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white man, and was rare even among the Indians 

 themselves. 



Though short, almost squat, his deep chest and 

 broad shoulders told of enormous strength as a young 

 man ; and even now, with three-score years on the 

 debit side of the ledger, he is one whom few would 

 care to tackle. He had wonderful sight, and it 

 was his boast that in ninety-nine cases out of a 

 hundred he saw the game before it had seen him. 

 Had it been otherwise I should never have got my 

 big buck, for the pronghorn antelope is one of the 

 most sharp-sighted animals living. He is absolutely 

 thoroughbred from start to finish ; and his sight 

 little short of marvellous. If once a suspicious object 

 comes within his field of vision, unlike a deer, he 

 takes no chances on a supposititious coyote ; but 

 when there is any doubt about the matter, takes 

 the benefit and removes both it and himself to a 

 safe distance before stopping to consider. He is 

 the swiftest animal on the continent a racehorse 

 alone excepted. As regards his power of scent I 

 was unable to satisfy myself. Hardly as good as 

 that of the deer, it is superior to that of the goat, 

 with which I just now compared him, On one 

 occasion a big bunch of antelope allowed me to 

 approach within a hundred and twenty yards of 

 them with the wind directly behind me, though of 

 course an isolated instance of this kind proves 

 nothing. 



Formerly he had the reputation of being a very 



