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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