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wagon. We had gone but a short distance 

 when we stuck a hirge herd of bulTalo coming 

 toward us on a run. I ran out and lay down 

 directly in their course, but held my lire until 

 they were within tw^enty paces when I opened 

 and lired about twenty shots while they were 

 passing, but only succeeded in killing six. 

 My boy w^as terribly frightened while they 

 were passing, as from where he stood it looked 

 as if they were running right over me, as he 

 could not see me lying in the grass, and it was 

 not until I began firing and the smoke raised, 

 that he was undeceived. We dressed the 

 butFalo I had killed and again started to camp. 

 As we were croing- alon •• mv son looked off to 

 the left and said, ''Yonder is, a man on horse- 

 back." He was coming toward us, and when 

 he was a little closer I saw that it was an 

 Indian. When I told my boy what it was 

 he began to cry and say he wished he hadn't 

 come, and so on. By this time several more 

 appeared insight, w^hich frightened him all the 

 more. I told him not to get scared, and. 

 bninmno: mv o-un from mv shoulder ordered 



