H) I'HE ADVENTURES OF 



CHAPTER X. 



UNSUCCESSFUL HUNTERS DANGERS OF THE 



PLAINS IN MISSOURI AGAIN. 



At Pierce ville, I sold a large portion of 

 my meat to the emigrants, but some of them 

 would not buy, and said they were going out 

 and kill their own meat. They began to fix 

 up their guns preparator}/ to slaughtering all 

 the buffalo on the plains. I told them that it 

 looked very much as it I had just as well give 

 up hunting, as they seemed to be going to kill 

 all the game. They said for me just to wait 

 until they came in, and then I could joke if I 

 felt like it. I advised them to take teams 

 enough with them to bring in the meat and 

 not leave so much to rot on the plains. Four 

 of them, each w^ith a pack horse, started in 

 the direction from which I had come, but did 

 not succeed in finding any meat. About this 

 time they began to want water, but, not 

 knowing where to look for it, could not find 

 any. I had started out shortly after they did 



