36 THE ADVENTURES OF 



CHAPTER V. 



WE MOVE TO SMOKY RIVER THE INDIANS 



GO THROUGH OUR CAMP. 



We finally moved from Sappy river to 

 what is called Smoky river. This is only a 

 small stream, not being over a rod or so wide. 

 x\lono: the banks are a few willows, and oc- 

 casionally a cottonwood tree rises up into the 

 air. As this was a good place to stay awhile 

 we set to work killing buffalo, drying the fore 

 quarters and selling the hind quarters. From 

 this place I sent a large quantity to Buckmas- 

 ter and Shidler, my agents, in Missouri. 



While here I took Allred and started to go 

 to a herd of buffalo that I had, with the aid 

 of my field glass, discovered about three 

 miles oft^, leaving McFerrin to load cartridges. 

 A short time after we left, a band of Indians, 

 who had doubtless been watching our camp, 

 came in si£:ht. McFerrin dodo-ed out of the 

 camp and ran into the bluffs on the river bank 

 and hid himself in the bushes where he could 



