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HORSE, FOOT, AND DRAGOONS. 



.-;. '-:v' mountains rise. No sign of life relieves the mo- 



0ik' - notony of the scene, except, perhaps, an oc- 



7i(^-'-'f''9f ^ ■ . ill' 



\^^^^^h^^' casional coyote away in the dis- 



(^l^iM^&A^^ « ^ -.- ^^"ce sneaking off 



shelter, or 



the prairie-dogs 

 popping into their 

 burrows with shrill bark> of alarm 

 and defiance as we pass. Now and again 

 the bleached skull and black hoi ns 

 of some defunct buffalo give si- 

 lent token of the count- 

 less herds that but 

 so short a 

 time ago 











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"^^ i 



roamed 

 unrestrain- 

 ed across 

 these bound- 

 less plains. The 

 sun rises higher 

 and higher in the 

 heavens, beating down 

 upon us with pitiless 

 rays, and dazzling our eyes 

 with its brilliant light. The 



