THE WOLF HUNTERS 



After joining the mule train Tom, Jack, and I 

 made it our business to keep the outfit supplied 

 with fresh meat while passing through the buffalo 

 range. We also killed numbers of ducks, geese, 

 brant, and sand-hill cranes, borrowing the wagon- 



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master's shotgun for bird hunting. This sug- 

 gested to us that a good shotgun would be a useful 

 part of our equipment for the winter's work. 



In due time we reached Fort Leavenworth, re- 

 ceived our pay from our old paymaster, Major 

 H. E. Hunt, and then went down to Leavenworth 

 City, two and a half miles from the fort. We 

 stopped at a boarding-house kept by an old dra- 

 goon who had a wide acquaintance among citi- 

 zens and soldiers and who could and would be 

 useful to us in getting together our outfit. 



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