In Buffalo Days 
The buffalo calf is born from April to June, 
and at first is an awkward little creature, 
looking much like a domestic calf, but with a 
shorter neck. The hump at first is scarcely 
noticeable, but develops rapidly. They are 
odd-looking and very playful little animals. 
They are easily caught and tamed when 
quite young, but when a few months old they 
become as shy as the old buffalo, and are 
much more swift of foot. 
Although apparently very sluggish, buffalo 
are really extremely active, and are able to 
go at headlong speed over a country where 
no man would dare to ride a horse. When 
alarmed they will throw themselves down the 
almost vertical side of a cafion and climb the 
opposite wall with cat-like agility. Some- 
times they will descend cut banks by jumping 
from shelf to shelf of rock like the mountain 
sheep. To get at water when thirsty, they 
will climb down bluffs that seem altogether 
impracticable for such great animals. Many 
years ago, while descending the Missouri 
River in a flatboat with two companions, I 
landed in a wide bottom to kill a mountain 
sheep. As we were bringing the meat to the 
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