In Buffalo Days 



buffalo. At night he did not return, and the 

 next day all the men went out to search 

 for him. They found the horse and the arms, 

 but could not find the man, and could not 

 imagine what had become of him. About 

 a year later, as the half-breeds were hunting 

 in another part of the country, a cow was 

 seen which had something unusual on her 

 head. They chased and killed her, and 

 found that she had on her head the pelvis 

 of a man, one of the horns having pierced 

 the thin part of the bone, which was wedged 

 on so tightly that they could hardly get it 

 off. Much of the hair on the head, neck, and 

 shoulders of the cow was worn off short, and 

 on the side on which the bone was, down 

 on the neck and shoulders, the hair was short, 

 black, and looked new, as if it had been worn 

 entirely off the skin, and was just beginning 

 to grow out again. It is supposed that this 

 bone was part of the missing young man, who 

 had been hooked by the cow, and carried about 

 on her head until his body fell to pieces. 



My old and valued friend Charles Rey- 

 nolds, for years chief of scouts at Fort Lincoln, 

 Dakota, and who was killed by the Sioux in 

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