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recovering strength to resume the attack in a few 

 moments again. In this group, some were reclining 

 to gain breath, whilst others were sneaking about, and 

 licking their chaps in anxiety for a renewal of the 

 attack; and others, less lucky, had been crushed to 

 death by the feet or the horns of the bull. I rode 

 nearer to the pitiable object, as he stood bleeding and 

 trembling before me, and said to him, "Now is your 

 time, old fellow, and you had better be off." Though 

 blind, and nearly destroyed, he straightened up, and, 

 trembling with excitement, dashed off at full speed upon 

 the prairie, in a straight line. We turned our horses, 

 and resumed our march ; and when we had advanced a 

 mile or more, we looked back, and again saw the ill-fated 

 animal surrounded by his tormentors, to whose insatiable 

 voracity he unquestionably soon fell a victim." 



Bison surrounded by Wolves, after Catlin. 



It has frequently been noticed, that whenever a female 

 Bison, having a calf, is slain, the young one remains 

 by its fallen dam, with signs of strong natural affection, 



