CHAPTER XVI. 



CONSOLIDATED AND GRANULATED MILK STILL-HUNTING OE STALKING 

 THE BUFFALO ANXIETY FOE ME BAYAED INDIAN HOSTILITY 

 THE INDIAN BOW AND THE ENGLISH EIFLE THE HUMP BIB OJF 

 THE BISON THE MAEEOW BONE OUE EYIL GENIUS CHASE OF 

 FOUE BISONS A SPLENDID ANIMAL ALAEM FEOM WOLYES AN 

 ENGLISH iNEW FOEEST SHOT SHOT AT A WOOD-DUCK MOEE OF 

 ME CANTEEALL'S FACTS INSUBOEDINATION OF MY MEN. 



ON the following morning, the llth of October, the 

 storm that had commenced with heavy thunder and 

 lightning on the preceding night abated not its continu 

 ous rain, and a more dreary prospect than the prairies 

 afforded for travel or sport could not well be imagined. 

 Bayard's two lame horses being for the time of no further 

 use, were therefore ordered to return to Fort Riley on 

 the next day ; and, on finding myself again oppressed 

 with feverish lassitude, simply from over-fatigue occa 

 sioned by exercise and the effects of illness, I resolved 

 to keep my tent, and to rest myself till better weather. 

 An excellent breakfast of very good and very hot coffee,, 

 perfectly charming in the cold, damp state of everything 

 around us, flanked by broiled eggs and ham and a steak 



