

 within gunshot, or nearly so. The horse attracted their 

 attention more than the rider, and if a slight elevation or 

 bush was between us, they were easily killed. As soon as 

 their curiosity was gratified they would turn and run, but 

 it was not difficult to shoot before this occurred. When 

 they turned they would fly over the prairie for about a 

 mile, when they would again stop and look at us. 



" During the day we suffered very much for want of 

 water, and drank anything that had the appearance of it, and 



