84 'I'HE ADVENTURES OP' 



CHAPTER XL 



ON THE PLAINS A GANG OF BADGARS 



WOLVES SCARED BY INDIANS THE HORSE 



AS A PICKCT GUARD SNOW BOUND, ETC. 



When we left Missouri we struck for the 

 Pawnee River — my old haunt, as the reader 

 by this time has doubtless discovered — and 

 after fourteen day's driving, reached our des- 

 tination in safety. We concluded to take up 

 our headquarters on Clear Lake, and when 

 within a few miles of the lake I saw a solitary 

 buffalo helping himself to the grass. As soon 

 as he saw us he took fright and ran. I had a 

 pony along, which I had taken in a fight with 

 the Cheyennes. So I mounted him and went 

 in pursuit. The pony was used to it and soon 

 crowded the buffalo so close that he turned for 

 a fight, but I shot him down before he got 

 too close, and was dressing him when they 

 drove up with the wagon. It was quite a won- 

 der to them, being the first buffalo they had 

 ever seen. 



