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BUFFALO LAND 



Convin, of Urbana, Ohio, separated in this manner from his 

 party, (rendered for two days on the plains south of Hays 

 City, subsisting on a little corn which had beer, dropped by 

 *° me '';"'"- * a g°n- He was found, utterly exhausted, by 

 California Bill, just as a severe snow-storm had set in. Per- 

 sons thus lost should remember that buffalo trails run north 

 and south, and the Pacific Railroads east and west. It will be 

 easy to call to mind on which side it was that the party left 

 the road in starting out, and it then beeomes a simple matter to 

 regain the rails, and follow them to the first station. 



THE NEW FIELD FOR SPORTSMEN. 



South of Kansas is the Indian, Territory, which probably 

 has within it a larger amount of game than any spot of similar 

 size on our continent. It fairly swarms with wild beasts and 

 birds. At sunset one may see hundreds of turkeys gathering 

 to their roosts. Buffalo, elk, antelope, and deer of several 

 varieties, may be found and hunted to the heart's content. 

 Within the next two years this territory will be the paradise of 

 all sportsmen. It can now be reached by wagoning fifty miles 

 or so beyond the terminus of the A. T. & Santa Fe Railroad. 

 But the savage, hostile and treacherous, stands at the entrance 

 of this fair land and forbids further advance. While there is 

 good hunting, there is also a disagreeable probability of being 

 hunted. Many of the tribes which formerly roamed all over 

 the plains are now gathered in the Indian Territory. Jealous 

 of their rights they are apt to repay intrusion upon them with 

 death. 



The white kills for sport alone the game which is the 

 entire support of the savage. I have often stood among the 



