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CHAPTER XIV. 



NEW YORKERS ON A HUNT NOT SO VERY 



DEAD NEW GAME A REGULAR CHASE 



AFTER WILD HORSES. 



About the liveliest buft>lo hunt that I ever 

 experienced happened in this way : A couple 

 of New Yorkers went out west on business, 

 and having a few days of spare time con- 

 cluded that they wanted to take a buffalo chase. 

 They had never seen a buffalo, but wanted to 

 very badly, and they thought they would like 

 to kill a few dozen too. So one day, after 

 they had been talking to the landlord about 

 wanting to go after buffalo, he said he would 

 see me, as he thought I would go with them. 

 He accordingly came to me and asked what 

 I would charge to go. I asked him how they 

 wanted to go, and told him if they proposed 

 to go on foot that I would rather be excused. 

 He said that if they went they would take a 

 two-horse carriage, and I agreed to go as 

 pilot for three dollars a day, and in a few 



