CHAPTER XVI. 



AFTER THE BUFFALOES. 



WE START WELL EQUIPPED CAMP AT BEAVER CREEK THE ANTELOPE 

 HARD TO KILL DR. BLACK "ALL BROKE UP " TAKES HIS SUPPER 

 STANDING GOOD MORNING'S SPORT A BREAKFAST FIT FOR THE 

 GODS BUFFALOES AT LAST "LET THEM HAVE IT" THE 

 BUFFALO TAKES A GOOD DEAL OF KILLING SHARP'S RIFLES. 



MAJOR BELL, mounted on his large handsome iron-gray 

 charger, led the van, followed by Sergeant Deavron, Corporal 

 Brown and ten picked men from Company F, of the famous 

 Seventh Cavalry. Their horses are all fine large animals, in 

 good condition, high spirits, perfectly groomed and capari- 

 soned. The men are armed with the improved Springfield 

 carbine. Our party on the buck-boards and spring wagon 

 followed the escort, and the military wagons brought up the 

 rear. 



Each member of our party carried a Sharp's rifle. Several 

 of us had large navy revolvers for use when we should choose 

 to hunt our buffalo on horseback, and Judge Souther carried a 

 Parker gun which came in good play several times, in bagging 

 a few ducks and sharp-tail grouse, by way of variety. 



When we got about five miles from camp the major through 

 out flankers or hunters to ride a mile or two to right and left 

 of the trail in search of antelopes. Three of our party 

 mounted their ponies and rode on the left flank with Major 

 Bell. They saw several antelopes during the day, but they 

 were wild, having been hunted so much near the trail, and it 

 was difficult to get a shot at them. 



We who kept the trail met two different parties during the 



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